Family pictures, personal portraits, or landscape photos create interesting focal pieces in homes, especially when emblazoned on metal sheets or fabric canvases. These modern display techniques give artists and homeowners a chance to place their favorite images in long-lasting surfaces. If you’re wondering whether to choose a metal print or canvas for your photography, here is an overview of each type to help you make an informed decision. 

Canvas Prints

Canvas prints are made by using photo-quality, large-format inkjet printers to place images on canvases. These materials are available in different sheen options, including matte and slight gloss.

After the canvas is printed, it is stretched over a frame, stapled in place, and checked for fit issues or scratches. Some modern frames are even made with self-adhesive panels, making it fast and easy to place the fabric in place. 

Metal Prints

Unlike traditional printed photos, which use a silver halide process to transfer an image onto a piece of photographic paper, metal prints are made using a method called dye sublimation. During this process, a printer fuses different colors directly to a metal sheet, creating a highly durable and stunning display. 

Images can be printed onto white, stainless, or even colored metal sheets for different effects. While a white metal background creates the most vibrant and true-to-color look, stainless steel sheets allow some of the metallic hue to show through the light portions of the photo. No matter the aesthetic of the final piece, a metal print helps you create timeless images in a way that no other print can. 

Whether you’re interested in canvas or metal prints for your photographs, the team at Denali Graphics & Frame will help. Since their inception in 1989, this business has been focused on offering their customers the finest products and framing services. They also have an onsite art gallery to give you inspiration. Learn more about their printing work online or call (907) 561-4456 to discuss a project.