Three Finishes
Matte, Glossy, or Satin — each finish changes how light,
color, and texture read on the wall.
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MATTE
A glare-free, softly textured finish that stays clean and modern under any light.
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GLOSSY
A vibrant, reflective finish with deep blacks and color that feels almost backlit.
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SATIN
A gentle sheen between the two — rich color, controlled reflection, flattering on portraits.
Custom Size Posters & Prices
Find the right size and finish for your custom poster prints with our clear pricing guide.
Compare our Matte, Glossy, and Satin paper options before placing your custom poster
printing order online. Every order includes a free print-readiness check before printing.
Print Size
16" x 20"
18" x 24"
22" x 28"
24" x 36"
36" x 48"
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Turn A Camera Roll Into A
Wall Worth Looking At
What makes our custom photo posters different from standard custom printed posters? Everything that happens before the printer starts
Five poster sizes from 16″ x 20″ to large custom posters at 36″ x 48″, in vertical or horizontal orientation
Three finishes — Matte, Glossy, Satin — on poster stock weighed and specked per size
AI enhancement suite preps every image for large-format printing, with a live preview so you see exactly what will print
Color checked against our print standard before the job runs — Chelsea’s gallery district is a demanding neighborhood, and it shows in our output
Full-color, fade-resistant printing built for display, not storage
A standard shop prints the file you send. When you print your own poster with us, we print the image you meant — the one where the color is true, the faces are sharp at arm’s length, and a phone photo holds up at three feet wide. That difference is the whole job
Your Connoisseurs Of Good Prints
Three reasons customers come back with the next photo.
Printed In New York
Every poster is produced in our Chelsea studio, in the middle of one of the most print-literate neighborhoods in America. Orders ship nationwide from US production — and for locals, same day poster printing with free Chelsea pickup means the wall doesn’t have to wait.
AI That Restores. Never Invents.
Our enhancement suite sharpens, cleans, and corrects your photo — it doesn’t redraw your memories. You watch every change in a live preview, and one tap of Undo takes it back. Nothing prints that you haven’t seen.
Checked Before It Prints
Every file gets a print-readiness review — resolution, color, crop — before it touches paper. If something won’t look right at full size, we flag it first, not after.
Custom Poster Prints
Your Story
Your Wall
Your Call
The trip, the wedding, the dog, the skyline from your first
apartment — pick the moment, we’ll make it wall-worthy.
How To Get A
Print-Ready Poster In
Three Steps
No design software. No guesswork. You’ll see
the finished image before you approve it.
Step 1
Upload Your Image
Drag and drop or select from your device — JPG, PNG, and WebP all work. Phone photos welcome; that’s most of what we print.
Step 2
Enhance It, Live
Choose from our AI tools and watch the changes happen in the preview window in real time. Not sure about an edit? Undo reverts it instantly — the preview always shows exactly what will print, and nothing is applied until you say so.
Step 3
Pick Size & Finish, Then Print
Select your poster size and paper finish, approve the preview, and we take it from there — printed in New York and shipped to your door, or ready for pickup in Chelsea.
Background Removal
Lifts your subject cleanly off its background
Replace with crisp white or any custom color
Live preview shows the cut edge before you commit
Background Blurring
Choose a soft general blur or an SLR-style depth-of-field effect
Keeps the subject tack-sharp while the background falls away
Adjust and preview until it looks like it was shot on a professional lens
Image Fill
Extends your image beyond its original edges to fit the poster size you want
Widen a vertical shot or heighten a horizontal one — no awkward cropping
Preview the extended edges live before anything prints
Polish
Cleans compression artifacts, scratches, and digital noise
Rescues screenshots, old scans, and much-forwarded photos
The final pass we recommend before any large-format print
Print-Ready Photos At Any Size
Low-resolution images fall apart at poster scale. Ours don’t leave the studio that way.
- Upscaling and sharpening tuned specifically for large-format printing — not screen viewing
- Live preview at print resolution, so what you approve is what arrives
- Works on phone photos, scans, screenshots, and AI-generated art alike
- Real-time Undo on every adjustment — experiment freely, commit once
Enlarging a photo is easy; enlarging it without it going soft is the hard part. Our enhancement
pipeline was built for exactly that — taking the image you have and making it hold up at 36″ x 48″,
from across the room and from six inches away.
Polish And
Upscale AI Art
Generated an image you love? AI art often needs a cleanup pass before it can print large — soft edges, stray artifacts, resolution that suits a screen but not a wall. Run it through our suite, preview it at print scale, and turn a generation into a genuine piece.
Background Removal
Clean subject cut-outs on white or custom color
Background Blurring
Soft blur or SLR depth-of-field
Image Fill
Extend edges to fit any poster size
Polish
Remove artifacts, scratches, and noise
Quality strip copy: Color accuracy isn’t a feature we advertise; it’s the baseline we check every job against before it runs.
Custom Poster Printing Services, Made In New York
Visual Magic is a custom poster printing studio in Chelsea, New York, producing custom posters and prints, wall art, and large-format work for customers nationwide. Order custom posters online in five sizes — 16″ x 20″, 18″ x 24″, 22″ x 28″, 24″ x 36″, and 36″ x 48″ — on Matte, Glossy, or Satin poster paper. From small poster printing to custom giant posters nearly four feet tall, printing custom posters is what this studio does all day.
What sets our high quality poster prints apart from other online poster printing services is what happens before printing. Every image runs through our AI enhancement suite — including Background Removal, Background Blurring, Image Fill, and Polish — with a live preview and real-time Undo, so the customized poster you approve on screen is the poster that arrives. It’s how a phone photo becomes a large custom poster that stands up to close viewing.
The range covers the things people actually put on walls: custom photo posters of family, pets, and travel; custom collage posters that gather a year onto one sheet; custom album cover posters and custom movie-style posters built from your own photos and moments; and custom wall posters of AI art that deserves paper. If you can picture it up, we can print custom posters of it.
If you’ve been comparing poster printing services and searching for the best poster printing service near you or online, here’s our pitch in one line: print your own poster with a studio that checks the file like it’s ours. Ordering is simple — upload your image, enhance it if it needs it, choose a size and finish, and check out. Orders ship nationwide from our New York production and Chelsea locals get same day poster printing with pickup.
Frequently Asked Questions
What makes Visual Magic posters feel more premium than typical posters?
Our posters are printed on thick, smooth stock with professional-grade inks that deliver richer colors and cleaner lines compared to mass-market or online poster prints.
Can I create a poster from a design, illustration, or digital artwork?
Yes. Posters are ideal for graphics, typography, digital art, branding pieces, marketing materials, and event designs. Our system optimizes them for sharp lines and bold color.
Are posters suitable for dorms, studios, and rental spaces?
Definitely. Posters are lightweight, affordable, and easy to display using frames, clips, or adhesive systems that won’t damage walls.
Can I upgrade my poster to photographic paper?
Yes. You can choose to elevate your poster to our premium photographic prints for sharper detail, deeper blacks, and a more luxurious visual feel.
Can you print posters for events or small commercial runs?
Yes. We handle single-piece posters and short-run batches for businesses, artists, events, and pop-ups.
How fast can I get a custom poster printed?
Posters are typically enhanced, printed, and delivered within two to three days. You can also choose to pick up your order through 1HomeOffice in Chelsea, New York
Are posters suited for oversized designs?
Yes. Posters can be printed in large-format sizes ideal for wide bedrooms, studios, storefronts, media walls, or creative office décor.
How are posters packaged for shipping?
Depending on size, posters are shipped flat or rolled in professional tubes that prevent creasing, bending, and ink transfer during transit.