A process for manufacturing an article notably enabling a decorative film to be fixed to a final support is described. The process includes the following steps: a) providing a molding support having surface characteristics such that a material to be painted can be applied in the form of a film directly to said molding support, while generating controlled first adhesion forces between the molding support and the film, b) applying at least one layer of material to be painted to the molding support in order to form a film, and causing this layer to dry, c) applying an extraction support to the free surface of the layer of material to be painted, d) exerting, between the molding support and the extraction support, a separating force under conditions such that the first adhesion forces are less than the second adhesion forces, so as to peel the assembly formed by the extraction support and the film of material to be painted, and e) the second adhesion forces after peeling being such that the film of material to be painted can be separated from the extraction support.