One of the most common question asked when people send us canvas prints is if they should have bleed or no bleed added to the print?

Here we explain what the difference is to have no bleed on a canvas print and to have it with bleed on. This is often referred to as Gallery Wrap.

BLEED ON CANVAS PRINTS

Most common selected option. This is where the image wraps around the sides of the stretcher bars and there is no white showing on the canvas print. The image requires extra 50mm all the way around the edge to allow for the image to be wrapped around the sides and back of the stretcher. We add this to the canvas. You do not loose any of the image from the from of the canvas.  We add it by mirroring the last 2inches of the image over the edges.

NO BLEED ON CANVAS PRINTS

This is NOT the most common selected option. This is where the image is accurately printed and stretched to the front edge of the canvas print and the sides remain white with no image printed. This is NOT the most common way to have canvas prints done. Most people opt for canvas prints with the bleed added.