digital senior portrait question (printing)

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"george" <nowhere@newsonly.com> wrote in message
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> Anyone doing digital senior portraits?

I was until I sold the business in Sept of last year.

How are you getting foil
> embossed names added to the corners?

We didn't. Never did foil emboss the names. For a period we embossed the
business name, but never the seniors name.

I haven't seen any printing
> service that does digital printing AND the foil embossed names.

Don't know of any.

If
> you're just adding it in PS, are you encountering any resistance in
> the marketplace due to the lack "feel" in that area?

That's the way we did it. Added a drop shadow, and/or other effects to the
name. Kid's liked it, parents liked it. We tried to make every name/style
unique by picking up the color of the eyes, or shirt etc.


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george wrote:

> Anyone doing digital senior portraits? How are you getting foil embossed
> names added to the corners? I haven't seen any printing service that does
> digital printing AND the foil embossed names. If you're just adding it in
> PS, are you encountering any resistance in the marketplace due to the lack
> "feel" in that area?

Nothing prevents the addition of genuine embossing after the print is made.


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