Fujifilm & Metal Prints
Your Fujifilm color belongs on metal.
Velvia reds. Classic Chrome blues. The Acros tonal range. Vivid's dye-sublimation infuses every bit of the color science Fujifilm spent decades perfecting directly into aluminum, so the print looks lit from within. Built in-house since 2003 and ready for all 102 megapixels of the GFX.
The Fujifilm-to-Metal field guide
Which finish suits each film simulation, how to export your files, plus a first-print offer for Fujifilm shooters. Sent straight to your inbox.
Fujifilm built the color. Metal keeps it.
No other camera system has a color identity like Fujifilm's. Film simulations are not filters, they are decades of film-stock science baked into the sensor. The problem is that most prints flatten it. Paper absorbs light and mutes the saturation. Canvas softens the detail. A metal print does the opposite: the dyes are suspended in a clear layer above a white base, so light passes through your color and reflects back out. That round trip is why Velvia greens stay electric and Classic Chrome shadows keep their depth.
Velvia, the way it was meant to look
High-saturation simulations can overwhelm paper. On a white-base gloss metal print, the reds and greens hold without clipping, with real depth behind them.
Acros keeps every stop
Fujifilm's black-and-white simulations live and die on tonal range. Metal renders the full gradient from deep black to clean highlight with a smooth, filmic roll-off.
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The glow lives in the gap.
Vivid started as Image Wizards. Our original owner, Roger K. Laudy, helped work out modern dye-sublimation on aluminum before ChromaLuxe was even a brand name. The trick is the sandwich: an aluminum panel, a white titanium-dioxide coating, and a clear polymer layer on top. When the dyes sublimate, they turn to gas and suspend inside that clear layer, floating above the white. Light enters, passes through your suspended Fujifilm color, bounces off the white, and exits back out. That is the glow paper physically cannot reproduce.
"Every show I ever did, I leaned them on easels with no lighting. People always said they look backlit."
Light enters, passes through the dye, reflects off the white, and exits the surface. The image reads as luminous instead of flat.
The GFX gives you the file. We give you the wall.
A 102MP medium-format file from a GFX100 II or a GFX100RF has more than enough resolution to go big without falling apart. We print every panel in-house, from 5x5 inches up to a single 4 by 8 foot sheet, with no fixed ratios and no outsourcing. Whether you shoot the X100VI for the street or the GFX for the gallery wall, the file gets the same treatment.
34x46 is the magic size for affordable shipping. At that size or smaller, a print ships from North Carolina to California for roughly 50 to 60 dollars. Go even a couple inches larger and the cost can quadruple as it crosses into oversized freight. If you have flexibility on dimensions, staying at or under 34x46 is the single biggest lever on shipping cost.
Five finishes, two families.
White bases give punchy, accurate color. Clear bases drop the white out and let brushed aluminum shimmer through. Here is a starting point for pairing a finish to the way you shoot. Order a sample kit to hold all five in your hands before you commit.
Velvia & Provia
Maximum saturation and depth. The safe pick for punchy, color-forward simulations and the most popular all-around finish.
Classic Chrome & Nostalgic Neg
The same rich color with a touch less reflection. A balanced middle ground for documentary and muted, filmic palettes.
Acros & Monochrome
Glare-free and soft. Ideal for black-and-white work, portraits, and bright rooms where reflection is a concern.
High-contrast street & skylines
Brushed-metal shimmer through the highlights. Striking on high-contrast scenes where bare aluminum adds character.
Understated & metallic
Metallic character with reduced glare. A refined, antique look for work that wants texture without the shine.
White is the safe bet
Clear drops whites out to bare metal, so images with lots of white or soft gray lose detail. White looks great on anything. When in doubt, go white.
From Lightroom to the wall.
A great print starts with a good file. Export from Lightroom, Capture One, or Fujifilm X RAW Studio at full size, and we take it from there. A real person reviews every file for free, checking resolution, color, and the small stuff like lens dust or compression artifacts before anything hits metal.
Resolution
300 DPI at final print size for the sharpest result.
Color Space
Adobe RGB for the widest, most accurate gamut.
Format
TIFF preferred because it is lossless. We accept most common formats.
Free Review
We check every file by hand and flag anything before we print.
What 100 megapixels looks like on metal.
HEADSHOT
Mike Banom is a New York City photographer and producer, co-founder of the creative studio Untitled Era, and a Pratt-trained designer who shares his gear and process on YouTube. He shoots Fujifilm, and he put a 100-megapixel GFX100RF frame on one of our panels to see how it held up. Watch what happened.
REPLACE: drop in Mike's review quotes here as he publishes them (finish impressions, color accuracy vs. his calibrated screen, framing notes).
"What a 100-Megapixel GFX100RF Photo Looks Like on Metal" · Mike Banom
Get the field guide and a first-print offer.
Join the list and we will send you the Fujifilm-to-Metal field guide, plus a welcome offer on your first print. Built for photographers who already care about color.
- The finish-to-film-simulation cheat sheet
- Export settings for Lightroom, Capture One, and X RAW Studio
- A welcome offer for your first metal print
- New print reviews and Fujifilm shooter features
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