Fine Art Display Pics Information
Every Fine Art Display Pic is printed by a professional photo lab and signed by the photographer. When you order one, you make three choices: the style of the image, how it is presented, and the paper it is printed on. Here is what each one means.
Style
The style is how the image itself looks. Every photo is offered as the original, and many are also offered in three artistic looks made from that same photograph.
Original photo: the photograph exactly as the photographer made it.
Impressionist: the same scene as an impressionist painting, with soft, visible brush strokes and glowing light.
Watercolor: the same scene in soft washes of color, like a watercolor painted on paper.
Painterly: the same scene with rich, textured brushwork, like an oil painting on canvas.
Presentation
The presentation is how your print is made and how it hangs on the wall. The choices shown on a photo are the ones available for it.
Fine Art Display Pic: printed on professional photo paper, ready for you to mat and frame.
Single Weight Artboard: the print bonded to a rigid art board, so it stays perfectly flat.
Double Weight Artboard: the print bonded to a thicker art board, for more depth on the wall.
Fine Art Modern Metal Print: printed onto aluminum for bright, vivid color and a clean, modern look. It hangs without a frame or glass.
Fine Art Acrylic Print: printed behind a clear acrylic face that adds depth and a glossy shine.
Fine Art Canvas Gallery Wrap: printed on canvas and stretched around a wooden frame, with the image wrapping the edges, ready to hang.
Paper
The paper is the surface your photo is printed on. It changes how color and light look in the finished print.
Metallic: a pearl-like sheen that makes color and highlights glow. A favorite for landscapes and skies.
E-Surface: a classic professional photo paper with a light texture and a soft sheen that keeps glare down.
Resolution
Resolution is how much detail a picture holds, counted in pixels: the tiny dots every digital picture is made of. The bigger the print, the more pixels it needs to stay sharp up close. We count about 250 pixels for every inch of print.
2K (standard): about 2,000 to 2,500 pixels on the long side, included with every picture. Right for phones, websites, social media and prints up to about 8 x 10 inches.
4K: about 4,000 pixels, made by our AI at full 4K. Prints up to about 11 x 14 inches.
8K: about 8,000 pixels. Your 4K picture enlarged with Topaz, a professional enlarging tool that adds fine detail as it goes rather than just stretching the pixels. Always a JPEG file. Prints up to about 20 x 30 inches.
16K: about 16,000 pixels, enlarged the same way, for the largest prints: up to 40 x 60 inches. Always a JPEG file, so the download stays a manageable size.
4K, 8K and 16K cost extra credits, shown beside each choice when you make a picture. You can also add a larger file later: when you order a print from your Gallery and a size needs more detail than your picture has, the print options offer to increase it.
Fine Art Display Pics are printed from the photographer's original file. For the largest sizes, where the original would print at under 200 pixels per inch, we make a Topaz-enlarged copy of it, up to 16,000 pixels, so a 40 x 60 print stays crisp.
Have a question about a print? Contact us and we will help you choose.