Digital World by Frames By JR
The Digital World covers an ever increasing list of topics and can be confusing. We can offer a wide range of services based around the digital image.
Print your digital images on our large format Giclée printers onto fine art card or canvas or reproduce an old picture and possibly repair any damage.
To explain a few things.
Digital photograph
The size and quality of digital photograph files can vary greatly and these factors dictate the maximum size they can be printed with high quality results. Picture are quoted as being so many pixels by so many pixels and cameras are quoted as being these two figures multiplied together i.e. 6 mega pixels ( 6 million pixels and a pixel is the smallest dot of data that can be manipulated in your picture ). Most cameras except the expensive ones then saves the file after compressing it. This process removes data from the picture for ever to produce a smaller file and save space on your memory cards. To print the pictures bigger than their saved size requires that we enlarge the pixels or add new ones by using a computer which guesses what colour pixels to add, this process introduces distortion The following table gives just a rough guide to printing size from photograph size taking the largest size eg if the picture is 1078 pixels by 2134 pixels then use the figure 2134 in the table.
| Print size longest side imperial approx | Print size longest side metric approx | Minimum Pixels | Recommended Pixels | Mega Pixels |
| 5" | 13 | 300 | 800 | |
| 6" | 15 | 600 | 1200 | 2M |
| 7" | 18 | 600 | 1200 | 2M |
| 8" | 20 | 900 | 1600 | 3M |
| 10" | 25 | 900 | 1600 | 3M |
| A4 | 29 | 900 | 1600 | 3M |
| 12" | 30 | 900 | 1600 | 3M |
| 15" | 38 | 1000 | 2000 | 4M |
| A3 | 42 | 1200 | 2000 | 4M |
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What is Giclée printing
Giclée printing is a state of the art reproduction process by which many of the best photographers and artists now reproduce their work. The image is either from a high resolution digital camera or a high resolution scanned image, which preserves and records the smallest of details and the full range of colour. This information is held on computer as a digital image which is then printed out onto the finest heavy weight archival art paper, over 250gsm, using digital printers and light fast pigmented inks of superlative quality. Digital technologies are now developed to such a degree that there is almost no loss of quality between the original photographic film and the final print, and generally surpasses all traditional printing techniques. The finished picture is regarded as fine art, as against a framed photograph.
If you have an old photograph which has become damaged or you want it reprinting and framing to extend its life. The original picture can be electronically scanned with a high resolution scanner then using a sophisticated computer software the image can be retouched to remove marks or add back missing parts of the image .Finally printed out onto fine art card or canvas ready to hang in your home or office.
