Putting photos on metal is one of the most popular ways to create beautiful art today. More and more people are enjoying the way that photos look when they are incorporated onto a metal medium. There are several ways that you can put photos on metal, but not all of them are easy, and some of them work much better than others do.
Heat transfer is one of the best ways to put photos onto metal. You can also use inkjet lazertran, but that doesn’t work as well and it’s more difficult to get a good image. Using a heat transfer instead is by far the best option, but it won’t work well for very sharp images, so you have to have an image that’s softer if you want to get a good reproduction. Colors also won’t be quite as saturated, so you’ll need to be more concerned with light and dark contrast in your image if you want one that really stands out.
Transferring to metal can take some time, so you’ll want to have a good iron, some heat-resistant gloves, and a lot of patience to get your best results.
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June 29th, 2009 at 5:51 pm
So one could take a heat transfer sheet that is used for a t-shirt and transfer the image directly onto metal? How durable would that be? Would you then treat the image surface with a fixative? I’ll have to try it out.
January 28th, 2010 at 3:40 pm
We print Giclee fine art onto metal using K3 eight colour inks including three blacks for finer image quality.
We go through nine processes to complete our prints which gives amazing results.
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