Details of Ultra-Canvas border editing

Ultra-Canvas Gallery Wrap in detail

Explanations for the various parameters of version 2.0 are specified below.

Back side width The width of the stretcher strips will be defined here to mount the canvas on the back of the frame. This edge will be fastened using canvas pliers or by hand and stapled to the frame.
Frame depth Input the depth of the stretcher bars. Stretcher bars usually have a depth of 2cm and 4cm. Important! Add about 5mm in order that your printed area will turn around to the back. In that way you can assure that the edges are completely printed. Further on you will have a better possibility to align your picture (see also inner border line).
Overlap The edge-color will not appear in the frontal view of a perfect photo canvas with for example white edges. Enlarge your image with this parameter to ensure it. Your image will overlap slightly to the edges. Regular settings are 2 to 3mm, depending on the quality and tolerance of your stretcher strips. The overlap always refers to one side. 2mm overlap = 4mm enlarged printed image total 3mm overlap = 6mm enlarged printed image total
Border type - mirror The margins of all 4 sides of your printed image are mirrored and inserted as your border. The result is a seamless mirroring of the picture to the borders. This border type is good suited for images with "straight" edges such as landscape themes. Advantage: The initial picture will be kept in the frontal view Disadvantage: Pictures with uneven elements at the borders will be mirrored accordingly uneven
Border type – average color Ultra-Canvas calculates the average color by an internally reduction of the image to a small area and uses the resulting color
Border type – foreground Choose any color from the picture using Photoshop´s "Eyedropper tool". Ultra-Canvas will use this color for the borders.
Border type – wrap print An easy and efficient way to create the borders is to enlarge the image by the depth of your stretcher strips. Advantage: Image is running "comfortable" around the borders Disadvantage: Image will be (if not quadratic) distorted. The more tendency to panorama-format, the greater the distortion. Information of the image could turn to the borders. The smaller the image, the more information can be lost.
Border type – wrap print proportional The image is proportionally enlarged and trimmed centered compared to the regular "wrap print" tool. Advantage: no distortion Disadvantage: depending on the width-to-height-ratio the image will be trimmed more or less
Outer border line This reference line is used to trim the canvas as a preparation for the stretching process. Choose between border line (a continuous line) or half cross (crop mark) in the Ultra-Canvas-Setup to define the character of the lines. The color is changeable too.
Inner border line This is a beneficial reference line to align the stretcher bars on the printed image. The print is facing the table, the backside of the image is facing the stretcher bars. You usually don´t need this reference line when you chose "mirror", "wrap print" or colored edges like black or white, these borders will give you a good orientation. You will recognize that pictures with white areas closed to the borders and white borders are not that easy to align. The inner border line is a great help here. Choose between border line (a continuous line) or half cross (crop mark) in the Ultra-Canvas-Setup to define the character of the lines. The color is changeable too.
Company logo All files are listed in a drop down menu from the entire logo index. You can change the path in the Ultra-Canvas Setup.
Company logo straight search Select the files of your choice from your computer by a click on the directories box "..." This is a fast and easy way for rarely used company logos.
Presets Safe and name your settings to load them quickly with your next application. Hint: Apply presets for all different stretcher bar widths!
Hanger Marks This function include automatic hanger marks. The time for measuring up the position can be saved. Nonconformity will be prevented. The amount, size and position of the individual hanger marks can be chosen freely. It is defined in the setup-presets.
Stapler Marks This function enables the optimal positioning of the stapler marks. The method of operation will be simplified and standardized. You can reach a very professional allocation-view on the backside of the stretcher frame. The amount and position of the stapler marks can be chosen freely. It is defined in the setup-presets.
Batchprocessing of Image Folders If you activate this function in the setup-window, ultra-canvas will work with the last presets you set. There will be no seperate dialog. You can record an action and by batchprocessing the process will be finalized automatically for the whole image folder. This function allows the mirrowing of the borders of your stretcher-frame in a completely automatized way.
ColorCheck Online insert control color strips Do you use Color Check Online for you quality insurance of RGB prints? If so Ultra-Canvas can automatic include the rigth color strips. More information about Color Check Online: http://www.colorcheck-online.de
Using effekts (3 sepia + 3 black/white) Ultra-Canvas provide you with automatic apply of 3 differend sepia toning and black-white comversations. Sepia: Three differend saturations.