BACKLIT GRAPHICS

Backlit graphics that look good at night look really muddy in the daytime. If they look good in daytime, they look wishy-washy at night. Unless Voodoo makes them…

We’ve perfected a way of making backlit graphics look good around the clock in our development labs. Whatever you may have heard, it is possible for backlit graphics to look great 24/7 – it’s one of our dirty little secrets as to how, but we’ll share it with you when you involve us with your project.

If you wanted backlit graphics in recent history, you were at the mercy of larger format photographic reproduction and its alter-ego – scary invoice. Don’t panic. We’re children of the digital age. We’ll get your graphics made and shining bright at faction of the cost – and we’re not talking nine-tenths.

Get your project into the Voodoo DesignWorks and we’ll deliver backlit graphics that cost a little more but that work right around the clock.

A: Backlit graphics are typically comprised of messages, pictures and designs printed upon media that can both transmit light and reflect it. These media are mounted into display system so that lights are arranged behind the print. When the lights are turned on, the graphics appear to be illuminated and they shine out of dark situations.

Long ago, when such graphics were produced exclusively by photo-reprographic means, backlit graphics were often referred to as ‘transparencies’ and the means to show them as ‘transparency cases.’ Today, the terms have vanished and anything that’s lit from the rear by LEDs for example is, a ‘backlit.’

Backlit graphics can be illuminated by panels that get light evenly distributed across the face that is piped from the edge of the frame. Still referred to as backlit graphics, these have the advantage of being slimmer than other constructions.

A: Back lit signs and graphics resembling transparency boxes are made practically exclusively by inkjet printing. Outdoor durable media are used and so the staying power of backlit graphics isn’t in doubt.

Specialist print media and techniques known to Voodoo are used to product backlit graphics that look the same at any hour when in light or darkness. We can completely avoid graphics looking washed out or muddy.

Short term backlit graphics for interior application can be printed at modest cost on paper. Graphics made in such a way tend to look a little warm, but this can, to an extent, be mitigated with print setting and so this doesn’t poorly impact flesh tones. Voodoo operates good colour management practices and works with colour critical applications.

A: The number of applications venues for backlit graphics is limited only by the durability of the media used. Paper for example is not likely to endure exterior condition whereas technical plastics will.

Voodoo consults very carefully when permanent poster sites are being considered as this will dictate the specification of both print and display system. We have installed many such systems and even incorporated them into static signs when needed.

Voodoo would suggest that when considering backlit graphics that thought is given to the application venue and the flow of traffic past it. It may be possible to use non-lit systems or to prescribe tidal lighting. A conversation with Voodoo will help further understanding. Read on:

Voodoo is an affordable and very capable designer, manufacturer and installer of backlit graphics and posters. It costs nothing at all to explore options with Voodoo and there’s lots of ways to do that:

You can call us on 01454 202070

We can call you.

We can set up a one-to-one or one-to-many online broadcast to show you what we do – you see us, but we don’t see you.

We can send you a brochure that tells you a little more about us.

We can assemble a custom information pack for you if you tell us a little about your needs.

Voodoo DesignWorks is at your disposal. We’ll make the high quality lit posters, transparencies and signs you need – and we’ll do so with all of our care and experience applied. We can save you money too.