nextONE™ - Exquisite Matted Album

Matted albums are the apex of elegance, but the skill to make them in traditional style is rare. PPA has honored both Finao's page mount and overlay mat styles as PPA HotOnes for the best traditional matted album and it's easy to see why!

This classic and timeless album is again popular for weddings, portraits, and boudoir. We offer an unconventional take on traditional with the freedom to mix flush with matted images and different paper types within the same spread. You won't need special software; it's as easy as designing a regular flush mount album. Finish your artwork with time-honored details and options.

nextONE™ is your next big success story.

If your couple wants a wedding album "just like Mom and Dad's" we can make it happen.


See below for all the unique ways you can offer customers what your competition cannot. Click any nextONE™option for all the information you need.

Turnaround times can vary depending on product type and time of year
*Due to moving our production to Michigan, we are experiencing longer than normal turnaround times


Size & Orientation

Choose from a large selection of album sizes to suit all your client's needs.

Don’t see the size you need? Contact us for a custom consult.

Cover Materials

Sometimes less is more. If your client wants a simple cover we can do that. Finao has a cover material to suit any subject or specialty—we serve one of the most diverse groups of photographers in the industry. Weddings or seniors, babies or boudoir each need a distinct presentation.If you take pride in offering personalized service and a boutique experience you will love the ability to honor the style and taste of each client.

Complement your images from our collection of genuine and vegan leathers, velvets, linens, silks, and more. Or add an accent stripe or two for subtle coordination or eye-catching contrast. Our wood veneers create richly textured cover panels, and handmade papers complete your album as unique front and back cover lining.

In the order form, select from our current swatches and recently discontinued, or While Supplies Last, selections. If you have a favorite material from our past or are looking for something unique or specific, contact info@finao.com. We'll check our collection of materials—there are more than we can display.


A CAUTION: It is nearly impossible to see the true character of these materials online. Colors can vary greatly depending on your screen calibration. We recommend purchasing a swatch kit for use in conjunction with these online or downloaded swatches. Your client will appreciate knowing exactly what to expect in their finished product.

A downloadable swatch PDF is available on our Templates & Design Guides feature page (updated 11/2020.)

The base price of your nextONE™ album includes your choice of any one of our cover materials.

