Episode 201: Brent Bergherm and Liam Douglas Discuss How and Why to Print Your Photos
In this episode Brent Bergherm and Liam Douglas sit down and talk about why you should print your photos and how to do it right. There are a lot of components to consider when printing your images to do it right and get great results and Brent is an expert on this topic.
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Getting good consistent color is the goal. Monitor calibration is critical and get- ting the right profiles for the paper helps you get consistent color.
• Follow the X-Rite or Spyder soft- ware instructions for monitor cali- bration. Use defaults to begin with, consider making changes if things just aren’t coming out right.
• If you’re using specialty paper, download the ICC profiles and in- stall them so your imaging software can use them. Follow the instruc- tions they provide.
Step 2: Capture Processing
This step is for assessing technical quality of the image and determining if it’s
even worth the effort to print. I look for the following:
• Lens corrections • White balance correction
• Chromatic aberration corrections • Sharpness check, only to verify that
• Checking the Histogram
Step 3: Creative Processing
the file will work.
Once step two is complete, I move on to making any edits necessary to achieve my vision. This usually includes but is not limited to:
- Exposure adjustments
- Saturation and other global color adjustments
- Clarity and texture
• Adjustment brush and graduated tool for local changes
• Creative sharpening decisions • Anything in Photoshop
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Printing Workflow
Cheat Sheet Step 1: Calibrate Monitor, ICC Paper Profiles
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Printing Workflow
Step 4: Output Sharpening
This work is done in Photoshop. This is the part where I like to get picky. It’s time to size the photo and make the right sharpening adjustments:
Cheat Sheet
- Open the image in Photoshop for ultimate control over output sharp- ening settings.
- Use the crop tool to size the image to the proper WxHxR
i.e. 8×10 @ 240 ppi - Save the image with “8×10 Print” or something similar in the file name. You can come back to it anytime you want to make another print.
- Convert your image layer in PS to a smart object.Step 5: Printing
Time to make it beautiful!
- Print the image through Photoshop, select “Photoshop Manages Colors” and be sure to select the proper paper profile.
- Use “Relative” for rendering intent.
• Apply the Unsharp Mask Amount: 100 +/-
Radius: 1/2 of 1% of resolution (i.e. 1.2) Threshold: about 8-10 for a standard scene
• Amount = strength of sharpening
• Radius = how far from the
defined edge the sharpening effect is applied
• Threshold = How different neigh- boring pixels have to be before sharpening is even applied
• Save the file before printing.
• In Print Settings, be sure to select the proper Media Type setting ac- cording to the paper manufacturer.
• Print and enjoy!
Step 6: Consider changes
Take your print and consider the following. Should sharpening be adjusted?
Should creative edits be altered? Revisit those and print again until it’s perfect!
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