Making the Print eBook

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Making the Print eBook

Making the Print – Printing Techniques for the Digital Photographer (A Masterclass) by Martin Bailey was released today and is designed to walk readers through professional grade photo printing. I personally have found myself overwhelmed by printing in the past, it can be very difficult to establish a quality print workflow with a lot of trial and error.

Hopefully this book will also take away any frustration with printing that you might have experienced. When printing is easy and results are consistent, all you need to do is enjoy the process, and this should improve the final results of your photographic efforts.

Bailey says, “It’s my intention to help photographers that either don’t yet print—or do but struggle with it to a degree—to not only achieve amazing results when printing, but also to get satisfaction from the process of putting pigment (or dye) on paper. This book will give you a good fundamental understanding of some of the key things to bear in mind as you print, to enable you to consistently make quality prints that look like what you see on your computer display.”

Some of the Many Topics Covered (65 Pages):

• Gloss, Luster or Matte?
• Avoiding Reflections
• Darken your Display
• Adjusting Images for Print
• Shadow and Highlight Adjustment
• Fixing Color Shifts, Later
• Media Types
• Sharpening
• Printing with Profiles
• Rendering Intent
• Turn off Printer Color Management
• Profiles and Black & White Prints

Pages from Making the Print

• Printing with Borders
• What Makes a Good Print?
• Frustration Free Printing
• Color Management
• Monitor Calibration
• Monitor Brightness
• Find Comfort in the Histogram
• Printer Calibration
• Printing Patch Sets on Large Format Printers
• Scanning Printed Patch Sets
• Naming Your Profiles
• Camera Calibration
• Soft-Proofing
• Fine Art Paper Finishes
• Large Format Printers
• Pigment or Dye-based Inks?
• Gallery Wraps
• Printing to Canvas
• Resizing and Gallery Wrapped Borders
• Lamination
• Stretching Your Canvas
• Printing for Exhibition
• Printing to Size

Printing tutorials

Take your time as you master printing. Take regular deep breaths, and don’t let them turn into sighs. Being able to close the photographic loop, from capture to the physical embodiment of your work in a quality fine art print can be a most fulfilling experience. I hope that this book will help you easily make high-quality prints, and to love printing as much as I do.