RANDBURG, South Africa – A photograph printed on paper and framed behind glass picks up every window reflection in a bright South African room. SubAlu, a print studio in Randburg, Johannesburg, dye sublimates images into coated aluminium instead. Its metal print range is aimed at photographers, artists, interior designers and businesses.
Sizes and shapes
Panels run from A4 and A3 through A2 to A1 for foyers and boardroom walls, each in gloss or matte. Square prints come in 200 mm, 300 mm and 500 mm. Small, medium and large panoramas suit skylines, seascapes and Karoo landscapes, and slim and large portrait formats suit fashion, architecture and narrow entrance walls.
The finish changes the picture
White gloss gives the most brightness and contrast, and white matte gives smooth colour with fewer reflections. Brushed gloss and brushed matte let the metal show through the lighter parts of an image, which suits chrome, water and industrial subjects, while white panels keep skin tones more even. Black edge, silver edge and rounded corner panels change how the piece reads on the wall.
“The print we try hardest to talk people out of is a wedding portrait on brushed aluminium,” said SubAlu’s prepress technician. “Brushed looks wonderful on a motorbike or a city at night. On faces the metal shows through and skin can go grey. We would rather run a test panel than hand over an A1 print the client is unsure about.”
Hanging it
Float mount panels hang off the wall on a hidden rear mount, rail mounts carry larger panels, and standoff and flush fittings give a more architectural or lower profile look. Multi-panel layouts and triptychs are planned so a set reads as one image, and test panels and reprint matching keep colour consistent when a hotel, practice or retail group orders several pieces.
Every file is checked for crop, clarity and resolution before production. Panels are made in Randburg and delivered to Johannesburg, Pretoria, Sandton, Midrand, Cape Town, Durban and Gqeberha. Print files reach the studio through the SubAlu website.
About SubAlu
SubAlu produces dye sublimation aluminium photo panels in a range of sizes, finishes and mounting options from its studio in Randburg, Johannesburg, for photographers, artists and businesses across South Africa. It is part of the same South African trade network as am.co.za. SubAlu is operated by Astros Marketing (Pty) Ltd, 2 Makro Place, Sunnyrock 1401.
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SubAlu sublimates photographs onto aluminium panels in Randburg, from A4 gifts and square prints to A1 statement pieces and panoramas
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