New media from Ilford
Ilford has just released some pretty amazing new papers. Here are the ones that really stood out for us.
Gold Fibre Pearl has a beautiful smooth satin-like finish with a slightly warm base. A great example of Baryta style media.
Key Benefits
Traditional Baryta-like surface
High quality black and white and colour images
Wide colour gamut for vivid images
Perfect for digital toning
Excellent sharpness
What we found
Beautiful warmth and stipple |
Big gamut
Won’t Cut on Epson printers(to rigid) could be a problem at the end of rolls. Plus might need to be supported when printing sheet
Fine Art Smooth Pearl is a very unique paper with it’s satin finish, slight texture and an almost metallic look.
Key Benefits
Excellent image sharpness
Smooth pearl surface
Alpha-Cellulose
Acid Free
What we found
Blacks not as punchy (lower dmax)
Crystal Gloss. Okay we were pretty impressed with Ilford’s Metallic Gloss but the Crystal Gloss is even better. It still gives you that 3D look with an almost warm base compared to the Metallic Gloss’s silver base.
Key Benefits
Brilliant Metallic Shimmer
Unique surface adds a creative angle
Superb photographic image quality and consistency
Perfect for Portrait and Studio photography
What we found
A lot warmer base than the Ilford Metallic Gloss
Cleaner base
NEEDS lots of light (as all metallic type paper do)
Looks less grainy
And there is a lot more on top of these wonderful new medias. Drop in into Team Digital’s print centre to check out all of the media.
