How Acrylic Face Mount Prints Are Made (with Chromatics Nashville)

Fine art photographer Keith Dotson goes behind-the-scenes at Chromatics in Nashville to see how beautiful acrylic face mount photo prints are made.

In this video, watch how acrylic face mount photo prints are made, from start to finish. Chromatics helped me with five large acrylic prints for a local client, and agreed to let me be present in their workrooms as the prints were made.

Special thanks to Chromatics! https://www.chromatics.com/
Thanks to Michael and Rich for letting me watch them manufacture an acrylic face mount print. And thanks to Trudy for helping me take care of my client project.

00:00 Introduction
00:40 Part 1 - The Paper Prints Being Made
01:40 The Paper Choice for Acrylic Face Mount Prints
02:37 About Printer Profiling
06:09 The Major Steps in Making an Acrylic Print
15:33 Benefits of Glossy Photo Paper
16:45 RIP Software for Printing
19:50 Part 2 - Mounting the Print to Acrylic
20:18 Prepping the Acrylic Sheet
23:28 Positioning the Print onto the Acrylic
26:02 Applying the Print to the Acrylic with Pressure
28:26 The Big Reveal

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