Fine Art Reproduction and Giclée Printing

 

This museum approved 'giclée printing' represents the finest methods of giclée reproduction of paintings (using professionally approved standards from capture to output) which enables you to offer limited or open edition prints of the finest quality, without the huge investment associated with large print runs. Prints can be ordered as required, eliminating storage problems. It also enables you to have several editions to offer to your clients without breaking the bank. This process of printmaking is unsurpassed.

Pricing :

Depending on the print size and media chosen - whether art papers or canvas - your own edition can be produced from high resolution capture and including your first print, for as little as $253 plus applicable taxes (depending on print size). Please contact us for full pricing information.

The Process of Reproducing Fine Art:

Step 1:

The original painting must be converted into digital format. This is usually done in our purpose-built photographic studio. The painting is photographed digitally, using a digital camera back on a Hassleblad medium format camera. This cutting edge, museum quality technology enables a digital file of the highest resolution and colour accuracy to be made directly from the camera, eliminating the losses in quality that are inevitable when producing a digital file from a transparency.

When a photograph has previously been taken of a painting, perhaps because the original has been sold, the film will be scanned. This will usually be a 4 x 5 transparency or larger, scanned directly on our Imacon Progression III 'Flextight' scanner. This scanner will digitize at the highest resolution and with the highest gamut possible.

Photographers wishing to have their work produced as giclées will have the film or negative scanned on the 'virtual drum' of the Progression scanner. This provides the cleanest file, with the best shadow detail possible.

Step 2 :

Once in a digital format, the file is worked on to correct colour and make tonal and contrast adjustments. There is a setup fee payable for this. Signature removal and addition of text (if required) are included and are done at this stage. This exacting work requires a good eye for colour and a finely tuned professionally colour-managed workflow for the reproduction of fine art. Sophisticated Gretag Macbeth colour profiling and calibrating hardware and software completes the combination. The setup fee is a one-time payment to ready the file for printmaking.

Our colour technician is Adobe and Gretag Macbeth trained.

Step 3 :

The file is then ready for printing. We print up to three test prints on your chosen media for you to inspect, to ensure that you are completely satisfied with the finished print.

These are included in the setup fee. Once you are satisfied with the results, this approved copy is archived at Innovative Imaging Studio for future colour reference. The digital file is also stored in our studio, preserving all the information to ensure consistent results in future prints.

For the reproduction of photographs and giclée prints of the finest quality and the most accurate and vibrant colours combined with the most reliable archiveability, we use a professional printers with the widest gamut of inks available for the different media. The amazing gamut possible with these combinations gives us the flexibility to print colour prints with incredibly smooth gradients, fine detail and an image resolution of up to 2880dpi.

The Innovative Imaging Studio Certificate of Authenticity stamped with our seal and signed by the artist and the print makers at our studio is also supplied with each print. This certificate is the assurance that you give to your clients that each print has been inspected and approved by our printers. We also supply a care of prints instruction sheet for you to give to your collectors with each print. We also can advise artists on framing and handling of giclée prints.

Innovative Imaging Studio's printers 'chop' in the border of your print (optional) also confirms that this print has been inspected and approved by our printmakers.

Media :

We print on a wide choice of textured or smooth 100% cotton rag or cellulose based Watercolour papers or Canvas (all to the highest archival standards) that will make the most of your edition, according to your choice.

Limited edition giclée prints are delivered with an Innovative Imaging Studio certificate of authenticity, and care instruction sheet. We also can advise artists on framing and handling of giclée prints.