Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Review Tuesday: Printcopia Printcopia

Printcopia
Recently I was contacted by one of the good folks over at PRINTCOPIA to take a look at their website and review their products. Their tagline is: "PRINTCOPIA creates eye-catching wall art out of your photos!" and, I have to tell you, they really do.

They offered me a free 8x10 canvas print to check out their work and I jumped at the chance. It's not like I don't have a few bazillion photos of Bella hanging around. In fact, I have so many pictures of her that I had to ask you folks to help me decide which picture to use for the review.

That was certainly the hardest part of the process because, once it was decided which picture I would use, it only took about 15 minutes to upload, tweak and order my print. And that's only because I'm a whacky fanatic about both my pictures and technology - hey, it's a review, I had to put it through it's paces, right?

And put it through its paces I did. And I am happy to say, it passed with flying colors. I'm a web developer by trade so I can be pretty hard on web applications but PRINTCOPIA really did live up to my expectations. The site was easy to use and there were enough options to be able to customize my print but not so many that it made the choices feel overwhelming.

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It didn't take long at all after ordering to receive the print and the delivered product was really very good quality. The image quality is superb and the canvas material gives the product an artistic feel. The colors are deep and rich. And the seams are tight - the whole thing is just nicely done. It comes with a little hanging clip so you could put it right on your wall although mine is propped up on my desk right now.

Some of the options they offer on the site range from physical frames to modest or even considerable touch-ups (although I can't speak to the these features as I didn't use them.) And I really love the fact that you can upload directly from Facebook and Instagram.

The only real complaint I have is that in order to use a picture that is formatted for portrait orientation (rather than landscape), you have to select a custom canvas size height and width. That's not a big deal - it doesn't seem to cost any more to use the custom sizing - but it struck me as a minor oversight that could prevent frustration for the user community. Quibbles really.

PRINTCOPIA also offered me an 8x10 canvas print to give away to one of my readers so here's your chance to win a nice gift for the holidays. Just leave a comment letting me know you want to enter and then click on the Rafflecopter thingie there. (I've never hosted a giveaway nor utilized Rafflecopter on the blog so do please leave a comment letting me know you entered so I can make sure that even if things don't work correctly everyone who wants a chance to win gets to enter.)

What it looks like in 'real life'.

I'm quite pleased to be able to offer this as my first 'give-away'. So good luck!

a Rafflecopter giveaway


PS - PRINTCOPIA has some sister sites that I did not work with but if they're anything like this one, they are probably quick and efficient offering good value. If I get the time, I will check them out and report back but if anyone else has already done so, please let us know in the comments.

car magnets * custom banners * cheap signs

Disclaimer: PRINTCOPIA gave me a free 8x10 canvas print to review their services but anyone who knows me can tell you my opinions are my own.  ;)


20 comments:

  1. Great review! I think your choice for the Printcopia canvas was perfect!  It turned out just beautiful!

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  2. Ooops!  Forgot to ask you to enter us in the contest! :)

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  3. You don't have to ask me twice! I love canvas prints! What really got me was that I could upload a photo from Facebook or Instagram. I have so many photos on Instagram that I would love to get on a canvas print. 

    This may be insane, since I really want to win, but I am sharing so more people have a chance. So glad Printcopia asked you to review!

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  4. Absolutely love the picture of Bella btw. Beautiful! 

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  5. Okay. Weird. I commented before under my blog name and it disappeared. Not sure what happened, but what I said is I so want this! I absolutely love that Printcopia allows you to upload from FB or Instagram. I have so many photos on both. I am definitely checking them out.

    I must be crazy (since I want to win this) but I shared on my FB blog page. :)

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  6. Beautiful Bella :) Awesome review and giveaway - you sure are off to a running start! I'm entering, but you might as well just award it to Mel already...LOL...

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  7. Love the picture you chose, it looks like they did a great job! Also love your desk setup; the sculpture is amazing.

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  8. Beautiful!!! I'd like to enter
    Nola

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  9. I'm entering. Thanks for the chance. I would love to have one made of Shiloh.

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  10. Woof! Woof! LOVE canvas prints we got several at home. Golden Thanks for sharing this company. Lots of Golden Woofs, Sugar

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  11. Aww, Bella's name is so fitting right now! Also, that's a lot of computers. Also, I love your little canvas stand thingy--where did you get it?? Also, just so we're clear, I am NOT entering the giveaway. :-)

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  12. Nice review. I have tried a handful of different places for canvas prints, but never this one, and I would love to try it.

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  13. The picture of Bella is BEAUTIFUL! We would like to enter :)

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  14. Yay! It's the one I picked :D This Printcopia business sounds pretty cool! I would like to be in this contest too please!

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  15. We won't have room for much artwork on the boat so I'm not entering the contest. Just wanted to tell you how much I liked the picture you chose. It looks beautiful.

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  16. What a great idea, and lovely picture of Bella! Yeah, I'd like to enter, too, along with everyone else. It's always good to hear of new, creative things to try.

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  17. Sorry, I just wrote the post above, but I also clicked to go to Rafflecopter, but I don't sign up for apps (long story). Darn it; I would have loved to see more... and enter. Oh well!

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  18. I just did this on mine too, so go over and enter for a free picture! :-)  Love the photo.

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  19. We have more pictures of our dog in our home than anyone else. Pair that with the pictures my husband and I have on our work desks we have probably officially gone into dog crazy mode. But one always needs another, right?

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