Abstract: An image processing method of holding a plurality of texture data for applying a metal representation on an image. The method includes acquiring predetermined information concerning at least one of an observation distance as a distance between a print product on which a target region is printed and an observer observing the print product, a sheet on which the target region is printed, or an environment in which the print product is observed, selecting texture data from the plurality of texture data based on the acquired predetermined information, and applying, to the target region, the texture data selected in the selecting.

Abstract: A method of integrating first and second skins into a contiguous cover layer by: providing a first skin with a first surface to be exposed and an opposite backing surface, with the first skin having an offset edge defining a first corner with the exposed part of the first surface; providing a second skin with a second surface to be exposed and an opposite backing surface, with the second skin having an offset edge defining a second corner with the exposed part of the second surface; placing a mold element/partition between the first and second offset skin edges to maintain a space between at least a part of the first and second offset skin edges; pouring a flowable foundation material that will harden against the backing surfaces of the first and second skins so that the hardened foundation material exerts a force tending to urge the first and second corners towards each other; and removing the mold element/partition from between the first and second offset skin edges so that the space between the parts of th