Imagine being able to offer your customers an exciting new service of turning their most treasured captured moments into a beautifully framed canvas masterpiece for their walls. It is fast and easy with Digital by Southern Moulding. Just upload your customer’s digital photographs to us and we will print them to canvas at the size you request. Once printed, you may choose from several options of stretching, mounting or laminating.  Once completed, we will deliver or ship the canvas to you within 5 business days.

Online ordering will be available in the next few weeks...come back soon to take advantage of this great service.

Digital Camera Files

For best quality prints, you should upload files that are the maximum size available to you. While we can print larger than we recommend, the customer runs the risk of seeing lower than desired quality. For example, for an 8x10 we recommend at least a 2MP camera file, however we can do a print using a 1MP if the customer needs it. Many factors impact the quality of the print, the detail in the original file may impact the final output. An 8x10 of a portrait may look very good whereas an 8x10 of a 50 person group photo may not yield the desired results (the granularity/detail is lost in the canvas) even if the original file is from the same camera.

Most digital cameras allow you to change the resolution, so you can select the quality of your photos as you take them. We highly recommend that you use the SHQ (Super High Quality) or Super Fine mode on your camera using TIF or JPEG settings (using minimum compression). Remember: No matter what size the file is, if the picture is blurry as a small print, it will be blurry enlarged on the canvas. As a rule of thumb:

The Canvas
We print directly onto Fredrix® Print Canvas.  This canvas is a fine woven blend of polyflax and cotton, and is specially coated with an acid free acrylic titanium gesso to provide long term archival quality. 

Cropping
Sometimes your print may need to be cropped to fit the size of the canvas you have ordered. In this case we will artistically crop your digital image to fit the output size of the canvas. If we see that your digital image will not work with your ordered canvas size, we will contact you to find a possible solution.

Scanned Picture Files
If you are going to scan a picture to send to us, please set your flatbed scanner to scan your image at 300 dpi or greater and save the file in RGB mode using JPEG format at the highest quality setting with low compression. You can also send your photographs to us and we will scan them for you for $10. Your photographs will be returned to you with your printed canvas.

Canvas Care
Like all artwork, please avoid displaying your canvas in direct or indirect sunlight. Sunlight will cause irreversible damage to any type of printed artwork. Never clean your canvas with water, as the water will damage the printed surface.

Shipping and Delivery
Your canvas will be ready to be shipped or delivered within 5 business days from the receipt of your image. We deliver by our Southern Moulding delivery service to existing delivery customers, all other orders will be shipped by UPS or FedEx.