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Inkjet Printing for Photographers

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Overview

Learn the art and craft of creating inkjet prints that do justice to your photos and get the most out of your printer.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Welcome
  • Exploring why we print
  • Understanding what you need for this course
  • What's new in the update
1. Understanding and Choosing a Printer
  • Why inkjet printing?
  • Understanding ink types: Dye vs. pigment
  • Discussing considerations for black and white
  • Reviewing the features
2. Adjusting Images for Printing
  • Printing and your workflow
  • Printing black-and-white photos
  • Understanding the histogram
  • Understanding what localized adjustments are used for
  • Explaining the histogram with a practical example
  • Making a localized adjustment in a practical example
  • Evaluating a localized adjustment in a practical example
  • Refining a localized adjustment for effect
  • Making a gradient adjustment
  • Paying attention to viewing conditions
  • Summing up
3. Resizing Images and the Aesthetics of Print Size
  • Understanding pixels, printer dots, and resolution
  • Understanding resolution
  • Defining resampling and interpolation
  • Understanding where resizing fits into your workflow
  • Defining native printer resolution
  • Understanding the relationship between viewing distance and print size
  • Reducing image size in Photoshop
  • Cropping to a specific size and resolution using Canvas Size
  • Cropping to a specific size and resolution using the Crop tool
  • Enlarging an image in Photoshop
  • Creating a triptych
  • Creating a triptych using Automator on a Mac
  • Exploring the aesthetics of print size
4. Sharpening, Noise, and the Print Dialog
  • Understanding how sharpening works
  • Sharpening in JPEG mode
  • Exploring sharpening workflows
  • Sharpening in Camera Raw
  • Looking at noise reduction
  • Sharpening output with Smart Sharpen
  • Understanding selective sharpening
  • Sharpening through an edge mask
  • Reviewing high-pass sharpening
  • Applying aggressive sharpening
  • Exploring advanced sharpening techniques
  • Exploring the Print dialog
  • Proofing at smaller sizes
5. Making a Color Print
  • Exploring how color works
  • Reviewing color models
  • Defining gamut and color space
  • Reviewing when colors go out of gamut
  • Configuring Photoshop's color settings
  • Changing color space in Camera Raw
  • Working in an advanced color space
  • Assigning a color space in Photoshop
  • Correcting a color image
  • Printing a color image
  • Evaluating the print
6. Color Management
  • What is color management?
  • Profiling a monitor
  • Evaluating a monitor profile
  • Exploring paper profiles
  • Understanding soft proofing
7. Choosing a Paper
  • Understanding how paper quality affects the appearance of black in prints
  • Looking at third-party papers
  • Looking at paper finish
  • Understanding paper traits
  • Discussing paper choice and presentation
8. Printing in Lightroom
  • Printing with Lightroom
  • Laying out images
  • Sharpening for print in Lightroom
  • Color management in Lightroom
  • Understanding the print dialogue box
  • What print options are not available in Lightroom
9. Printing: From Start to Finish
  • Printing a black-and-white image
  • Printing a color image
Conclusion
  • Goodbye

Taught by

Ben Long

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