[ratpack] Re: Photoshop and printers...
- From: PAUL W WATSON <tswatson78@xxxxxxx>
- To: ratpack <ratpack@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2011 08:21:25 -0700
Dr. Z.
Everything Ray, Big Al and Richard said is all Greek to me. I told you I was
the Photoshop idiot.
P
Subject: [ratpack] Re: Photoshop and printers...
From: muttley128@xxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2011 07:37:43 -0600
To: ratpack@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Bicubic enlargement 110 percent at a time will blow it up larger with pretty
good results. Better than just changing the size or you can get a program
called genuine fractals and blow it up extremely large with good results.
Hopefully It does not have jpeg artifacts. (blocks). 5 megapixels should give
you enough to get a print out of it.
Sent from my iPhone
On Sep 15, 2011, at 9:59 PM, Michael Wells <mcwellsphoto@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Aleta,
Here's one of the originals, let me see what you can do, this of course is just
a copy so go crazy.
Dr Z
On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 9:33 PM, Aleta Boyce <alboyce@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
ok, I finally backtracked all the message and I think I've caught up with the
PHotoshop conversation - sorry, but I've been gone for a few days.
Most printers will only print at about 150 dpi - any more than that is probably
a waste unless you have a pretty high-end printer. Also, you want to check the
saturation and levels if you have photoshop -
You don't want the levels of black or white to start just anywhere; they need
to start at the very edges of your graph, if possible, to get the best blacks
especially.
If it's printing all grainy it could be the resolution is too low - 72 is too
low - so when you take it to photoshop or any good viewer you should be able to
check the maximum size and resolution and make adjustments, but if you can't,
send it on and I'll be glad to do it and/or walk you through it by email.
If no one else wants to see that conversation I can send it direct.
Also, every monitor is different, so it may look great on a monitor and crappy
in print. That's normal - you have to calibrate (which might help) and adjust
prints to the paper and printer you're using. The printer settings are at
least half the battle.
Did I rave on too much? I never know...
al
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Dr. Z
aka Michael Wells
MCWells Photography
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