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9/14/2012After a discussion of how to choose a printer, the course covers the process of preparing both black and white and color images using Adobe Photoshop. Ben describes how to take images from looking good onscreen to being properly adjusted for best results on paper, covering details such as sizing, sharpening, and color management.
With photographer and master framer Konrad Eek, Ben explores the creative decisions that photographers should address before printing. What size print? How does print size relate to the message of the photo and to the space where the photo will be displayed? What kinds of paper choices do you have, and how does your photo's content relate to the paper you choose?
The course also describes how to properly evaluate a print and how to handle common challenges that crop up during the printing process.
- Why print with inkjet?
- Types of inkjet printers: dyes versus pigments
- Making image adjustments specifically for printing
- Printing black-and-white photos
- Resizing an image
- Choosing paper
- Working with sharpening and noise reduction
- Color management
Skill Level Intermediate
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- [Voiceover] Hi, my name is Ben Long and in this course, Inkjet Printing for Photographers, I'm gonna show you how to print because as far as I'm concerned, an image is not finished until it's on paper. Taking a picture is a physical act, moving through the world, seeing, positioning yourself, exploring your subject and its environment, and finally manipulating the camera. It's all very physical and I want the end result to be physical also. I wanna have an actual object that results from my shooting process. You can't be a good photographer without having a sophisticated relationship to light, to tone and color, and if your only experience of manipulating and evaluating color and light is on a computer screen, then you're missing out on working with the true color of the real world.
You only get that from paper and current inkjet printing technology lets you explore printed color with a precision, with a dynamic range, and a permanence that you never had in the chemical darkroom. So printing is not just about creating a physical result, it's about the further exploration of your image, your subject, and most importantly, of life itself. I've got a fairly big monitor, but I've got a bigger printer. On paper I can play with scale in a way that I just can't do on a computer screen and as I scale images up, they become landscapes and environments that I can explore.
As I scale them down, they become these little objects that I can live amongst. Image size can dramatically change my relationship to an image, and I can't get that on a computer screen. Sure, with an electronic image, I can beam it all over the world, but honestly, I don't care. It's not a real picture at that point. It's just more calories that we consume from the media bubble. When I put it on paper, it gains heft and most importantly, when I put it on paper, it just looks better and that's why I print, because I want to see my images at their very best.
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Introduction
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Welcome1m 47s
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Exploring why we print4m 3s
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What's new in the update1m 30s
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1. Understanding and Choosing a Printer
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Why inkjet printing?4m 36s
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Reviewing the features2m 39s
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2. Adjusting Images for Printing
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Understanding the histogram7m 37s
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Making a gradient adjustment6m 47s
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Summing up1m 50s
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3. Resizing Images and the Aesthetics of Print Size
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Understanding resolution2m 33s
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Creating a triptych3m 55s
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4. Sharpening, Noise, and the Print Dialog
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Sharpening in JPEG mode1m 26s
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Sharpening in Camera Raw6m 17s
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Looking at noise reduction1m 46s
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Exploring the Print dialog11m 35s
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5. Making a Color Print
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Reviewing color models2m 56s
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Correcting a color image9m 17s
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Printing a color image3m 30s
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Evaluating the print2m 5s
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6. Color Management
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What is color management?4m 16s
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Profiling a monitor8m 45s
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Evaluating a monitor profile4m 37s
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Exploring paper profiles5m 17s
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Understanding soft proofing11m 51s
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7. Choosing a Paper
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Looking at paper finish3m 44s
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Understanding paper traits6m 31s
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8. Printing in Lightroom
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Printing with Lightroom2m 34s
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Laying out images8m 29s
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9. Printing: From Start to Finish
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Printing a black-and-white image11m 45s
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Printing a color image11m 33s
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Conclusion
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Goodbye1m 16s
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