by Damien Symonds | Sep 2, 2020 | Colour Management, Printing
Many labs, on their websites, don’t mention your Photoshop settings at all; but some give very specific advice about how your Color Settings should look. These guidelines vary a little from lab to lab, but generally these two are common: They tell you your RGB...
by Damien Symonds | Feb 2, 2017 | Colour Management, Printing
If you’re a photographer looking to order press-printed products (eg business cards, photo books, calendars, etc) you might find it confusing that some labs ask for CMYK files, and some ask for RGB* files. Why? They might ask for RGB because … they know...
by Damien Symonds | Dec 27, 2015 | Printing
An utterly non-technical discussion about getting big prints from your camera. The Question: A common question heard from budding photographers is “How big can I print from my [insert megapixels here] camera? Printing your first enlargement is a nervous affair....
by Damien Symonds | Dec 27, 2015 | Printing
Also known as “the 5×7 problem”, “the 11×14 problem”, “the 16×20 problem”, etc … The Problem: It’s quite common to hear the lament “When I print my photo at 8×10, part of it gets chopped...
by Damien Symonds | Dec 27, 2015 | Printing
This tutorial has been made in Photoshop CS2, and is relevant to all versions of Photoshop and Photoshop Elements. Part 1: Get the right info! If you’re preparing an image for printing on canvas, you need to consider the part of the photo which will wrap around...
by Damien Symonds | Dec 22, 2014 | Printing
Triptychs are wonderful, I reckon. You know, one photo chopped into three parts and hung as three separate photos? They are groovy. Not just triptychs either – you can have diptychs (two segments), quadtychs, quintychs, etc. Yeah, yeah, I made those last two...
