Brisbane Picture Framer launches photographic and artwork curatorial service trademarked as the Endurart Process®

Brisbane, QLD -- (SBWIRE) -- 08/24/2012 -- Fix-a-Frame has launched a new commercial photographic curatorial division. The Brisbane custom picture framing business has always been involved in protecting artworks and photographs by utilizing conservation framing techniques since 1991.

The new service is trademarked as the Endurart Process®. The techniques for preserving pictures is always being advanced and when the Endurart Process® is utilized it gives the public confidence that their images are given the best protection.

The latest demands from clients is to scan and digitize old analogue photographs and perform digital photo restoration. Once the original photographs have been conservation framed the next logical step is protecting the digital files from degradation. Many companies provide online back-up and file storage but if the images are not saved in the correct formats and file sizes it is just the same as tossing the originals in the corner and expecting them to endure.

The amount of detail in an original photograph usually exceeds the data captured by a modern digital photograph. When photographs are scanned and digitized there can be loss of data if not processed correctly. When you couple the loss of data with poor file handling you can end up losing precious memories.

When ever there is a natural disaster the items that are most valued by the victims is their family photographs. Fix-a-Frame had first hand experience with the grief experienced by Brisbane residents after the 2011 flood. A great deal of photo restoration and repairs was performed throughout the months following the disaster.

"The rapid advancement of digital photography and the ability to share photographs via Facebook and Pinterest has reawakened the desire to protect people's photographic heirlooms" said David Schummy, company director. Attitudes have changed from the past where people invested in quality items that were designed to last. Nowadays many people take a short term view when it comes to their choice of belongings. Furniture is only made to last a few years and electronics are continuously being upgraded. The regrets of losing the photographic family memories are only realized after it is too late.

A modern digital photograph can hold as much value in people's lives as an original portrait of the past. Even though it is assumed you can always reprint a digital photograph, often files are misplaced, corrupted or the file storage backup is inadequate. The best way to preserve your photographic memories is to make both physical and digital copies and then store them adequately. An archival printed photograph that is framed using conservation framing techniques incorporating a UV filtering glass like Tru Vue Conservation Glass®, Museum Glass® or Optium® is an excellent way to ensure you can enjoy your images whilst providing long-term protection.

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New and unusual ways of using simple white foam board sheets has been uncovered by an Australian foam boards supplier.

Brisbane, QLD -- (SBWIRE) -- 08/08/2012 -- Australia's leading foam board supplier launched its new website back in September 2011. Little did they realize the hidden demand that they would uncover for foam board products. Now, nearly a year later, they are releasing a range of children's playhouses and furniture.

Within days of launching the website they were inundated with unusual requests to cut the humble foam board sheets into a diverse range of shapes. "We fully expected growth in the normal straight and rectangular cutting demand that we had already experienced in our offline business but what was not expected was the odd and unusual shapes that were requested." said David Schummy, company director.

Some of the unusual requests included cutting large circles and crescents to be used to decorate enormous Christmas trees. Skylines to match the Mary Poppins set had to be quickly designed and dispatched across the country for an important social occasion. More recently tessellated patterns were cut to create Minecraft themed party props. The Australian Defence Force is using foam boards in its planning department and numerous architecture students use the board for displays and rendering models.

Fix-a-Frame P/L, the parent company behind the foam boards craze, revealed their latest venture is into the design of children's playhouses. The foam board was an obvious choice for making kid's play furniture because of the light-weight and durable nature of the product. Parents want new and exciting things for their children to play with that doesn't involve electronic games. The kid's playhouses provide a great structure that the children can decorate and personalize to their hearts content. The material has a matt white finish both inside and out, unlike other cardboard constructions, making it an ideal blank canvas for children to express their creativity. The board readily accepts all water-based paints, crayons and coloring pencils.

The foam boards graphics department is working overtime to keep up with the pressures of designing structures that could be cut on demand by CNC machines. The latest upgrade to the foam board cutter software has allowed the incorporation of several new cutting and creasing heads to the machines so that new and complex folds that were not possible in the past can now be achieved. Coupling the professional cutting capabilities with the hobby Foamwerks tools has caused an explosion in the use of the simple white board.

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