Metallic background in a process job

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Bern
Aug 15, 2007
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Does anyone know how to print a metallic background to a poster with product pictures on that are process, however the difficult part is there needs to be a reflection on the metallic background which reflects the colours of the process product shots, and it isn’t a solid background colour, it has a glow behind the products.

We could do it by adding a layer in the channels pallet of photoshop, however will this make the shadow/reflection of the product difficult to print?
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Tacit
Aug 15, 2007
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Bern wrote:

We could do it by adding a layer in the channels pallet of photoshop, however will this make the shadow/reflection of the product difficult to print?

Depends on how you do it. Can you provide an example of the overall effect you hope to achieve?

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Mike Russell
Aug 18, 2007
"Bern" wrote in message
Does anyone know how to print a metallic background to a poster with product pictures on that are process, however the difficult part is there needs to be a reflection on the metallic background which reflects the colours of the process product shots, and it isn’t a solid background colour, it has a glow behind the products.
We could do it by adding a layer in the channels pallet of photoshop, however will this make the shadow/reflection of the product difficult to print?

Photoshop does not support previewing metallic inks, but you can use photoshop to create the upside down reflection, perhaps with a bit of blur, and a gradient layer mask to make the reflection fade out. http://www.photoshopcafe.com/tutorials/orbs/orbs.htm , or http://www.tipclique.com/tutorial/photoshop/photoshop-reflec tions/

As far as the actual printing, depending on the size of the effect, you are probably better off printing onto a metallic paper rather than using metallic inks. I’d start by showing contacting your printer to find out what metallic stocks he has available, and/or a paper vendor who will send you samples.

Post your question to rec.photo.digital, to get comments from people who do this kind of work
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