how in the world is this done?

[jmag215]

so i am wondering how this guy is doing these cool signs. do you think he is using some sort of laminate that has these effects in them because i can't find any anywhere. i tried printing on some of the metal flake vinyl and it looked nothing like these with the crisp colors and he would have to be using a printer that could print white ink if that was the case. any help or suggestions would be awesome.

 

[James Burke]

I'm just a plain 'ol monument guy...plotter cut lettering...nothing more.

But...if I ever change my career path, I'd definitely like to do that kind of stuff.

Jim

 

[player]

It looks to me like good use of photoshop plugins and perhaps some fancy background art.

There are some backgrounds here (scroll down the page):
http://www.auroragraphicsdvdsales.net/SuperPack.html

But I remember seeing some that were high res for sale by another company that was graphics oriented,
not vehicle oriented. Their files where in layers, and you had the ability to make all kinds of crazy custom files by fading and blending the different layers contained in the one file. I can't think of it now... give me a day or so.

 

[jmag215]

It looks to me like good use of photoshop plugins and perhaps some fancy background art.

There are some backgrounds here (scroll down the page):
http://www.auroragraphicsdvdsales.net/SuperPack.html

But I remember seeing some that were high res for sale by another company that was graphics oriented,
not vehicle oriented. Their files where in layers, and you had the ability to make all kinds of crazy custom files by fading and blending the different layers contained in the one file. I can't think of it now... give me a day or so.

I am I am talking more about the finish like the metal flake, rainbow chrome, diamond plate looking laminate or what ever it is.

 

[player]

I am I am talking more about the finish like the metal flake, rainbow chrome, diamond plate looking laminate or what ever it is.

Most likely a plugin. They are all printed, and just look 3D in the photos. Unless you have seen them and they are actually embossed, but I doubt it.

Problably Alien Skin or Filter Forge or similar.

 

[legacyborn]

Looks to me like it is actually printed onto some sort of holographic substrate. Not sure how though.

 

[jmag215]

Most likely a plugin. They are all printed, and just look 3D in the photos. Unless you have seen them and they are actually embossed, but I doubt it.

Problably Alien Skin or Filter Forge or similar.

I have have infact seen a couple with the metal flake and it in fact I'd an areodescent flake. I have tried the matTac metallic overlam but it looks nothing like it, you can't tell it has any flake at all

 

[jmag215]

This was my attempt for myself but it all has a foil look and not just certain parts and no way to do a white ink

 

[player]

Could he be using Roland metallic inks?

 

[legacyborn]

http://www.transilwrap.com/films-applications/print-finishing/specialty-laminating-films

This company sells hologram laminates, could that be it?

 

[player]

I think it's all just printed. You are getting fooled by his 3D plugin effects.

 

[legacyborn]

I think it's all just printed. You are getting fooled by his 3D plugin effects.

I dunno, maybe.

Here is a bunch of the signs from multiple angles including some closeups

https://mbasic.facebook.com/profile...563200&tm=AQDYL3ZvOYr3i_xG&id=181331581905069

 

[1leonchen]

looks like a well designed graphic with either a metallic over laminate or its a solvent printer with metallics. one of the two. i can rember the name but u can get a pealescnt vynil just use standard inks. or just buy the laminates that had special effects.

 

[player]

I dunno, maybe.

Here is a bunch of the signs from multiple angles including some closeups

https://mbasic.facebook.com/profile...563200&tm=AQDYL3ZvOYr3i_xG&id=181331581905069

OK. I agree. There's something special.

 

[letterman7]

Those FB photos he's calling "dimensional wraps". That tells me it's a holographic film that he's printing on, likely a thermal printer that can handle the white and metallic foils, like Gerber or Summa.

 

[Clear Choice Laminating]

looks like a well designed graphic with either a metallic over laminate or its a solvent printer with metallics. one of the two. I can rember the name but u can get a pealescnt vynil just use standard inks. or just buy the laminates that had special effects.

I think you are on to something. holographics can come in numerous patterns/images they can be transparent or opaque.

The manufactures can coat vinly,PET,OPP, and pretty much any type of film/media. The pictures below are paper prints coated with a Thermal PET holographic transparent over laminate.

 

[1leonchen]

i looked at some of my old catalogs.i cant remember the name. i had gotten sample a few years ago and i ordered it from fellers. its a melatic over laminate i had done a mad wrap on my jet ski using the carbon fiber effect one. i lost those pictures with a phone. i just cant remember the name. u print on regular vinyl and add the over laminate to get special effects. it was a nice product but i don't think its cost effective because at the time the laminate was like 500 per roll. it wasn't cost effective for me.

check this out i gonna search more for the old catalog https://www.fellers.com/fellers-sho...erlaminate/set/mactac-6398-metallic-enhancers

 

[MikePro]

base print is either white ink on silver foil vinyl, or silver on white media.
hologram comes from overlaminate. Can't tell you which brand, but I can say that most I've seen are quite bad. They look great, and adds so much depth when viewing at certain angles BUT cars I've seen wrapped with this material at sign shows are tenting at complex curves 2 days into the application (asian off-brands).
I think the Rtape Efx line has some versions, I believe, but can't say for sure if there is a quality version for wrapping with longevity.

 

[SellersSign&Design]

I would almost bet money they are printed on RTape Vinyl Efx metallic vinyls. All the patterns in these pictures are available from them. At first I figured they were printing with an Edge or a Summa DC, but some of the colors vary in transparency. They are most likely using a solvent printer with white ink.

 

[Mike Paul]

He's printing on R-Tape Vinyl EFX vinyl.