How to prepare your images for print.

In this video tutorial I want to talk to you about preparing your images for display print. I run you through various stages including screen calibration and preparation of your image in Photoshop.

Enjoy,
Karl

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[pixelasm]

After using photoshop for more than 15 years now, setting a curves adjustment layer blend mode to luminosity never crossed my mind, instead I did a slight desaturation with hue/saturation adjustment layer on top. What a BIG timesaver and GREAT tipp, thanks Mr. Taylor.

[pU-Kk]

Hey Karl,
Nice tutorial, also I learned a lot from your videos how to shot certain things & about lightning, your videos really helped me.
However since my profession is DTP, photography is my hobby, I am quite familiar with print production & photo retouching and I think in this video is missing most fundamental thing, how to create printer-safe shadows. The big majority of people don't know the max ink limit of printers. I see lots and lots of tutorials how to prepare images for print and none of those include printer-safe shadows, so people than complain why their images are so dark. I hope that this comment did not cause any inconvenience, because that was not my intention.
Really nice tutorials, and it is always pleasure to watch how professionals do their work.

[fabricioantonello]

Fantastic video Karl, congrats and thanks so much for sharing the knowledge.

[mag_and]

I always soft proof for CMYK to be on the safe side, but (most of the time) I still export in a wider color space. Unless it is for true offset printing (C + Y + M + K) most industrial digital printers can give you a better result from integrated downsampling from a wider gamut.

[lwazihlophe]

I love your passion and your no bullshit approach to photography.thank you.

[DOM_GOOD]

thanks a lot for all those boost adjustements, just a bit more informations needed: what format you save it for printing ? jpeg, tiff?

[tinakaramitros]

Thank you so much for this tutorial! Amateur photographer over here 😊

[alberto_pessoa_professor]

Great video! I’m illustrator, but now a days We use more and more bitmap textures in our illustrations and We need this kind of knowledge about editions for printing

[jazzman]

Great way of adding contrast using unsharp mask. I'm going to try the high pass filter too.

[Neopulse]

Well done video that can save time and money (plus headaches).

[romiemiller]

Mat paper is usually flatter.. I make test prints on all photos, including ones I have to send out so the lab has everything set according to my printer. Do you set your printer to perceptual or relative for sending out?

[martinconrad]

Great help---especially clarifying the use of the high-pass filter!

[whitestar]

Wonderful tutorial and wonderful tips! I think I'll use them all. ;) Thanks a lot!!

[TuvozAmerica_AsuaVozAmerica]

Muchas gracias, tu canal merece un premio, saludos desde el norte argentino.

[homayoonasgharzadeh]

thanks dear Karl but there is more question !! please give some advise about the format of print file . whats the best format for printing ?!! thanks

[MikeJB]

Excellent tips, but sadly this video was missing probably one of the most important factors in sending images to a professional print lab; converting your images to CMYK. I'd love to see a video that explains how to do this properly without it messing up/shifting colours.

[greyhoundrick]

Fantastic presentation Karl!  Thank you so much for this. Very helpful and enlightening. Best to you, Rick

[andrewtran]

Do these techniques to contrast, highlights, sharpening, etc., apply to Lightroom as well? I just noticed that you are left-handed! Thanks for the video!

[JuanLopez-ozkh]

What format will work best for print? Good job!

[nikinik]

Hi Karl! Just great info as always, just you dont mention nothing about format and file type. JPEG or TIFF or? Wich one is the best to send it to Lab.? Regards from Bulgaria!