Loxley alumini

[LongLensPhotography]

Well they are terrific. I had 3 done and all came back perfect. The brushed glossy one is the best.

If in doubt, just give it a try. It is far better than clunky framed C-types.

Some other companies make those too (Sim2000), probably under a slightly different product name. They are well worth the expense.

 

[pingu666]

the proper acrylic ones are ment to be really good too

 

[testbloke]

Having started working for Loxley a week ago they really go the extra mile to make these products sing. Certain aspects of production are unique to Loxley, other companies offerings can only be inferior. How much inferior versus how much cheaper is a viable point but I have seen some stunning work over the past week.

 

[Ady N]

Just ordered one on the strength of your comment! Brushed ali. Hopefully can push it to add to wedding packages as pricing not too bad - 20x16 option the likely candidate.

 

[K&L Photography]

I saw these at the Focus show and was really impressed. Then again Loxley can do no wrong in my eyes, awesome company to deal with.

Really want one of these making up, however all our work is Weddings and I just don't think this media works great with skin.

 

[stumac]

Am I right in saying brushed wouldn't be a good idea for a bride in a dress , I think I was once told whites will be silver in the brushed effect only. Can anyone confirm

 

[pingu666]

i think thats one of the finishing options with this type of print, but you can get a white base layer done with some suppliers if i remmber correctly, fro knows photo did a piece on some alu prints awhile back

 

[LongLensPhotography]

Am I right in saying brushed wouldn't be a good idea for a bride in a dress , I think I was once told whites will be silver in the brushed effect only. Can anyone confirm

That is correct, but you can choose normal glossy option, which has no metal showing through. That will be totally fine for weddings. In fact some images would be just fine in brushed alu too - as long as the dress is not the dominant part of the frame.

 

[stumac]

ahhh ok great thanks

 

[testbloke]

Loxley do not print directly onto the substrate. To ensure best quality, they use a photographic print which they then manually peel layers of paper from and mount to the substrate. This is why the canvas, brushed aluminium etc. pattern still comes through.

 

[LongLensPhotography]

Loxley do not print directly onto the substrate. To ensure best quality, they use a photographic print which they then manually peel layers of paper from and mount to the substrate. This is why the canvas, brushed aluminium etc. pattern still comes through.

Yes and no... The alumini is some sort of dye transfer process, but there are no physical layers of anything attached (this would be alu dibond available from other labs).
Canvas (the photographic print one) is a layer of a print with textured laminate slapped on top. The texture comes from the laminate, and in some cases the print is glued to a board. However a proper canvas is made by inkjet printing (or fine art printing) on cotton.

 

[testbloke]

Yes and no... The alumini is some sort of dye transfer process, but there are no physical layers of anything attached (this would be alu dibond available from other labs).
Canvas (the photographic print one) is a layer of a print with textured laminate slapped on top. The texture comes from the laminate, and in some cases the print is glued to a board. However a proper canvas is made by inkjet printing (or fine art printing) on cotton.

My apologies, you are correct. Alumini is a dye sublimation transfer process where the traditional canvas is the paper back stripping and bonding process.