The ImagePrint interface in a fairly basic state – making a single fine-art print on Platine with a border. One of the most valuable changes to my printing workflow in the past few years is that I now run all my printing through ImagePrint (Highly Recommended). Every time a photographer says ImagePrint, there are two immediate criticisms… First, “isn’t that really … [Read more...]
Printing Part IV – Software Part 1 – raw converters and editors.
Goodbye old friend? Lightroom Classic’s Develop module. For years, photographers have relied on Adobe’s Lightroom (now called Lightroom Classic) for their entire image-processing pipeline – from initially downloading images from the camera to producing final prints. For three reasons, it is time to reconsider this strategy. First, Lightroom Classic barely counts as … [Read more...]
7 Crucial Steps to Getting Colors Right in Landscape Printing
I read an article lately that was entitled – “Why Camera Manufacturers Are No Longer Relevant”. We can't deny the fact that the latest smartphone cameras have made some remarkable achievements in developing a decent image quality, especially if images are only being used on social media sites. There has been a lot of innovative algorithms developed that create images that look … [Read more...]
On Printing and Paper Part II – individual paper reviews.
This image works well on a range of papers – I especially like Canson Infinity Platine and Aquarelle In this second part of the printing and paper series, we’ll take a look at nine papers that are competing for a share of your printing work. Five are from Canson Infinity, beautiful papers suitable for a wide range of images. Of the Canson Infinity papers, three are … [Read more...]
On Printing and Paper Part 1 – overview, history and definitions.
Ansel Adams at his piano – he was a concert-level pianist, and almost decided to make his living that way... From the earliest days of photography, the preferred form of expression of a photograph has most often been a print. Some of the earliest photographic processes were direct-positive, with the final image being the plate from the camera (after … [Read more...]