Cinder
Cinder
Merlot
Merlot
Pacific Blue
Pacific Blue
Passion
Passion
Scarlet O'Hara
Scarlet O'Hara
Mahogany
Mahogany
Miami Ink
Miami Ink
Girlie Girl
Girlie Girl
Wedgewood
Wedgewood
Moonstone
Moonstone
Carbon Steel
Carbon Steel
Euro Ivory
Euro Ivory
Euro Dark Blue
Euro Dark Blue
Distressed Brown
Distressed Brown
Mermaid
Mermaid
Euro Heather
Euro Heather
Golden Opportunity
Golden Opportunity
Euro Red
Euro Red
Bronze Age
Bronze Age
Saturday Night Special
Saturday Night Special
Carrigan
Carrigan
Optimism
Optimism
Forget Me Not
Forget Me Not
Elderberry
Elderberry
Biker Chic
Biker Chic
Euro Wine
Euro Wine
Ashes
Ashes
Seaglass
Seaglass
Chalkboard
Chalkboard
Champagne
Champagne
Myrtle Beach
Myrtle Beach
Euro Dark Green
Euro Dark Green
Dulce De Leche
Dulce De Leche
Turtle Dove
Turtle Dove
Bomber Jacket
Bomber Jacket
Euro Brown
Euro Brown
River Deep
River Deep
‡  is blue,    †  is metallic
Ludicrous
Ludicrous
Harlow
Harlow
Suspicion
Suspicion
Chyna
Chyna
Corruption
Corruption
Shameless
Shameless
‡  is blue,    †  is metallic
Cinnabar
Cinnabar
Cloudy Day
Cloudy Day
Lioness
Lioness
Stone Cold Crazy
Stone Cold Crazy
Moonshine
Moonshine
Pine Bark
Pine Bark
Gold Digger
Gold Digger
Purple Haze
Purple Haze
Metal Head
Metal Head
Blueberry Hill
Blueberry Hill
After Midnight Blues
After Midnight Blues
Absolute Zero
Absolute Zero
Texas Tea
Texas Tea
Bad Bad Leroy Brown
Bad Bad Leroy Brown
Pinot
Pinot
Whiskey
Whiskey
Noir
Noir
Wildwood
Wildwood
‡  is blue,    †  is metallic
Mulberry Wine
Mulberry Wine
Periwinkle
Periwinkle
Nobility
Nobility
Dress Blues
Dress Blues
Rose Quartz
Rose Quartz
Splendor
Splendor
Lady Moura
Lady Moura
Coral Reef
Coral Reef
Cheshire
Cheshire
Caribbean Sea
Caribbean Sea
Ground Fog
Ground Fog
Blue Jade
Blue Jade
White Rabbit
White Rabbit
Herb Garden
Herb Garden
Cardinal
Cardinal
Raspberry Sorbet
Raspberry Sorbet
Blackberry
Blackberry
Button Down
Button Down
Moonless Night
Moonless Night
Almond Milk
Almond Milk
Estate
Estate
Amethyst
Amethyst
Kiwi
Kiwi
Fog
Fog
Natural
Natural
Indigo
Indigo
Charcoal
Charcoal
‡  is blue,    †  is metallic
Red Dahlia
Red Dahlia
Silver Fox
Silver Fox
Vintage Rose
Vintage Rose
Extra Olives
Extra Olives
Peacock
Peacock
Affluence
Affluence
Avocado
Avocado
Blue Valentine
Blue Valentine
Marigold
Marigold
Magenta
Magenta
Eclipse
Eclipse
‡  is blue,    †  is metallic
Stiletto
Stiletto
Taupe Silk
Taupe Silk
Whiteout
Whiteout
Platinum Silk
Platinum Silk
Sumptuous
Sumptuous
Gothika
Gothika
Manhattan
Manhattan
Shady
Shady
Blue Gold
Blue Gold
Hypnotique
Hypnotique
Earl Grey
Earl Grey
Butterscotch
Butterscotch
Lip Lock
Lip Lock
Indigo Silk
Indigo Silk
Croquet
Croquet
Versailles
Versailles
Desade
Desade
‡  is blue,    †  is metallic
Dodgeball
Dodgeball
Monkeybars
Monkeybars
Marsala
Marsala
Duck Duck Goose
Duck Duck Goose
Hematite
Hematite
Champagne
Champagne
‡  is blue,    †  is metallic
Birch
Birch
Cherry
Cherry
Walnut
Walnut
Grey Oak Barnwood
Grey Oak Barnwood
Brown Oak Barnwood
Brown Oak Barnwood
Smoked Oak Barnwood
Smoked Oak Barnwood
Bamboo
Bamboo
‡  is blue,    †  is metallic

Cover & Spine

Your clients want a memory that reflects their individuality. Be the photographer who creates lifetime albums as unique as your images. Or design a favorite combination that represents your signature brand. It will only take a few minutes to explore our options and inspire your natural creativity.

The slipcase base price includes a traditional cover in any one of our gorgeous standard cover materials. From there, it's a matter of choosing the custom options that are right for your client. Create a personalized display piece with a cover image in one of our beautiful low-effort, high-impact styles. Or check out our full range of image opening and accent stripe combinations in our downloadable Cover Design Style Guide. Except where noted, cover upgrades are available for albums sized 8x8" and larger.

WSL = materials not in our active swatch collection. Choose at no additional cost, and once our stock is used we won't be ordering more. We'll make exceptions if a choice is popular.

n/a = a sample made from material that is out of stock or has been siscontinued by our vendors. We show the samples because they're still beautiful.

Create a truly personalized display piece with a cover image in one of our beautiful low-effort, high-impact styles.

ICE™ Acrylic
With CU29 (n/a) leather. Image courtesy of Adam Opris Photography

ICE™ Acrylic

Create a nextONE™ matted album that will always be on display. The ICE™ cover panel boasts superior quality through flawless 1/4" acrylic with beautifully finished, smooth beveled edges. The stunningly natural color and crisp detail of the bonded metallic print makes ICE™ our most popular cover upgrade.

