Digital Fine Art Printing Beyond the Lens Photo Workshops

Introduction

top printers

canon, epson, hp, piezo, thermal

pigment/dye inks

color and b&w capable

wilheim ratings for permanence

print permanence

ink - archival

paper - oba's

light- direct sunlight damaging

temperature - lower better

humidity - lower better

ozone gases

papers

types

coatings

finishes

presentation options

mats and frames, digital mats

canvas

colorbox

murals

portfolio books

Color Model A color model defines the way colors are described, how the primary colors are interpreted and arranged to produce all of the colors in an image. Color Space A color space is the total range of colors that real devices like monitors or printers, or virtual devices like a theoretical average monitor can record or reproduce. This range defines the gamut of the device. Every real device has a unique color space, and even identical devices have slightly different color spaces due to production tolerances. These differences increase with variations in user selected hardware or software settings: different monitor resolution, different printer inks or paper, or even a different brightness setting on a monitor.

cmyk

rgb

grayscale

sRGB, adobe98, Prophoto

8bit vs 16bit

ICC profiles

Describes a devices color characteristics and translates colors between devices. Install Location Windows: \Windows\system32\spool\drivers\color OS X: Storing profiles in /Library/ColorSync/Profiles allows all users to use them. An alternative area, for users without Admin privileges, is /Users//Library/ColorSync/Profiles. Profiles stored here are available only to the current user.

monitor calibration, i1 Display 2, Colormunki

paper profiles, canned from manuf, custom

rendering intents

perceptual

relative colorimetric

resolution

ppi vs dpi (screen vs print)

uprezzing - when/ why/how

photoshop color settings

using test images

Processing Workflow

Lightroom

basic exposure adjustments

spotting

Photoshop

dodging/burning

shadow/highlight tool

enhancing local contrast using curves/blend-if sliders

tonal adjustments in using levels/curves

advanced local adjustments

sharpening using PK sharpener

noiseware professional

creating a master file

Printing Workflow

creating a print master

output sharpening

soft-proofing

adjusting w/ curves

black and white points

contrast & saturation

printing from Lightroom

printing from PS

Print dialog in Windows

gloss differential

Demonstrations

pass around

prints, colorbox, canvas, loose

digital mats

portfolio book

notecards

print shield

printer test images, how to read, adjustments

mat cutting

common tools

d-roller