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some help with printing

  • 22-07-2009 10:42am
    #1
    *eadaoin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 628 ✭✭✭


    i'm just wondering if anyone can point me towards a good book / tutorial website (preferably a book!) where i can learn about printing my digital photos? i want to start making good quality sellable prints but don't have a lot of money, so i'm not going to be able to buy my own inkjet anytime soon, but i need to learn about preparing my files to send them to a printer who will do the job for me.

    my technical knowledge about this is seriously lacking so i need something that's fairly basic so i can start right from the beginning. even some video tutorials would be great :)

    any help is appreciated!


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  • #2
    Tallon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,565 ✭✭✭✭Tallon


    There should be a thread for "steves your man" but really he is....

    send him a message STCSTC


  • #3
    MagicMarker
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 32,865 ✭✭✭✭MagicMarker


    If you want to sell prints of your work then the first thing you need to do is callibrate your screen.


  • #4
    kjt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,057 ✭✭✭kjt


    Tallon wrote: »
    There should be a thread for "steves your man" but really he is....

    send him a message STCSTC

    Steve is your man but he's away on holiday at the moment.

    As MagicMarker said, calibration is key!!


  • #5
    stcstc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,262 ✭✭✭stcstc


    i am away on holiday but have mobile broadband, :-)


    there are various levels of service from printers

    places online like photobox, you need to know what your doing to get the best from them

    companies like mine tend to offer a much more personal service, but you do pay for it

    so if you are sending files to someone like me you will get help on what you need etc, also you know there gonna last.


  • #6
    oshead
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,131 ✭✭✭oshead


    Here's a primer for Basic Color Management from cathysprofiles.com. This should get you on the road to best practices for colour management.

    Hope this helps
    David OS


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  • #7
    darraghsherwin
    Registered Users Posts: 164 ✭✭darraghsherwin


    OffShoot have tutorials on setting up basic calibration and soft-proofing on our website - http://www.offshoot.ie/tutorials/56-colour which may be of use

    Darragh


  • #8
    stcstc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,262 ✭✭✭stcstc


    some very good reference material on both the cambridgeincolour website

    and also on the colour cofidence website, you have to register for colour cofidence, but its free, they have some very good stuff on there though


    i am in the process of writing a tutorial on resolution at the moment etc

    i have written one about aspect ratios already, its quite simple but i think it explains it


    http://www.360-dpi.com/tutorial/Aspectratios.pdf


  • #9
    *eadaoin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 628 ✭✭✭*eadaoin


    thanks everyone, i have lots of resources to look at here :)

    what i am really trying to get an understanding of is how to prepare files for printing in certain sizes so that there's no cropping, that kind of thing. but i know that calibration & colour management are also quite important so i guess i'll have to get around to that too!


  • #10
    stcstc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,262 ✭✭✭stcstc


    have a read of the tutorial on my site about ratios, that will explain the preping for print without cropping side of things


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