Armour™ Metal
With Passion leather. Image courtesy of Benny Migs Photo

Armour™ Metal

As a nextONE™ cover panel, Armour™ combines durability with a matte, art-paper like depth and richness. This metallic print emulsion bonded to thick, brushed aluminum will provide lifetime style and beauty.

Erotika™ Metal
With Passion leather. Images courtesy of BG Productions.

Erotika™ Metal

A unique-finish metal image cover you won't find anywhere else. The image inks print directly on brushed aluminum, absorbing into the surface and revealing raw metal highlights.

Image Stripe
With Avocado velvet. Image courtesy of Mark Ross Photography

Image Stripe

Enhance your nextONE™ with a simple but striking vertical Image Stripe in ICE™, Armour™, or Canvas. Choose a cover material to emphasize your image for maximum impact.

Canvas Wrap
Image courtesy of Christine Williams Photography

Canvas Wrap

Elevate your nextONE™ custom cover image with the classic natural texture of canvas. This cover upgrade fully wraps-around your album cover.

Canvas Panel
With Biker Chic leather. Image courtesy of Imagine Photography

Canvas Panel

Elevate your nextONE™ custom cover image with the classic natural texture of canvas. Pair this cover panel with a complimentary material on the spine and back.

ONE™ series albums offer our greatest range of custom cover designs. Add one to four openings or one or two stripes, or combine them for a designer look. Our design guide has hundreds of pre-designed layout samples. Choose one as your studio signature style! Size the image files for cover cut-outs 1/4" inch larger than the listed size as we tuck the image under the cover surface. Size image files for indentations exactly as listed.

See our Cover Design Guide for inspiration! Download the PDF from our Templates & Design Guides feature page.

Pages & Printing

You've designed the cover, and now it's time for the best part—your images inside.

Finao offers a range of print media from the world's leading producers. Choose from silver halide photographic printing or giclée pigment-based inkjet prints on fine art papers. Photo papers are best suited to creased prints and fine art papers are best as cut prints. All photographic papers are custom coated for lifetime protection.

Fuji Lustre
Image courtesy of Danny Dong Photography

Fuji Lustre

Fujicolor Crystal Archive Professional Super Type PD Lustre. Optimized for digital lab printing, it yields stable, high image quality prints that make it an excellent choice for professional wedding, portrait, or commercial photography. Superb color image stability makes it Fujifilm's longest lasting paper yet.

Fuji Deep Matte
Image courtesy of Danny Dong Photography

Fuji Deep Matte

Fujicolor Crystal Archive Deep Matte Paper Velvet Type H LM. A smooth, lustreless finish with strong fingerprint resistance. The elegant color reproduction is subtle and warm with pure whites and excellent image stability. Beautiful to display even under high lighting conditions.

Hahnemühle German Etching
Image courtesy of Danny Dong Photography

Hahnemühle German Etching

Hahnemühle German Etching (310 gsm, 100% alpha-cellulose, white). This heavyweight etching paper has a fine, smooth surface texture characterized by a velvety tactile feel and clearly defined felt structure. It has an attractive warm white shade and is our most popular fine art paper for all applications and products.

MOAB Entrada Rag Natural
Image courtesy of Danny Dong Photography

MOAB Entrada Rag Natural

MOAB Entrada Rag Natural 300 (300 gsm, 100% cotton, no optical brighteners). Choose Moab Entrada Rag for prints with vivid colors and high sharpness on a truly matte surface with traditional fine-art paper feel. It is our creamiest fine art paper with a natural warm tone, has a subtle texture that enhances your image without being distracting.

Hahnemühle Photo Rag Metallic
Image courtesy of Danny Dong Photography

Hahnemühle Photo Rag Metallic

Hahnemühle Photo Rag Metallic (340 gsm, 100% cotton, no optical brighteners). One of the most beautiful fine-art papers we have seen, it blends the characteristic surface structure and sumptuous feel of a 100% cotton rag baryta paper with the dynamic appearance of a metallic media. Light reflection from the silvery metallic finish is enhanced by the tooth of the paper texture, adding an almost three-dimensional appearance.

Gilding is the jewelry of albums, wrapping your page edges in gleaming metallics or glossy black, white, and red. If your client has their heart set on a more unique color of guilding, contact us to discuss the possibilities.

