What Images To Use For Acrylic Printing?

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Just like canvas printing, acrylic printing also works on the same concept. In acrylic printing, the ink is directly printed to the media which is a piece of rigid acrylic, measuring 5mm. the reverse side of the acrylic is used to print the images so produced so as to avoid any damage to the ink. On the other hand, a gloss finish is given by the front side of the acrylic.

In acrylic form of printing, the part of the image that is pure white in color does not appear in the prints and gives a completely transparent appearance. In contrast to this, the colors which are light do get printed but the layer of ink covering them is very thin so that a completely opaque appearance in not created in the acrylic print. Since in the images formed are white and lighter colored, it gives a transparent appearance. Hence, it is highly recommended to display the images in acrylic print on a light colored or completely white background. By doing this, the white of the photo will be replaced by the color of the wall, thus imparting an ...
... effective depth to the image.

Acrylic prints work best with images, which consist of brightly colored and well lit objects. On the other extreme, photos, which have many white and light colored objects in them, also work well with acrylic printing, in particular family photos or portraits having a completely white background. In addition to this, images, which are heavily saturated and contain light as well as bright colors, also look very effective with acrylic publish. However, when it comes to dark images, these do not create the same effect, which is created by using acrylic prints with light images. This becomes more evident in images where the main subject is composed of saturated and dark colors.