I have a fine art printing business. You are giving yourself extra steps you don't have to. 1) 16-bit TIFF is your best master format over PS. Tiff is universal, PS is proprietary. Tiff stores all the same layer data as PS. 2) You don't need to flatten your images. When you do SAVE AS... "TIFF". there is a checkbox that says "LAYERS" if you leave that unchecked, it saves a flattened tiff. 3) As a Fine Art printing service, I prefer you leave your image at its NATIVE resolution. We have special techniques to get the most detail from your image. Once you up size or down size, you are throwing away pixels, or interpolating new pixels. As a printer, I need to make subtle adjustments to match your image to the characteristics of the paper. D-Max, Saturation etc. ONLY after that I resize you image to the printer's NATIVE resolution. In my case Epson requires 360 DPI or 720 DPI. If you send it any other resolution, it must resize within the printer to that resolution. Which is bad, because its algorithms are not optimized for quality, but speed.. 4) If you want to output TIFFs and JPGs at specific resolutions. Photoshop has some very easy ways to do that. It just requires you to name the Master layer a specific way and PS does all the work in the background. Watch a video on "generate image assets." and see the steps. Super easy. If anyone wants to try a true fine art print just email me dmarcogalleries@gmail.com., I've done prints for Lady Gaga, Kevin Costner (Yellowstone), Steve McCurry etc.
something I will add up to notice easier the dust/edges. short version - Rise up the saturation and Overexpose/Underexpose a lot, notice the imperfections, clean them and delete the layers which oversaturated and overexposed the image long version: - insert Hue Saturation Adjustments Layer and super saturate the composition - insert a new Level Adjustment Layer - if you have dark tones, then over expose a lot the picture... if you have to investigate over light zones, you should under expose the area - place the layers into a group and turn the group On and Off during the inspection/cleaning - clean the dust, scratches and the hard lines from the layer you desire - delete the group you created before saving the document
I don't print for myself. I found that the investment not just in a printer and paper but in continually changing out the ink was too much to be worth it for the amount of printing I do. It's a good idea if you print a high volume (at least 30+ prints per month), but I make an average of 5-10 so the cost wasn't justified. I use a printer in LA, a super small shop called Maroun Fine Art Printing, but also use White House Custom Color for various jobs (I helped them set up their fine art printing section).
I have a fine art printing business. You are giving yourself extra steps you don't have to.
1) 16-bit TIFF is your best master format over PS. Tiff is universal, PS is proprietary. Tiff stores all the same layer data as PS.
2) You don't need to flatten your images. When you do SAVE AS... "TIFF". there is a checkbox that says "LAYERS" if you leave that unchecked, it saves a flattened tiff.
3) As a Fine Art printing service, I prefer you leave your image at its NATIVE resolution. We have special techniques to get the most detail from your image. Once you up size or down size, you are throwing away pixels, or interpolating new pixels. As a printer, I need to make subtle adjustments to match your image to the characteristics of the paper. D-Max, Saturation etc. ONLY after that I resize you image to the printer's NATIVE resolution. In my case Epson requires 360 DPI or 720 DPI. If you send it any other resolution, it must resize within the printer to that resolution. Which is bad, because its algorithms are not optimized for quality, but speed..
4) If you want to output TIFFs and JPGs at specific resolutions. Photoshop has some very easy ways to do that. It just requires you to name the Master layer a specific way and PS does all the work in the background. Watch a video on "generate image assets." and see the steps. Super easy. If anyone wants to try a true fine art print just email me dmarcogalleries@gmail.com., I've done prints for Lady Gaga, Kevin Costner (Yellowstone), Steve McCurry etc.
something I will add up to notice easier the dust/edges.
short version - Rise up the saturation and Overexpose/Underexpose a lot, notice the imperfections, clean them and delete the layers which oversaturated and overexposed the image
long version:
- insert Hue Saturation Adjustments Layer and super saturate the composition
- insert a new Level Adjustment Layer
- if you have dark tones, then over expose a lot the picture... if you have to investigate over light zones, you should under expose the area
- place the layers into a group and turn the group On and Off during the inspection/cleaning
- clean the dust, scratches and the hard lines from the layer you desire
- delete the group you created before saving the document
Thank you! Always cool to see how other artists do things 😊
How do you keep the resolution 300 when changing the size to 40x40? Whenever I do that my resolution decreases
Good advice, Brooke. Thanks.
Out of interest which colour profile to you print in?
I seem to be behind on your videos. 😬 But it was great. 🥰
What’s the difference between flattering and merge visible?
Essentially you can do anything that condenses the layers into one. The goal is to avoid many layers bulking up the file size 💛
Thank you!!
I have an action created for my sizing for print saves me heaps of time
Yep that's a great way to go!
That was so helpful!
Super helpful! Thank you!
Who does your printing?
Do you ever do your own printing?
I don't print for myself. I found that the investment not just in a printer and paper but in continually changing out the ink was too much to be worth it for the amount of printing I do. It's a good idea if you print a high volume (at least 30+ prints per month), but I make an average of 5-10 so the cost wasn't justified. I use a printer in LA, a super small shop called Maroun Fine Art Printing, but also use White House Custom Color for various jobs (I helped them set up their fine art printing section).
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Thanks so much. I feel exactly the same.
Get out of my head! 🖤🖤