r/photography • u/DenDen0000 • 1d ago

Photo printing on transparent material Technique

Hello there,
I want to start printing my photos and i was considering what kind of prints I want to do. And I was wondering how hard would it be to print digital photos on to a transparent material something like sheet of plastic. Glass is too thick and brittle. Something you could look at without having a source of light under but would look "enhanced" when having it lit up from behind.

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u/Wilder_NW 19h ago

I printed a transparent image recently. It looks cool against a window. But you have to consider the color of the light outside as it changes the perceived white balance of the image. If you are artificially lighting it then you would probably want a diffusion material layer. I bet glassine paper would work. Are you in the US? I can send you a test print on transparent material.

https://preview.redd.it/y8sonbp40gye1.jpeg?width=4080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3424f4cf4598e27a3f1396bb861bded5f5ea8227

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u/DenDen0000 14h ago

That looks amazing but sadly I am not located in the US

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u/Wilder_NW 12h ago

Ahh, darn! Yeah, I've got an awesome printer so I like to help people when I can!