Fracture Glass Prints: Considering glass prints such as>>> https://fractureme.com/how-it-works I've had success with metal prints but wonder about this medium--light, color, contrast...

Frank

Considering glass prints such as>>> https://fractureme.com/how-it-works

I've had success with metal prints but wonder about this medium--light, color, contrast, etc.

Any reactions, experiences, suggestions on editing before glass printing???

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Strodav Loc: Houston, Tx

You might want to search UHH for this topic as I recall replying to a similar question a couple of weeks back.

I have a few Fracture glass prints in my home gallery. They provide for a unique look so I kind of like them. Fracture doesn't provide calibration information except for a brief reference to srgb, so I sent in a small test print and compared it against a print from my calibrated Epson XP-15000 made from the same original and read them with a spectophotometer in Lab mode. The biggest difference is the brightness with the Espon print at 94 (100 is bright white) and the Fracture print at 68 - a huge difference. The color values are really not to bad. I will probably use them again.

Frank

Thanks for the feedback!!

Largobob

Personally, I wouldn't think that image needs printing. Just my opinion.

olemikey Loc: 6 mile creek, Spacecoast Florida

wow.

via the lens Loc: Northern California, near Yosemite NP

Frank wrote:

Considering glass prints such as>>> https://fractureme.com/how-it-works

I've had success with metal prints but wonder about this medium--light, color, contrast, etc.

Any reactions, experiences, suggestions on editing before glass printing???

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I have tried this approach and love how they turned out. Sold a couple also so apparently people like them. I did three Yosemite landscapes and two were bought by tourists, easy to pack in a suitcase and the glass comes with a cardboard frame to hold it for travel. They are very lightweight. I'm not sure something, however, with a great deal of brown mud would work out very well.

wrangler5 Loc: Missouri

Does your perception depend entirely on light reflected from the ink of the image on the front of the glass and the white on the back of the glass, or does the wall/background behind the product affect what you see in the image area itself? I.e., is the white background layer opaque to whatever's behind it?

david vt Loc: Vermont

Largobob wrote:

Personally, I wouldn't think that image needs printing. Just my opinion.

You know, you pay by the letter for words on a gravestone, but, in your case, the extra cost for “j@#$a$$” would be worth it.

bluezzzzz Loc: Stamping Ground, KY

Frank wrote:

Considering glass prints such as>>> https://fractureme.com/how-it-works

I've had success with metal prints but wonder about this medium--light, color, contrast, etc.

Any reactions, experiences, suggestions on editing before glass printing???

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I find that an absolutely stunning image, and I'd be proud to have it in my portfolio.

I took the liberty of trying a different crop on a screenshot, and this is how I probably would have done it.

Frank

I agree as to the mount of "brown" in the photo...It does work fine on a glossy print which reveals the different shades of brown and white highlights on the mud and rock. Seems to highlight the White Egret at the center of the image.

For the record, I am seriously considering giving the glass a go.

Frank

AGAIN--Thanks to all for the feedback. Makes this group worth the time :-)

Frank

I LIKE THE CROP SUGGESTED IN THE RESPONSES--Now will order it both ways...with and without crop!!

THANKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

drmike99 Loc: Fairfield Connecticut

I was very disappointed in my one experience with Fracture and won't use it again. The result to my eye was indistinguishable from an inkjet glossy mounted under a piece of glass with no frame, at an exhorbitant cost. I could have done the same with my Canon printer and a store glass/board sandwich without a surrounding mat, at about 80% lower cost.

To Wrangler— there is an opaque white background attached behind the picture. Your wall color does not show through.

wrangler5 Loc: Missouri

drmike99 wrote:

< snip > To Wrangler— there is an opaque white background attached behind the picture. Your wall color does not show through.

Thanks. I thought that probably was the case, but one of the images on the Fracture web site made it look like you could (vaguely) see through the image on the glass. Maybe that was before they laid on the white background, though.

Frank

In response to the suggestion by bluezzzzz I tried the crop he suggested.

WOW!! THAT is the one I am going with.

Reminds me again why I shoot RAW---so much more you can do with it.