Skylark's Flying Digital Banners

Does your computer need a face lift? This month, spruce up your machine with our downloadable desktop wallpaper.

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Flying Banner

Click here to download video footage of the flying banner

For the promotion of Bryce Courtney’s latest novel, Flinder’s Cat, a giant 15 x 28 metre banner has been flying over Sydney skies. Shaun Herbert, Managing Director of helicopter advertising company Skylark, commented “These days, our clients want their banners to feature full colour pictures. This demands better quality printing that can best be achieved digitally. The fast turnaround of digital printing is also an advantage. A digitally printed banner will take only a few days from the time of order to delivery, whereas embroidering methods take about two weeks. Skylark has recently expanded into the US market, which has a much higher volume of demands than Australia. To keep up with this high demand we’re planning on having all of our banners digitally printed.”

For more information contact fredrik.uden@flash.com.au

PhotoGlass™ Privacy Strips

We worked with interior environment specialists, Geyer, to create PhotoGlass™ privacy strips for the meeting rooms of Brisbane Law firm, Nichols, Roberts & Hallets. Nichols, Roberts & Hallets provided us with images historically relevant to the firm, which we manipulated into a suitable format for translucent PhotoGlass™.

For more information contact kimbilee.jamieson@flash.com.au

Library Shop Refurbishment

The State Library of NSW recently refurbished their library shop using PhotoGlass™ and Vutek self adhesive vinyl onto columns. Dan Day, Senior Designer at the State Library of NSW commented on his design objectives in saying “The State Library is an extraordinary part of the fabric of Sydney and, in a sense, the shop provides a real window to its soul. I wanted to extend this idea, transforming the original eclectic bookshop into a more inspiring space full of light and room but with a strong sense of richness and discovery that the Library itself represents. Flash Photobition provided the means to treat the various graphic elements and capture the vision perfectly.”

For more information contact sarah.mcguire@flash.com.au

Cutting-edge vinyl trends

A vinyl cutter is able to profile cut vinyl to any shape. Traditionally, this tool has been mostly used for lettering and simple shapes. Recently, however, people are being much more adventurous. This can be largely attributed to retrospective fashion trends, such as floral prints and abstract fine lines, popping-up on surfaces everywhere, from shop windows to office partitions, from the bottom of skateboards to the sides of large boats.

For more information contact jillian.nalty@flash.com.au

Question: Why do Kodak Duratrans cost more than inkjet backlits?

Answer: Duratrans are made from a photographic emulsion whereas inkjet media are made up of a base, coated with an ink receiving layer. Far more intensive technology goes into creating a photographic emulsion and the cost of the film is about double. For short to medium term use inkjet backlits are a great cost effective alternative. However, if you’re willing to pay the extra money, Kodak Duratrans will give you a longer lasting image with continuous tones.

For more information click here to download a information sheet on Inkjet vs Photographic.

Does your computer need a facelift?

In recent issues we’ve introduced you to a selection of digital interior solutions including Digital Wallpaper, Digital Canvases, PhotoMesh™ and PhotoGlass™. Problem is, a lot of readers who would love to use these products, don’t have access to any images. To help you along, we’re giving you a chance to sample some suggested images by downloading them as desktop wallpaper. These images have been created by various artists who work here at Flash Photobition.

Ryan Figueora		Andew Massie		Red Square		Peter Ryan
Fred Uden		Peter Harris		Michael Hoesli		Dan Smailes
MAC Instructions: Save screensaver image onto desktop. Click on: Apple Menu Items - Control Panels - Appearance - Desktop - Set desktop - Place Picture - Double click on image. PC Instructions: Double click on thumbnail to open. Right click on image. Click on Set on Desktop Wallpaper.

If you would like one of these images reproduced as a canvas print or perhaps a feature wall, send an email to jillian.nalty@flash.com.au for a quote.

Melbourne Storm has been using our 3x4 Portable Architecture stands for their media backdrops for almost four years. A key advantage of using Portable Architecture is that the same stand can have a different look year after year just by changing the graphics.