Create Sample Canvas Gallery Wraps in Photoshop

Step 1:

Open your original, final image in Photoshop. Resize it to the height x width in inches @ 200 DPI you’ll want your final canvas gallery wrap to be. In this example, I used a 16×24″ image (3200×4800 pixels).

Step 2:

Save your image with a new file name. Do not use your original image.

Step 3:

Decide what kind of edge you want to have: original image, black, white, or mirrored. The classic professional gallery wrap edges is an mirrored copy of the outside 2 inches (the size of the wrapper bar we use) added to all 4 sides of the final print.

Here is a easy to use Photoshop action by David Hinkey I found on DPReview that works with Photoshop CS. It mirrors the outside 2 inches all the way around the image and creates a new image in a tab in Photoshop.

Step 4:

Save the file with the mirrored edges. It will automatically add 2 inches on all 4 sides of your print. If your client decides to order this gallery wrap, this is the image you’ll use to place the order in ROES or JDLab2You.

Step 5:

The box effect is also a Photoshop action. I found this free GalleryWrap action by the folks at StudioZap.com. They have some paid Photoshop actions you should check out too.

With my mirrored image from Step 3, I ran the GalleryWrap action, and in 10 seconds had the finished image with box effect you see here. It is a layer separate from the background, so it was easy to resize it to 400×266 @ 72dpi, save as a jpg, and drop it into an email or use it as a sample product on a website.