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Four photographs on a matte black heat-reveal mug. At this count the printed images cover most of the usable surface, so when the coating clears there is very little black ground left between them. The mug does not reveal a picture; it changes completely from one object into another.
The printable band on a mug this size is a little over ten inches long once unrolled. Split four ways, each photograph gets roughly two and a half inches. Faces survive that comfortably.
Wide group shots and landscapes do not, because whatever made them worth keeping is in detail that disappears at this scale. Crop in your own mind before choosing the files rather than afterwards. One subject per frame is the rule that makes a four image mug work, and it is the single thing most often got wrong.
Four frames put a lot of information on a curved surface, and a glossy finish adds a moving highlight on top of it. Matte removes that. Light scatters instead of reflecting, the ground stays an even black, and each of the four pictures gets the viewer's attention without a bright band travelling across it as the mug turns. The denser the layout, the more the matte finish earns its place.
Usually because the set is already four and cutting it would be arbitrary: four siblings, four seasons, four years, four pets. It is the wrong choice when one photograph is the photograph and the other three are there to fill the layout, since at this size the good one gets no more room than the rest. In that case the single or two image version serves it better, and the good photograph is several times the size.
Full colour print under a heat-sensitive black coating that clears as the mug warms and returns as it cools. Send four photographs; our designers crop each to its frame and lift the contrast, and they will tell you if one of them will not hold at this size rather than printing it anyway.
Hand washing is the only safe method here. Microwave use will damage the coating. Sublimation is how the hidden image is printed. Colour Enhancement can be added for $1.99 per image.
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How to Create Your Own Magic Coffee Mug
We create each custom magic photo mug using the latest in sublimation printing technology to ensure your favorite photos never peel or fade. Add your photo(s), align them just the way you like, and add text, then get ready to sip in style.
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