About My Picture UK

My Picture turns your own photographs into canvas prints, framed prints, posters and photo gifts, and a My Picture UK discount code is applied to an order you build yourself from a file on your phone or computer. Everything about whether the result pleases you is decided before you pay, by the file you upload and the shape you choose, and those two things are where nearly all disappointment comes from.

Resolution decides how big you can go

A print needs enough pixels to stay sharp at the size you order. A photograph straight from a modern phone prints crisply at modest sizes and starts to soften as the canvas grows, while a screenshot, a picture saved from social media or an image forwarded through a messaging app has usually been compressed and lost detail already. Upload the original file, not a copy that has been shared, and heed the warning the configurator gives if the file is too small.

Cropping cuts something off, and it is usually a head

Your photograph has an aspect ratio and so does the print. Ordering a square print from a rectangular photograph means part of the image is discarded, and the tool crops from the edges. Check the preview carefully and move the crop yourself rather than trusting the automatic placement, particularly on group photographs where someone is near the edge.

Canvas wraps lose a border

On a stretched canvas the image folds around the frame's edge, so a centimetre or two disappears from each side. Anything important close to the border, a signature, a foot, a date, will end up on the side of the frame. Where that matters, choose a print with a mirrored or coloured edge instead of an image wrap.

Screens are backlit, prints are not

A photograph on a bright phone screen always looks more vivid than ink on canvas or paper, and a dark image prints darker still. If a picture is underexposed, lighten it before uploading. Matt surfaces hide reflections and suit a bright room; gloss looks punchier and shows every lamp in it.

Using a My Picture discount code

Enter the code before payment and check the total, since personalised orders go into production quickly. Codes commonly carry a minimum spend, apply to a set ordering window and exclude delivery. Personalised prints are made to order and cannot be returned unless faulty, so get the crop right first.