Surely you have heard us say more than once how important it is to give life to your photographs in some way. Because unfortunately, it is very easy to fall (I say this from my own experience) into disorganization and abandonment.
But think for a moment, when a few years have passed, who is going to remember those photos ? that we end up having in a few years?
Printing does not go out of style (personal opinion ? ). Just as paper books do not go out of style for many of us who enjoy their smell and touch. Today I want to lead by example and immortalize one of my photos forever, so that it is not lost, so that it is not forgotten and, above all, to give it life and be able to enjoy it every day.
This time, I'm going to make it possible thanks to Cewe.
Cewe is an online printing service that has offered us to test several of their many products, the first one we wanted to test was canvas printing.
And I have already tried it and I have the result hanging on my wall. immortalized. Forever ;).
That being said, I am going to show you step by step, from the purchase process to the delivery and the quality of the final print, with my humble opinion about it ?
ORDERING A CANVAS IN CEWE STEP BY STEP
As you can see, thisis Cewe's home page. You have tons of options for printing your photos, from paper prints to covers. Today we are going to talk first-hand about one of the ones we have tried and we liked the most. From the canvas.
You will find the option to choose a canvas in «Pictures» > Canvas
Once we have clicked on Canvas, you will see this screen, where you can choose the system by which you will carry out the order. We will choose Cewe's quick workshop to create online, but you can choose to do it directly from your mobile phone or download your creation program.
Once you choose the Quick Workshop, this is the screen that will appear to you. In this step, you must choose the image that you want to print on the canvas, by going to My photos in the left panel and choose the image that you plan to print.
This time we will limit ourselves to printing a canvas with an image, without any other elements, but I want you to know that under My photos you can add a lot of elements to the image and even the text you want, as well as vary the size of the letter , type, color, etc. I show you in the following image.
As I have already told you, this time, I want the image without extras, so I simply choose the image that I want to print. With Open in preview , you can adjust the size to your liking with the minus and plus bar. We add to the basket, and we go to the next step.
Once the image is imported, you will see the resolution quality of the photo you imported. It is important that you pay attention to this point. Ideally, this should be Good , otherwise, printing will not give you the best results in terms of quality.
Once the adjustment has been decided, we continue selecting the format that we want. To do this we will go to Format , in the panel on the right. The image does not need to have an extraordinary resolution, for example, my image is 1.6MB.
To give you an idea, many mobile photos have or exceed this resolution, so if you are thinking of printing from your mobile or with an image taken with your phone, you will have no problem as long as the resolution is good.
That being said, I continue selecting the size I want. You will see that there are many formats and sizes, and that the price varies from one to another. In this case, we will select a format of 30x40cm, in one piece (a single image on the canvas), and without a frame (you can add a frame to the canvas, but the price will increase).
Once the format is selected, we verify that the size of the canvas, the quantity and the price are those that we had foreseen, we add it to the basket, and we continue.
Next, we see a summary of what we want to process: our image, with the quantity, the price (with the indicated shipping costs) and the format that we have chosen. We can add another product from here or, if we don't want anything else, continue to log in.
If you were already registered, you will enter with your usual password. If not, you will do it at the moment, from this same page, choosing a contact email and a password. It will show you again on the left what you are buying (I find it very useful to see what I am going to buy at all times, especially for the clueless ? ).
Cewe registration screen.
After filling in the data (only the first time you register ? you will go to the payment details, where you will select between several methods (Visa, Mastercard, American express, etc.), and you will indicate the shipping address and the card number.
At all times, you will see the details of your order in the left area of the image. Once the steps are completed, you will see your order number, with which you can locate your package and see the shipping status at all times.
You will be able to print this page in pdf or on a printer and save it, but you will also immediately receive a confirmation email with all the data:
- Order number
- Date of purchase
- Way to pay
- Delivery address
- Billing Address
- Product Details
- Total price
SENDING AN ORDER WITH CEWE
After confirmation, you will receive another email when the manufacturing process is finished, which will mean that it will be ready for shipment. In my case, it took exactly 7 days to make it. After 7 days I received this email and the product invoice, also by email.
Finally, I received the shipping notification from the transport agency that was in charge of sending it to me.
Total time since I ordered it: 8 days. Very fast.
The canvas arrived in a rigid cardboard envelope and protected with plastic inside. It seemed more than enough and it arrived in perfect condition.
Someone appropriated it without my being able to oppose it. For something she was the protagonist of the canvas, right?
PERSONAL OPINION OF THE ORDER PROCESS AND THE QUALITY OF THE CANVAS
Cewe's interface seemed simple and intuitive to me. Placing any order is easy and agile, which is appreciated. In my case, the entire printing and shipping process has been highly satisfactory, I have been informed at all times and nothing has gone wrong.
The shipping time seemed like a record, taking into account that you have to print it, assemble it and send it, it's nothing, but nothing, wrong.
The quality of the canvas is good, good sharpness is appreciated and the black and white tones are very well achieved.
THINGS I WOULD IMPROVE
I chose an image that I really liked after thinking about it a lot, but the truth is that I think it has too little depth of field to demonstrate the sharpness of the canvas.
The focus is on the hands and the quality there is good, so the quality and sharpness is very satisfactory. In short, if you want to appreciate the sharpness of the canvas, look for an image with more depth of field.
Another advice: make sure that your image does not have a very tight frame as in my case. Because the canvas slightly cuts out the image and it may drown out the composition a bit.
You learn from everything, luckily I tried it first, I'm sure the same won't happen to you ? .
This is the image I started from, I think the result is great.
That's all for today, I encourage you to try it, in whatever format and whatever size, don't let your photos and your memories die in a corner, give them life!
I hope you liked this article, but, above all, I hope it encourages you to rescue your photos, print them however you can, give them away, hang them, make an album, wallpaper the walls... Aissss
We read each other in the next article ? .
