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What you are actually buying

A Crystal Print is a solid block of optical crystal with your photograph etched inside it. A focused laser creates millions of tiny fractures at a set depth; the bright parts of your photo become white frosting and the dark parts stay clear glass. Nothing is printed on the surface, so there is no ink to fade, no coating to peel and nothing to scratch off.

That is also why the photo matters more than the crystal. A sharp, well-lit picture with real contrast etches beautifully at any size. A dark, blurry one will still be dark and blurry in glass — which is why a person here looks at every single file before it goes near the laser, and tells you honestly if it will not work.

2D or 3D?

2D etches your photo on a single plane inside the crystal, like a photograph suspended in glass. It suits portraits, groups, logos and text. 3D converts a face into an actual sculpted model floating in the block, which is startling in person but needs a clean, front-on photo of one or two people to work.