Metal Prints - Little Review

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Hi.

I recently won a competition that was being held by printingonmetal.co.uk, the prize was my own print printed on metal at A1 size.
It is hard to take a picture of the print that gives it justice, but in the flesh the print is fantastic and really comes to life and looks like a light is shining from behind. The final piece is very well put together and will last for a very long time and you can see just how much care the printers and framers take when creating the final product.
If you are looking for a print that really shows off your work why not give Chris @ pritntingonmetal.co.uk a shout, im sure he will talk you through any questions you may have.

http://www.printingonmetal.co.uk
chris@printingonmetal.com

My picture of the print doesn't really show the quality of this piece as it is just a quick snap from on my living room wall, but it really is fantastic.

Here is the Print and also the original image.


River Feugh - Metal Print. by chrisgrieve, on Flickr


Feugh Bridge by chrisgrieve, on Flickr
 
don't want to sound harsh Chris but thats a pretty shocking reproduction in terms of colour and contrast. Won't really show off anyones work if thats the result you get.
 
I don't mind the 'look' to this one, but it would certainly help if there was a way to visualise the 'look' before it was printed.
I've had a few done on metal and certain subjects (vehicles/machinery) always look terrific. Other subject matter has worked better in B&W.
 
POAH said:
don't want to sound harsh Chris but thats a pretty shocking reproduction in terms of colour and contrast. Won't really show off anyones work if thats the result you get.
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As i said above this picture doesn't give the final print any justice, in the flesh it looks great with the light reflecting off of the metal and from every angle it shines great. At the moment it is just on my living room wall and not under the best light, i will try and get another picture of it during daylight and see if it shows it better.

mercedes said:
I don't mind the 'look' to this one, but it would certainly help if there was a way to visualise the 'look' before it was printed.
I've had a few done on metal and certain subjects (vehicles/machinery) always look terrific. Other subject matter has worked better in B&W.
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As you say it is hard to vuisualise how it will turn out before printing, this is the only one i have seen so dont know what to compare it to regarding other types of shots.
 
This process really does look great in the flesh. Because it such a highly polished and reflective surface underneath. It genuinely looks backlit. Obviously very well suited to Chris's example. I'd love to see this next time at Wartle. The ones I saw in the states were backlit type subjects too. It's more like watching a digital LCD than a printed image. As soon as I can think of a suitable image to print I am going to give this a try.
 
Yes, it's much more reflective than white paper and makes the whole image "pop"
 
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Yv said:
hmmm, interesting, I have prints done on metallic paper from Loxley which look fabulous, but haven't tried a back lit subject yet. Be an interesting experiment to get the same print done on both to compare. :thumbs:
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Sorry don't wish to take over the main subject.
Yv.
I have been searching through the paper types at loxley, but cannot find the reference to Metallic, which is something i wanted to try on a few of my prints.
Would you know if its listed under Metallic or is it under another name as i have searched through the paper types etc..

Thanks.
 
There are two different ways of printing metal prints - inkjet and silver halide.

Silver Halide - also known a digital C-types, or light jet - there are two papers - Kodak Metalic and Fuji Pearl. The Kodak is more metalic and the whites are quite silver - the Fuji pearl is more neutral, and it has an extended colour range and a very high sheen (much like an old gloss Cibachrome if you are that old!)

The inkjet prints can be onto a pearl surface paper, or actual thin metal foil (much like aluminum cooking foil).

There is a third option - where an inkjet print is printed as a mirror image and then transferred with a heat press onto a ridged metal sheet. The metal can be a bare silver metal, or a white coated to give a more neutral highlight.

It's hard to say if you are all comparing the same products....
 
That's a terrible representation of metal prints.
Your original image is infinitely better. Metal prints are truly spectacular but that reproduction of your image is embarrassing.
It looks like they dropped a color... possibly two. I'm guessing cyan and light black.
 
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The link doesn't work by the way.

A simple google search will bring up many companies doing it.
 
There are two different ways of printing metal prints - inkjet and silver halide.
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as well as inkjetting of UV curing inks directly onto the substrate which is then cured with high power uv lamps. This is what i do at work most days, there is screen print and litho as well but they are cost prohibitive for runs less than 500.

Dave
 
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