Cool way to display pictures. What is it?

Hey guys -

One client site that I am at has these really cool pictures hung up. They are large (roughly movie poster size) but they are printed onto some sort of solid material (won't bend) and there is a thin layer of apoxy/glass/clear coat or something that gives it a matte finish. The colors are vivid and they hang almost flush to the wall with no visible screws. The whole thing is probably about a quarter inch thick.

I was wondering if any of you know what type of print this is and more importantly where to get it done? Also, would a picture from a Canon 60D look good on these or are these images mainly made from medium format cameras?

edit: I think it may be acrylic?

like here: http://blog.bumblejax.​com/acrylicplexi-photo-mounting/

I have had West Coast Imaging do some acrylic face mounted prints for me. Picture runs edge to edge, has a flame polished acrylic face and an aluminum mounting structure on the bank. They are very, very high quality.

Edit: Forgot to mention that I had WCI print on Fuji Pearl and am very pleased with the results.

Auen - do you need a medium format camera to make them look good? I hope I don't

I didn't print poster size. The largest I printed was 16x20, which was a 21mp shot from a 5d2. I could have gone larger than that though. They have a chart that is pretty handy in figuring out what kind of quality you will get if you print a 8.4 mp image onto paper that is 8x10, etc.

http://www.westcoastim​aging.com …ixel-print-size-chart.jpg

benji25 wrote in post #14979657
Auen - do you need a medium format camera to make them look good? I hope I don't

I'd suggest that you crop a portion of your image and have a "test print" on say 8.5x11 paper and view it at a distance that would be "normal" and decide for yourself if a poster-size print would do.

And, a good clue can be gotten by viewing your image at "100%" at a reasonable distance. That "renders" your image at about 100 pixels per inch, your monitor resolution, and that is pushing the limits of printing, although at a good distance things can look just fine as long as the image is visually "appealing".