{"id":2265,"date":"2013-06-21T11:32:41","date_gmt":"2013-06-21T16:32:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bumblejax.com\/content\/?p=2265"},"modified":"2020-12-09T09:25:18","modified_gmt":"2020-12-09T14:25:18","slug":"customer-review-acrylic-prints-vs-metal-prints","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bumblejax.com\/content\/customer-review-acrylic-prints-vs-metal-prints\/","title":{"rendered":"Acrylic vs Metal Prints (A Photographers Review)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A little while back we sent <a href=\"http:\/\/essenceinphotography.com\/\">Keith (aka Captain Photo)<\/a> a complimentary sample of our acrylic face mount product since he hadn&#8217;t seen this kind of presentation before. \u00a0He was under no obligation to provide a review and certainly not to review it positively.\u00a0 We simply just wanted his feedback on how the acrylic compared vs metal prints.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re very confident in the quality of our products, but you never know how someone might feel about it. \u00a0Fortunately, Keith was very impressed saying &#8220;Once you go Bumblejax, you never go back!&#8221; \u00a0Ha, now that&#8217;s a great slogan \ud83d\ude42 \u00a0In the video below he compared our acrylic print product to his previous standard of excellence &#8211; the metal print. \u00a0It&#8217;s nice to know Keith now has a new standard of excellence!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bumblejax.com\/acrylic-prints\/\">You can get all the details on our acrylic face mounting process here.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper fourthree\" style=\"width:420px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_wp51TmuA2YE\"><div id=\"lyte_wp51TmuA2YE\" data-src=\"\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/wp51TmuA2YE\/hqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/wp51TmuA2YE\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/wp51TmuA2YE\/0.jpg\" alt=\"YouTube video thumbnail\" width=\"420\" height=\"295\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:420px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Our take on dye sublimation metal prints<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Metal prints as many know have become very popular and in many cases have replaced canvas prints as kind of the de facto standard way to display and sell photography as wall art.\u00a0 The most obvious advantage of metal prints is vibrant color at a fairly affordable price.\u00a0 <del>While we don&#8217;t currently offer dye sublimated metal prints, it&#8217;s something we&#8217;re looking to offer soon since many of our customers have asked us to carry them.<\/del>\u00a0 \u00a0 <span style=\"background-color: #ffff99;\">We now offer metal prints!\u00a0 We spent several months perfecting our color profile resulting in terrific color particularly with black and white prints which are difficult to profile.\u00a0 Many labs use a standard out of the box color profile which lead to a bit of a color cast in black and white metal prints and generally inaccurate color.\u00a0 <strong><a style=\"background-color: #ffff99;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bumblejax.com\/metal-prints\/\">See more about our metal prints here.<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Our reluctance to offer metal prints over the years lies mostly in color accuracy, but a portion of that we know is related to how good the print lab color profiling is.\u00a0 This is why you might be really happy with the metal print from one lab and not the other even if they&#8217;re using the same metal (typically Chromaluxe), the same printer and same image.\u00a0 It pays to shop around and get samples if possible.\u00a0 As mentioned above we&#8217;ve worked hard to get the color profile perfect and only use the best material and inks.\u00a0 We&#8217;re thrilled to be able to offer our version of the metal print with color accuracy we&#8217;re very happy with.<\/p>\n<p>As a general rule, any dye sublimation process (including the popular metal prints) will not achieve the same accuracy or permanence of color that an acrylic face mounted print would achieve.\u00a0 That&#8217;s true of all products where the photo is printed to paper using pigment inkjet ink.<\/p>\n<p>Another concern is the longevity of metal prints particularly when hung in direct sunlight for long periods of time.\u00a0 We have seen photographers come to us with horror stories about their prints (sold to clients) fading in months.\u00a0 If you are buying metal prints PLEASE DO NOT GO CHEAP.\u00a0 Everyone is offering metal prints now including companies that used to be in the canvas game. Some of these are being produced in China &amp; India using cheaper and inferior metal and inks.\u00a0 Make sure whatever lab you use is using Chromaluxe metal and premium quality inks.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve said it many times before in our buy guides and other areas on our site.\u00a0 Read real reviews, go with reputable print labs that specialize in this stuff in the USA.\u00a0 Talk to someone on the phone.\u00a0 Are they knowledgeable?\u00a0 What if something goes wrong?\u00a0 Will they replace it?\u00a0 If you are selling your work as metal prints this is critical since it&#8217;s your reputation on the line.<\/p>\n<p>So, to conclude the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bumblejax.com\/metal-prints\/\">metal prints<\/a> are a great option if you&#8217;re looking for great vibrancy with good color at a more affordable price.\u00a0 They also work better in places where there is lots of moisture (including outside).\u00a0 If they&#8217;re in your budget the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bumblejax.com\/acrylic-prints\/\">acrylic prints<\/a> do offer a sizable upgrade in terms of color accuracy, vibrancy, and longevity.\u00a0 They are the gold standard in photo presentation.\u00a0 If you have any questions about what option is best for you <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bumblejax.com\/contact\/\">please give us a shout<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A little while back we sent Keith (aka Captain Photo) a complimentary sample of our acrylic face mount product since he hadn&#8217;t seen this kind of presentation before. \u00a0He was under no obligation to provide a review and certainly not to review it positively.\u00a0 We simply just wanted his feedback on how the acrylic compared [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-acrylicplexi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumblejax.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2265","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumblejax.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumblejax.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumblejax.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumblejax.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2265"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumblejax.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2265\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5179,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumblejax.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2265\/revisions\/5179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumblejax.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumblejax.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumblejax.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}