Photogenesis?

What are your opinions about it? Does it really work good and is the quality good?

Photogenesis, sometimes called Hydro Graphics is a state-of-the-art process that can decorate just about any hard-surfaced, non-porous two-or-three dimensional part. This process can make the part look like a variety of finishes, including wood grains, carbon fibers, camouflage, granites and brushed aluminums. The process is not limited to just flat surfaces, it will wrap around edges and flow into cavities to give each and every part a completely finished look. It can also be controlled to only cover section of surface if desired. The base tones are endless, such as in the appearance of wood grain: the tone can be light, medium, dark, or anywhere in between. Custom proprietary colors can be designed as well. All the customer has to do is choose two variables: Base color (wood tones), and Pattern type (grain, carbon fiber, granite etc).

https://www.driving-image.com/Photogenesis.htm

Here is a link to a company that does it and from what i hear. They are the Best at it

https://www.phoenix-image.com/

Also another link to people that have had it done and some of there pictures & impressions of it

https://www.dakota-durango.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3782

The only one i didnt like was the Kevlar hybrid colors... looked real fake

You can even work with them to design your own pattern

oops almost forgot the whole forum dedicated to Pheonix Imaging

https://www.dakota-durango.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=94

here ya go for a pricing idea's

https://www.dakota-durango.com/featuredproduct2.php

and more info on this

https://www.dakota-durango.com/featuredproduct.php

One last thing... why does it always try to Double post? I press "post reply " Once and it takes forever to go through (on cable) and then it tells me im not alowed to double post

Hmmmm... Ok, I've thought this through a little. If this indeed uses the process they use for camo'ing guns, well, good luck. The machinery designed to make it accurately and easily fit stuff like that is well, big. So then you are looking at craftsmanship on your own part. Assuming you could get it all setup to do it, it'd take a good while to learn how to get it to cooperate with all the parts. This is assuming the material is forgiving as well. :)

Regarding prices... That's not bad on some of the smaller stuff or even the bigger stuff, but I would want rough ideas for all vehicles. (Like a base price?)

Honestly, I didn't see anything on there that was great, at all, or that couldn't be done by learning some painting techniques. Now for anyone who has no ability to learn/access the materials for that to do 100% custom art work on their fiberglass, ok... But I'd rather invest the money/time into learning that and being able to apply it to interior and exterior. But that's me, and I really found nothing hugely impressive there. Cool idea, I'm sure it works for a good majority of people, but I'd rather learn to do brushing myself that I can use on different levels.

I doubt they do...

Concerning the bad ass painters... There may be some patterns that would be incredibly hard to duplicate, but that doesn't mean impossible. They are just making it a fast version of image to print.... A painter would be the printing stage of that... But I don't know enough to say this should be possible. So I stand corrrected, there may be a few patterns just easier to pay for. The machinery is what is used for camo guns... Designed wrapping technique. (I don't know why, but somewhere I watched a documentary on this.)