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philcoo
March 10th, 2005, 11:14 AM
Well with a collection of idea's from various people I've managed to get a landscape photo split into 4 pictures and printed onto 4 square canvas frames.
Basically I stitched my photo's together and then used Elements to adjust colours etc. I then used a product called Rasterbator to create a raster image. This turns your image into a pdf document with the page sizes you select. I had 4 200x200 canvas frames so used that size page setup. I then printed the four pages onto iron on transfer paper and ironed the prints onto the canvas frames. This isn't easy as I had trouble packing the back of the frame/canvas but I'm pretty pleased with the result.
To finish I've sprayed to image with hairspray but will be getting some laquer at the weekend for a bit more permanent protection.

The rasterbator can be found here:
http://homokaasu.org/rasterbator/

and I bought 4 canvas frames from here:
http://www.artdiscount.co.uk/

All in I reckon I spent about £20 and have 4 canvas prints to hang together to make one landscape. I found that if you leave a 2inch gap between frames it gives a really nice effect.

Hope some of you find this useful...
Wendy
March 10th, 2005, 11:28 AM
Oh that sounds really good ... thank you so much for the info.

I would love to see the final result ... if you do get a chance to take a photograph of the whole thing then you can always upload it to Pixentral and post a link to it.

http://www.pixentral.com/index.php

Wendy
philcoo
March 10th, 2005, 11:33 AM
I'll try and remember tonight to take some and let you see the results.
Jodi Frye
March 10th, 2005, 11:34 AM
ya that is pretty cool !

Thanks !
philcoo
March 11th, 2005, 03:44 AM
As you can see from close up the pictures don't look amazing, but the effect is great from across a room.

http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?pic=1lYIXSJwcuGcGG4lPweDsN9nQ0Yao0

http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?pic=1PvBoPtZwomQE7G31lmUEwFKlan
Mary
March 11th, 2005, 09:22 AM
What a great idea and what a great execution of that idea!! You have definitely inspired me!
Mary
March 11th, 2005, 09:38 AM
Now I have a question - I had 4 200x200 canvas frames so used that size page setup

Can you translate that size for me? To inches? if it is cms then I think they must be huge?????
Jodi Frye
March 11th, 2005, 09:55 AM
That looks great but I can see that I just don't have enough wall space for anything like that :(

I'd really really love to buy an empty warehouse and make a home out of it...like in the movie ' Ghost '...remember ? " space, just space "...Demi says. But I'm not really a city dweller :( Tho, I would change my mind about that if I were near a large park with trails and a pond or something. She's a dreamer...
philcoo
March 11th, 2005, 10:25 AM
The frames are 8 inch square so not massive. Sorry about any confusion - I used to be a draughtsman and only work in millimeters!
Mary
March 11th, 2005, 10:58 AM
I am so glad you cleared that up - now I am thinking - I have a printer that will print borderless up to 13 X 19 inches - and I have a panorama of Red Rock Canyon - and I have a blank wall in my new house - and I.......have chores to do because I have weekend company coming. Better turn off my brain and get physical with my vaccuum cleaner!

Thanks you for sharing Phil!
philcoo
March 11th, 2005, 11:07 AM
No problem and I'd love to see how your Red Rock Canyon photo comes out when you get chance.
Wendy
March 14th, 2005, 04:23 AM
Phil ...

They look great ... I think I may well have a shot at doing something similar.

Thanks so much for all the info and for showing us the end result :)


Wendy