Rune wrote:
> Okay, so I've finally gotten all the details to a level where I'm satisfied 
> with it. (You wouldn't believe how many tweaks I've made since the last 
> version I posted, that probably no one else than me even notices...) Making 
> test-prints with my printer have made me aware of issues with things than 
> don't work as well on print as on the screen, because nuances in colors and 
> luminance is lost once printed. To deal with that, contrast of certain 
> textures have been enhanced, which looks better on the screen too as a 
> bonus.
> 
> Anyway, I've splitted the image into several layers, and once the background 
> layer was separate, it suddenly got temptingly easy to play around with 
> it... In my head the background was always just white, but after having seen 
> some of the possible alternatives, I'm suddenly not sure I prefer white 
> anymore. I don't know which version I want to have printed!
> 
> What to do, what to do...
> 
> What do you think?
> 
That it, apart from aesthetics, would depend on things I don't know.
One is the printing process. If it is an inkjet like technique, the 
black is probably not good. It costs a lot of ink and the paper might 
become so soaking wet that it deforms.  OTOH black works well for book 
covers and single pictures, it really makes color stand out, much more 
than on screen. But, you are losing shadows and hence depth. My 
experiences with blueish backgrounds using professional CMYK printers 
are not good. None of my book covers that have shades of blue are any 
near the color that I specified.

The other big question is the wall you will be hanging it on. If the 
background color differs too much from the wall color, the first 
impression would be the composition of the frames and not what is in it.
That is why I think e.g. the black version won't work, in close up 
possibly, but not for your composition with 6 different frames from 5 
meters away. I assumed that you were going for a white background 
because you had a white wall. If the wall color is not white, using the 
same color as a background immediately suggests that the picture was 
designed specific for that wall. That would give the whole thing another 
level. It might also lead to more people saying 'oh, can you do 
something for me too?' If that is a good thing or not depends on how you 
plan the rest of your career.

> Teaser image is attached, the full versions can be seen here (in png format, 
> so the page is slightly heavy):
> http://runevision.com/3d/metalandflowers/
> 
> BTW, the blue, teal and green color is carefully selected. Colors with red 
> in don't work well so shades of red, yellow, and violet are out. Also, light 
> colors don't work well (except completely white), nor almost black or gray 
> ones (except completely black). I also tried some linear gradient with color 
> to white and color to black. At first it looks really sweet, but after 
> looking at it for a little white it begins to just look cheap. Compromises 
> don't work here. Just one strong color.
> 
> Rune
>

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