Camera’s View Update

I  have been trying to find a better way to present my image portfolio. I have decided to start using 500 px for my image hosting.

To view my portfolio follow the link to Marcaurelle Photography

I will continue to use Camera’s View as my blog and as a vehicle to present new found techniques.

Thanks for following Camera’s View.

 

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Visualizing Gallery Wraps

Visualizing how an image might appear as a Gallery Wrap can sometimes be difficult.

Typical gallery wraps require that you allow a portion of your image to wrap around the edges. The amount or wrap is usually about 1.5 inches plus an additional amout to allowing for fastening to the back of the frame. Therefore, you can expected that approximately 2″ on each edge of your image may not appear on the front surface.

It is possible to compensate for this in a number of ways -

  • Previsualization of placement at the time of image capture
  • Creating the wrap area via manipulation of the image with Photoshop
  • or simply accepting the base color of the canvas around the edges

One way to visualize how an image might appear gallery wrapped is to use the print template feature of Lightroom.

As shown in this example of the White House, most of the important features of the image would be removed from the front and onto the sides.

Figure 1 - 8x10 Gallery Wrap Portrait Orientation

The next image in the catalog would present itself better

Figure 2 - 8x10 Gallery Wrap Portrait Orientation

By toggling the identity plate on and off and moving the image within the template, you can better visualize the desired layout. Once the desired layout is achieved, you can then return to the Lr Develop Module and create a virtual copy to crop to the desired outside dimensions to match your simulation within the Lr Print Module. Once satisfied you can then feel more confident that when you send the image out for printing or you print it yourself on canvas that you have allowed for the edge wraps.

If you would like to try out this template you may do so with this Gallery Wrap download link. Both Portrait and Landscape are included.

Let me know what you think.

NOTE: When I created these templates, the initial thought was to use the watermarking feature of Lightroom 3.0. However, unlike the identity plate, once exported the watermark is not embedded into the export file. Therefore the instruction on the template should read “uncheck the identity plate before printing” and not “uncheck the watermark before printing”.

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