Without a doubt, the biggest step forward in my own printing these last 12 months has been to embrace hard proofing. For too long I was running scared of certain papers etc by relying on soft proofs (warnings etc) within Lightroom .. Yes, there is a cost involved but I like to look back at my A3 proof sheets at a later date to see how certain images have evolved to the point I'm happy. One thing I picked up along the way was when I was evaluating the hard proof to try and do it away from the screen as comparing the print to the screen can confuse things (for me anyway) and I'd rather look at the print as its own entity and ask myself is this how I feel it should look (rather than trying to shoe-horn the print to look exactly like the screen version).
Tim, thanks for this great tutorial. I have just put it into practice and it has made a huge improvement in my print quality without having to go through half a box of paper :)
Big THANKS, Tim. I've been going down soft-proofing rabbit holes for months, wasting a lot of time, ink, and paper. While I still think soft-proofing has its place, I can honestly say that usually it only gets me part-way there. On some prints its dead-nuts spot on, while for some others its useless. I'd been avoiding hard proofing because I told myself I'd waste too much ink, paper and time. Well duhhh.. I was wasting it big time soft proofing anyway. But your hard-proofing methodology makes a LOT of sense, and truly is saving me a ton of time, ink, and paper!. Really appreciate you taking the trouble to share this really helpful information!
I really like this approach. However, I wonder whether there's any risks in running the same piece of printed paper throught the printer multiple times? Is this okay provided I leave the paper to dry for a while?
Without a doubt, the biggest step forward in my own printing these last 12 months has been to embrace hard proofing. For too long I was running scared of certain papers etc by relying on soft proofs (warnings etc) within Lightroom .. Yes, there is a cost involved but I like to look back at my A3 proof sheets at a later date to see how certain images have evolved to the point I'm happy. One thing I picked up along the way was when I was evaluating the hard proof to try and do it away from the screen as comparing the print to the screen can confuse things (for me anyway) and I'd rather look at the print as its own entity and ask myself is this how I feel it should look (rather than trying to shoe-horn the print to look exactly like the screen version).
Tim, thanks for this great tutorial. I have just put it into practice and it has made a huge improvement in my print quality without having to go through half a box of paper :)
Hi Odie, That is great to hear happy printing! Tim
Big THANKS, Tim. I've been going down soft-proofing rabbit holes for months, wasting a lot of time, ink, and paper. While I still think soft-proofing has its place, I can honestly say that usually it only gets me part-way there. On some prints its dead-nuts spot on, while for some others its useless. I'd been avoiding hard proofing because I told myself I'd waste too much ink, paper and time. Well duhhh.. I was wasting it big time soft proofing anyway. But your hard-proofing methodology makes a LOT of sense, and truly is saving me a ton of time, ink, and paper!. Really appreciate you taking the trouble to share this really helpful information!
I'm glad the video was useful and happy printing!! Tim
Perfect timing !!
This will come in handy today.
Will do!! It's. Great idea. @@FotospeedUK
Great printing/processing Vlog, Great Tutorial, thanks for sharing
Excellent tutorial - thank you for all of them!
I really like this approach. However, I wonder whether there's any risks in running the same piece of printed paper throught the printer multiple times? Is this okay provided I leave the paper to dry for a while?
Brilliant Thank You. Money, cheese, mental health retention.
Oh and crackin prints!
Thanks for this helpful tutorial, Tim.
Cheers, Sandy
Glad you enjoyed it. Tim