Personal 5-Finish Sample Kit
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Personal 5-Finish Sample Kit - The Decision Tool
Your image. All five finishes. 8x10 each. The kit you put on the conference table when a client is ready to commit to metal but undecided on finish.
SpeedPro partner pricing: $60 landed. ($120 retail.)
The 16x24 framed sample wins the room. This kit closes the finish decision. Different jobs, both essential.
The five finishes, what each one does, and when to recommend it:
1. White Ultra Gloss - "Plane Over Island" The punchiest finish we offer. Highest contrast, deepest blacks, most saturated color. The plane-over-island pairing is intentional: tropical blues, bright white aircraft, sharp horizon line. Every element hits.
Recommend for: bold, color-forward imagery. Sports, automotive, architectural shots, high-saturation landscapes, anything you want to walk past and stop. White gloss pops in any lighting condition, including low-light lobbies and corner offices.
2. White Semi-Gloss - "Mountain Reflected in Water" The middle ground. Keeps most of the contrast and color depth of white gloss, but cuts a meaningful amount of glare and reflectivity. The mountain reflection works because semi-gloss preserves the rich blacks in the trees while softening reflections that would otherwise compete with the water's natural mirror effect.
Recommend for: clients who love the gloss look but are worried about reflections. The default safe pick when you don't know the install lighting yet. Strong choice for hospital interiors, conference rooms, and any space with mixed lighting.
3. White Matte (Satin) - "Friends Group Photo" Non-reflective. Softer tones. Skin tones look natural and gentle. The group photo pairing shows the strongest case for matte: portraits, candid moments, anything where you want the viewer's eye on faces, not on the surface.
Important to know: matte and satin sacrifice some contrast in deep blacks. If the image has heavy shadows or dark backgrounds, white matte will flatten them slightly compared to gloss or semi-gloss. For portraits with bright or neutral backgrounds, this is a non-issue and often an advantage.
Recommend for: portraits, family photos, healthcare interiors, hospital rooms, brutal-overhead-fluorescent installs, and any space where glare would be a deal-breaker. Looks great in any light.
4. Clear Matte (Satin) - "Cactus in Desert" Here's where the finishes get interesting. Clear finishes drop out the white base of the print, which means anywhere your image is pure white, the brushed aluminum shows through instead. The cactus shot works because the desert has warm earth tones, deep shadows, and very little pure white. The aluminum adds subtle texture without competing with the image.
Subtle metallic look, reduced glare. The understated cousin of clear gloss.
Recommend for: warm-toned imagery, sepia, desert and earth-tone landscapes, anything where you want a metallic feel without the high-shine. Clear finishes also let you turn sepia images into pieces that look almost copper-printed, which is a conversation-starter most clients have never seen before.
5. Clear Ultra Gloss - "Underwater Shot" The metallic showpiece. Drops out white the same way clear matte does, but with full gloss, which makes the brushed aluminum read as actual reflective metal in the lighter areas of the image. The underwater shot is the perfect pairing: deep saturated blues, light filtering through water, and where light hits, the metal itself shines through.
Recommend for: rich, saturated images. Skylines, underwater photography, automotive, anything with deep color and luminosity. Sepia images on clear gloss come out looking almost copper-printed.
Two important things to tell clients before recommending clear:
First, clear finishes drop out white. Use the polar-bear-in-snow example: the soft grey gradients in the snow would disappear because the metal itself is grey, and you'd lose the detail in the most important part of the image. Clear is for images with rich color and minimal pure white, not for anything where white IS the subject.
Second, clear finishes need light. They look stunning under gallery spotlights, sunlit rooms, and well-lit retail environments. In low-light lobbies or dim conference rooms, they can read dull. The white finishes pop in any lighting. Clear needs the light to dance off the metal to do its job.
For partners new to selling clear: Order a proof on clear before committing a client to it. Not every image is right for clear, but the people who get it right swear by it.
Why this kit beats showing photos of finishes
A client looking at finish photos online sees "five different glossy options" and goes with whatever the photographer used. A client holding their own image, printed five times, on five different surfaces, decides in 30 seconds. The conversation stops being about specs and starts being about what looks best for the wall it's going on.
This kit is the difference between "let me get back to you on finish" and signing the order in the meeting.
Want it printed with your own image?
Order the kit, then email your image to info@vividmetalprints.com referencing your order number. We'll proof, confirm, and print all five at no additional charge. Most partners use a portfolio shot or a recent project hero image, so every client meeting starts with a piece of YOUR best work.
Ships in 3 to 5 business days from approved artwork. Drop-ship to your studio. Price is landed.
