High Quality Pictures for Canvas Painting

LayG on 29/11/2018 - 17:02

Hello everyone,

I am trying to take advantage of the BigW canvas print offer which has been going on for a while (20 x 40" (50x100cm) Panoramic Canvas Print).

For this, I want to use pictures of my choice from the internet which are of high quality. I checked some images in unsplash.com and others in google

Since I haven't done this before, can anyone suggest any other websites with high quality images? Also want to know what size images I need for the 50x100 canvas?

If anyone has prior experience, please pass on some knowledge.

Cheers!!

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  • Geoff897 on 29/11/2018 - 17:22
    +1

    Did you know you can find large images from the google images?
    Select, Tools, Size, Larger then 10MP+

    https://pixabay.com/

    • LayG on 29/11/2018 - 18:20

      Thanks Geoff!!

      Yeah I did search that way as well but I am restricted to what images I get in the search. For example I want the Singapore city skyline at night and the images that load up are not of my liking. I am just giving an example.

      On the other hand something like this https://pixabay.com/en/pair-autumn-evening-sun-nature-379837… if you look at the download szie for a size of 5184×2911 is only 1.9MB and I am afraid this will look bad when printed on a large canvas.

  • Geoff897 on 29/11/2018 - 18:57

    I print large format images and stickers for a job, I'll have a look when I get on a pc.

    Also need to consider canvas isn't smooth so it will hide the resolution abit.

    You can do a reverse google image lookup from images.google.com

    I find searching Singapore city skyline then click on an image then goto more images comes up with better results.

    • LayG on 29/11/2018 - 19:02

      Thanks mate ! I will check it out as well.

      Have a good evening !

  • Geoff897 on 30/11/2018 - 12:16

    The reverse google search found that image you linked 4mb @ 5184x2911 its 300DPI which should be fine to print.
    located https://www.tryfoto.com/photo/4117/pair

    • LayG on 03/12/2018 - 06:49

      Thanks for getting back to me. Sorry for late reply.

      Can you please let me know how you found the dpi for the image ? It's not in properties.

      I thought we divide the pixels by inch. Am I correct?

  • Geoff897 on 03/12/2018 - 16:43

    On Windows 10 you can see it under Properties-Details on a JPEG. PNG's doesnt show but you can check in photoshop

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