Has anyone here printed photos using metallic paper?
Oct 24, 2015 19:06:52 #
I have been looking into using metallic photo paper for printing some of my images.
I have been reading up on them and some say they work best for certain images like B&W with good contrasts and certain landscape images.
So if anyone has any experience with these papers I would like to hear your opinion on them. Also want to know what you liked best, gloss or matte finish. And what brand of paper you used. Thanks for your input on this subject.
I have been reading up on them and some say they work best for certain images like B&W with good contrasts and certain landscape images.
So if anyone has any experience with these papers I would like to hear your opinion on them. Also want to know what you liked best, gloss or matte finish. And what brand of paper you used. Thanks for your input on this subject.
Oct 24, 2015 19:37:32 #
Kodak Portra or Supra Metallic high gloss paper (silver halide, process RA-4).
It works well with saturated colors, metal subjects, wet subjects, and subjects with glossy surfaces lit with specular and diffused light at the same time.
Find a good pro lab that uses it.
It works well with saturated colors, metal subjects, wet subjects, and subjects with glossy surfaces lit with specular and diffused light at the same time.
Find a good pro lab that uses it.
Oct 24, 2015 19:53:24 #
burkphoto wrote:
Thanks for your input, Bill, but I should have made my question more clear. I want to use metallic paper to print photos on my inkjet printer at home. The papers I was looking at are meant for inkjet printers.Kodak Portra or Supra Metallic high gloss paper (silver halide, process RA-4).
It works well with saturated colors, metal subjects, wet subjects, and subjects with glossy surfaces lit with specular and diffused light at the same time.
Find a good pro lab that uses it.
It works well with saturated colors, metal subjects, wet subjects, and subjects with glossy surfaces lit with specular and diffused light at the same time.
Find a good pro lab that uses it.
Oct 24, 2015 20:28:42 #
TexasBadger
Loc: Wylie, TX
I printed my entire portfolio on Red River Paper's Polar Pearl Metallic. It is awesome and people always comment on the paper!
http://www.redrivercatalog.com/browse/photo-metallic-inkjet-glossy-media-paper-metal.html
http://www.redrivercatalog.com/browse/photo-metallic-inkjet-glossy-media-paper-metal.html
Oct 24, 2015 23:14:51 #
Oct 24, 2015 23:30:25 #
I too have used the Red River paper.
It works really well with pics that have a lot of shiny stuff such chrome parts or anything that shimmers. ;-)
SS
It works really well with pics that have a lot of shiny stuff such chrome parts or anything that shimmers. ;-)
SS
Oct 25, 2015 00:31:49 #
TexasBadger wrote:
Thanks TexasBadger for providing a link to Red River's products. I will definitely order some.I printed my entire portfolio on Red River Paper's Polar Pearl Metallic. It is awesome and people always comment on the paper!
Oct 25, 2015 01:01:52 #
Moab Metallic Silver and Metallic Pearl work well.
The Silver looks flat straight on but you move around so the light reflects off it at different angles and it comes to life in a really spectacular way. A Canon Rep at a workshop I attended did one of my Egrets on the Metallic Silver 13x19 using a Canon Pro-10 (pigment ink) as a demo. Did one of someone else's pics on the Pearl. If I ever decide to spend that much I would get a pack of the Pearl. The paper is aprx $5 for a 13x19 sheet. I would do tests on 8.5x11 before I use that stuff. But it is beautiful paper.
The Silver looks flat straight on but you move around so the light reflects off it at different angles and it comes to life in a really spectacular way. A Canon Rep at a workshop I attended did one of my Egrets on the Metallic Silver 13x19 using a Canon Pro-10 (pigment ink) as a demo. Did one of someone else's pics on the Pearl. If I ever decide to spend that much I would get a pack of the Pearl. The paper is aprx $5 for a 13x19 sheet. I would do tests on 8.5x11 before I use that stuff. But it is beautiful paper.
Oct 25, 2015 06:07:38 #
TexasBadger wrote:
My experience also... beautiful with transparent colors yellow's and red's. Yellow becomes polished metallic gold... colors are radiated rather than reflected... like a Kodachrome slide on a glass bead screen.I printed my entire portfolio on Red River Paper's Polar Pearl Metallic. It is awesome and people always comment on the paper!
Oct 25, 2015 06:45:03 #
TexasBadger
Loc: Wylie, TX
If you compare prices between Moab and Red River Paper, you will see a huge difference. Neither company is a paper manufacturer. They buy it in large rolls and slit and trim it to size. The best guess for the true manufacturer is Mitsubishi. The Moab paper is slightly thicker, but way more expensive.
http://moabpaper.com/slickrock-metallic-pearl
http://www.redrivercatalog.com/browse/66lb-polar-pearl-metallic-inkjet-photo-paper.html
http://moabpaper.com/slickrock-metallic-pearl
http://www.redrivercatalog.com/browse/66lb-polar-pearl-metallic-inkjet-photo-paper.html
Oct 25, 2015 06:47:59 #
All I use for B&W, or monochromatic, like I tell my customers. There's a couple brands on the market. Red River is good as any of them, at a more pleasant price point.
Oct 25, 2015 08:05:03 #
TexasBadger wrote:
I, too, use this paper on my Epson and am very pleased with the results.I printed my entire portfolio on Red River Paper's Polar Pearl Metallic. It is awesome and people always comment on the paper!
Oct 25, 2015 08:42:51 #
TexasBadger wrote:
Excellent PaperI printed my entire portfolio on Red River Paper's Polar Pearl Metallic. It is awesome and people always comment on the paper!
Oct 25, 2015 09:03:24 #
Red River Polar Pearl for me too....I print at home.
People always ask about the paper. It really pops the colors. You'll love it!
People always ask about the paper. It really pops the colors. You'll love it!
Oct 25, 2015 09:37:06 #
I have been using Red River Polar Pearl Metallic for some time, and have had excellent results with both B&W and color.
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