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How AI is Revolutionizing the Visual Arts…or Not

If you have been keeping up with trends lately, you probably know that AI has been a major topic of conversation from media circles to individuals. Various questions arise such as how will AI affect one’s ability to use it for investing in stocks to controversies surrounding its usage in higher education to write term papers. One topic I have not heard a lot about has been how will it affect the visual arts. My plan is to make this at least a 3 part series where we explore how it could affect photography, how it will affect more traditional arts like painting and drawing, as well as how it will affect an artist’s ability to be more successful.

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Holiday Tips from FinerWorks

Holiday Tips

With the holidays fast upon us it is a good idea to consider some of the following tips when utilizing FinerWorks to print and fulfill your orders. This will not only improve things like production time but also make it less likely that problems will arise with an order getting to your customer on time.

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Share Your Idea for a Print on Demand Product

This past week was a whirlwind of activity. I had the privilege of spending several exciting days in the entertainment hub of the world, Las Vegas.  I was not there to gamble and have fun, (okay, there was a little of that), but to attend the Printing United Expo of 2022, which is billed as “THE MOST DYNAMIC AND COMPREHENSIVE PRINTING EVENT IN THE WORLD”. In simpler terms, it is a trade show for printing companies, primarily for those utilizing wide-format technology such as we do to produce your art and photo prints.

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Artist’s Corner Part 1

Breathing Color is a name known by many people in the fine art community due to its incredible line of paper and canvas. Because of the pearlized finish and texture, photographers love the Silverada paper for metallic canvas prints. Artists love the Elegance Velvet paper for the subtle texture, yet high contrast levels which is ideal for giclee prints. People who know the Breathing Color brand may not know of their latest initiative, which is to help artists become successful in their journey.

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Getting Ready for Printing in 2022

It was in 2020 that we like many others faced the unknown. While we were able to get past it, 2021 posed some interesting and unique challenges. The obvious ones were getting supplies needed to fulfill orders. The other was price increases we experienced and continue to feel. Below I have discussed some of the biggest areas impacted in 2021 at FinerWorks and what we plan to do in 2022.

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New Texturized Prints

Medium Textured Print

We now offer texturized prints which match the contours of your image when you order your image to be printed at FinerWorks. Currently this is available only with Dibond Metal prints however we expect this to soon be available with canvas prints as well.

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Your Prints Up Close

I remember back in the mid to late 90s being exposed to the photographic quality inkjet prints were producing around then. A co-worker of mine who photographed little league sports photography on the side and sold the prints he made to the parents. He had invested in a HP printer which produced remarkable 8×10 photo prints for that time. When he showed me the print quality I was enamored and decided I wanted to get my hands on a good quality inkjet printer so that I could make prints of my digital artwork.

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Funny Comments and Questions

We have the BEST customers ever. But sometimes trying to answer an email or message can leave us scratching our heads and asking ourselves how do we answer that person tactfully and not appear rude or condescending.  These are some of the more recent ones I could recall and locate from within the past few years.

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