I have never had a photo printed on glass, but someone did a painting of my airplane on glass, and it was a very effective presentation.
Dan Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Fri, Sep 29, 2017 at 10:34 AM, P. J. Alling <[email protected]> wrote: > I haven't read the claims in the posts you linked yet, but, this really > puts me in mind of, is when we could print on clear Cibachrome materials. > You display these prints back lighted and a well done print, with the > proper subject matter, was like looking at a giant color slide on a giant > light table. It's like looking at a 4x5 Kodachrome, except the image > source was originally 35mm or medium format. The quality could be amazing. > > The reflection problem wasn't the reason for the material, and there are > anti reflection glass options for framing which I think would be a better > than actually printing on the back of the glass, for traditional display, > and printing on the front of the glass won't protect the image. > > > On 9/28/2017 1:14 PM, Igor PDML-StR wrote: > >> >> >> I am surprised, but it is only today that I've come across this printing >> option: printing directly on glass by FractureME.com >> (I am sure at least some other PDMLers have known this option for ages.) >> So, I became curious about it. >> >> There are some hyped-up articles about it that only look at the surface, >> not at any detail of this option, such as quality, etc. >> But I found this blog with a balanced-sounding review of various aspects >> of the service and the product: >> http://www.konraddwojak.com/blog/2014/4/fracture-glass-prints-review >> It is 3-year old now, and the situation could be different now (better or >> worse), but it sheds light on what could be a problem. >> >> In addition to that, - when I watched the video ad - right on the >> first page of https://fractureme.com/ (It's almost the same video that >> I saw this morning on TV), I noticed quite a few annoying reflections from >> the glass. I am guessing that those were probably exacerbated by the >> lights used for shooting, but it got me thinking about this question: >> If we compare these prints directly on the glass surface to a print >> mounted behind a glass, does the fact that the image is right on the glass >> surface improve the reflection problem, make it worse, or does not affect >> it much? >> >> Yet another question I have is about the width of the color gamut and >> color accuracy provided by this company. >> >> If someone on this list has tried this type of prints, - I'd be curious >> to hear your impression. >> >> Also, - have you seen or tried any other services doing the same type of >> printing? >> (I googled and found a few, e.g. http://www.grayglass.net/glass >> .cfm/Architectural/Digital-Printing/catid/1/conid/221 >> http://photography.com/product-glass.html ) >> >> Thank you, >> >> Igor >> >> >> > -- > America wasn't founded so that we could all be better. > America was founded so we could all be anything we damn well please. > - P.J. O'Rourke > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
