Quick Pitch: CanvasPop allows you to upload and print virtually any image onto a canvas, even iPhone and Facebook pics, at any size you want.
Genius Idea: CanvasPop lets users and artists turn their photographs or digital art into canvas printed wall art. You can use photos from Flickr, Facebook, your iPhone and more and make your artistic creations really stand out.
It's funny to think that, in under 10 years, the film camera has all but disappeared. Sure, film lovers still keep around their pristine 35mm and lens collections and toy camera lovers (can I get a holler from my fellow Holga owners?!) find new ways to create unique and different images, but at this point digital is by and large cheaper, faster and of higher quality. As a result, many of us have the bulk of our photo albums stored digitally, uploaded to services like Facebook or Flickr, and only print out those really special photos.
But what do you do when you have a really spectacular photograph or digital image and you want to do something bigger with it? CanvasPop is a service that lets users easily and affordably have their creations printed on canvas in a variety of sizes and with the option to use digital filters to add in some really specular results.
If you've ever tried to get something printed on canvas, you know that it can be expensive. CanvasPop is surprisingly reasonable, with prices for rolled canvas prints starting at $30 for an 8x10 and framed images starting at just $49.
As the holiday season approaches, having a photo or digital image printed on something large enough to hang on a wall or above a desk can be a great, great gift. CanvasPop makes it easy to use an image from programs like Adobe Photoshop or Illustrator or from your digital camera or from services like Facebook. Flickr and Picasa.
We love it when digital technology can merge with something more tangible. What do you think of canvas photo printing?
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