Mat Options

Matted albums are the most elegant and classic presentation for your images. They are resurging in popularity, especially for high-end celebrations. Custom tailor your matted album with a just-right combination of page-mount or overlay style, four colors of mats and liners to perfectly accent your images, and mat embossing for the finishing touch.

Packaging

We are introducing AN UPDATED LOOK for standard packaging. Beginning in mid-May, we will wrap every album in an elegant soft grey fabric bag and close with an embossed silver sticker. Your album is protected from bumps with white tissue and comes nestled in our current charcoal album box.

The sticker is easy to reposition and allows you to open, inspect, and re-box an album before delivering. These US-made bags can continue to protect albums or be repurposed by your client. The packaging for all your Finao albums will match and is quietly neutral as a backdrop for your studio branding.

For those extra-special albums, or clients who want the best, we offer a selection of customizable slipcases and album boxes that combine beautiful display with lifetime protection. If you or your client have your heart set on a specific packaging option or style, please contact us for a custom consult.

Note: Upgraded packaging options are custom fit to your album, so we build them after the album is complete. This will add a little extra time to your album delivery; please contact us if you have specific deadlines.

Standard Packaging

Standard Packaging

Elegant and neutral packaging is included with every album you create. Your book comes carefully wrapped in a soft fabric bag with an embossed closing sticker and white tissue. We nestle it within an embossed two-piece presentation box to be customer ready.

Classic Album Slipcase
 

Classic Album Slipcase

A matching slipcase is the most classic way to store your album. Our styling features a v-notch for easy access. For multi-volume slipcases contact us for a custom quote. We've made them to accommodate up to eight albums!

Marilyn Envelope Slipcase
 

Marilyn Envelope Slipcase

The beauty of Marilyn's™ envelope styling translates beautifully to an album slipcase. We match your album cover in one or two materials and reinforce with a wrap-around strap and brass snap closure

Clamshell Box
Image courtesy of Brett Matthews Photography

Clamshell Box

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Album & Box Tote
 

Album & Box Tote

At 16x13" with a 4" gusset, this classic black, vegan leather tote bag is sized and constructed to accommodate even the largest and heaviest albums. It has a subtle cross-hatched finish, accented with gold-toned hardware. The straps have a 14" drop to carry or fit comfortably over your shoulder. Use studio branding to your advantage. Add your studio die imprint to the front applique section of the bag and gift to your client.

Casa Luxury Album Box
 

Casa Luxury Album Box

Our luxury albums deserve special packaging. This lifetime, customizable album box is the best home your images can have.

Tribeca Display Album Box
Image courtesy of Adam Opris

Tribeca Display Album Box

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Custom Packaging
 

Custom Packaging

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Design

Don't be intimidated—designing an elegant matted album, is easier than you think. If you have basic Photoshop skills you can combine matted and flush images like the pro that you are. Our downloadable templates and design guides for covers and spreads will get you up and running quickly. Contact imagepolice@finao.com if you'd like a review of your first design before ordering.

Studio Samples

Sample products are one of your best investments. There is no better way to present your quality work and sales options to prospective clients. The reality is that you can't sell what you don't show. A client will fall in love once they can see and hold your work in a beautiful finished product and imagine themselves as part of it. Many album brands look similar online; when they see and touch Finao products in person, the difference in quality and craftsmanship become obvious.

To help make this happen we offer generous studio sample discounts on almost every Finao product every day. That's 25-40% off our regular prices when you need them, 365 days a year. We never make you wait for a sample sale, although sometimes we sweeten the deal even more with one. The discounts of 25%-40% and annual maximum quantities vary by product.

Sample products are imprinted with STUDIO SAMPLE and are not for resale to your clients or for personal, non-business related use.


See Your Work in Our Samples

We create samples of Finao products to display on our website, in advertising, and for you to see in person at tradeshows and conferences. We design these with the beautiful images shared by you, our Finao family. We love to show off your amazing talent!

If we ask your permission to create samples with your images we will always credit your work and treat them with respect. If you love Finao and would like to share your images, let us know, and we are happy to consider them for sample display.

nextONE™ series sample albums are 40% off our regular prices every day of the year—you never have to wait for a sale to get your Finaon discount. They will be marked STUDIO SAMPLE and are not for resale to clients. If you have any questions regarding your annual sample allotment, please contact us.

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