What are photos printed on metal called?

They are usually called metal prints, aluminium prints or simply photos on metal, and the process behind them is normally described as dye sublimation on aluminium. We call ours a personalised metal print, because the image comes from you rather than from a catalogue of ready-made designs.

Which file should I upload, and can I check the crop first?

Start from the highest-resolution original your camera or phone produced. Screenshots, social-media downloads and heavily compressed messenger copies may already have lost detail that printing cannot restore. You can then review the preview in your chosen format, paying attention to faces, text, hands and important edges; it helps you judge the composition, but it cannot guarantee an exact screen-to-print colour match.

Should I choose matte or glossy?

Glossy can strengthen perceived contrast and reflections. Matte reads more quietly and can reduce distracting reflections compared with glossy, without eliminating them. Decide with the photograph, the windows and lamps in the room, and the angle you will usually view the print from in mind.

Which personalised print stands on a desk?

The Keepsake Trio is the desk set: it contains exactly three separate 13 × 9 cm aluminium prints and three separate metal stands. The larger listed formats of The Legacy Print and The Cinematic Print are made for the wall and use the matching magnetic kit.

Personalised metal prints

Upload your photograph and shape it into an aluminium print for your own space.

Upload your photo

A personalised metal print transfers your own photograph by dye sublimation into a prepared aluminium surface. Choose The Legacy Print for the photograph on its own, The Cinematic Print for the film-style overlay you select, or The Keepsake Trio for three 13 × 9 cm panels on three desk stands.

Choose a photograph that matters, review its crop, then select an available size and finish. We transfer the image into a prepared aluminium surface and make the print to your submitted specification. Every photo print is made for dry indoor rooms, and only the mounting option you select is shipped with it.

Choosing the right product line

The Legacy Print shows your photograph on its own, with no cinematic overlay, in the wall formats currently listed for your market — 30 × 20 cm and 42 × 30 cm. The Cinematic Print adds the film-style overlay you select in the configurator and also offers a smaller 21 × 14 cm wall format. The Keepsake Trio is a desk set instead: three separate 13 × 9 cm aluminium panels with three separate metal stands.

Start from the original file

Where you can, upload the highest-resolution original from your camera or phone rather than a screenshot or a compressed copy. Then look at the preview in the format you have chosen: faces, text, hands and the edges that matter should all survive the crop. The preview is there to judge composition and framing, and it cannot guarantee an exact colour match between a backlit screen and a printed surface.

Finish, mounting and timing

Glossy can lift perceived contrast, and reflections with it; matte reads more quietly and can reduce distracting reflections compared with glossy, without removing them. Decide from the photograph itself and from the windows, lamps and viewing angle in the room. The listed wall formats use the matching magnetic kit, while The Keepsake Trio stands on the three desk stands supplied with it. Photo prints are made for dry indoor rooms. Production takes 1-3 business days, and the delivery estimate for the selected market is confirmed at checkout.

Which personalised print suits you?

Pick by the look you want and by where the print will live. Size, finish and what arrives in the box are confirmed in each product's own configurator.

The Legacy Print

Your photograph as a single aluminium wall print, with no cinematic overlay, in the wall formats currently offered.

Create a Legacy Print

The Cinematic Print

Your photograph with the film-style overlay you choose in the configurator, as a personalised wall print.

Create a Cinematic Print

The Keepsake Trio

Three separate 13 × 9 cm aluminium panels with three separate metal stands, for a desk or a shelf.

Create a Keepsake Trio

Metal print questions, answered

What are photos printed on metal called?: They are usually called metal prints, aluminium prints or simply photos on metal, and the process behind them is normally described as dye sublimation on aluminium. We call ours a personalised metal print, because the image comes from you rather than from a catalogue of ready-made designs.
Which file should I upload, and can I check the crop first?: Start from the highest-resolution original your camera or phone produced. Screenshots, social-media downloads and heavily compressed messenger copies may already have lost detail that printing cannot restore. You can then review the preview in your chosen format, paying attention to faces, text, hands and important edges; it helps you judge the composition, but it cannot guarantee an exact screen-to-print colour match.
Should I choose matte or glossy?: Glossy can strengthen perceived contrast and reflections. Matte reads more quietly and can reduce distracting reflections compared with glossy, without eliminating them. Decide with the photograph, the windows and lamps in the room, and the angle you will usually view the print from in mind.
Which personalised print stands on a desk?: The Keepsake Trio is the desk set: it contains exactly three separate 13 × 9 cm aluminium prints and three separate metal stands. The larger listed formats of The Legacy Print and The Cinematic Print are made for the wall and use the matching magnetic kit.

Keep reading before you create

Make your photograph part of the room

Choose a favourite image, shape the crop and create an aluminium print for your space.

Create your metal print Find your metal print

Choosing the right product line

Start from the original file

Finish, mounting and timing

Which personalised print suits you?

Pick by the look you want and by where the print will live. Size, finish and what arrives in the box are confirmed in each product's own configurator.

The Legacy Print

Your photograph as a single aluminium wall print, with no cinematic overlay, in the wall formats currently offered.

Create a Legacy Print

The Cinematic Print

Your photograph with the film-style overlay you choose in the configurator, as a personalised wall print.

Create a Cinematic Print

The Keepsake Trio

Three separate 13 × 9 cm aluminium panels with three separate metal stands, for a desk or a shelf.

Create a Keepsake Trio