The process of creating a physical printed image from a photograph.
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What does DPI mean?
What does DPI mean and how does it affect images displayed on screen versus printed?
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What DPI should I resize my image to for best printing quality?
And my apologies if this sounds a bit too basic but I can't get my head around this.
I have a digital image I took with my camera. 4000x3000 pixels, and GIMP claims that its resolution is 72x72 DPI.
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How can I upscale a low-res image to make it appear higher-res?
I want to enlarge an image to a bigger size. This will cause pixelation.
So I want to apply some treatment to it in Photoshop that will suppress some of this pixelation. Of course I cannot generate ...
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Is it possible to print a photo so it can be mounted on a globe?
I'd like to transform an image so that it can be mounted on a sphere. I'd like to use an image of a map (see the One Piece world map on the image), but it could be anything. Here is a kind of Family ...
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Is there a photo print provider I can use to offer a “Buy a print” feature on my own website?
I do host my own photo gallery online and want to share my photos with my community. It should be possible to purchase copies of my photos online. So I asked myself if there is a service provider for ...
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Where can I print a panorama?
You scout the location, bring your tripod with you, wait for the right light, become victim of weather in the meanwhile, take an insane amount of photos, work hours on getting the stitch right, and ...
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How should one sharpen differently depending on the target usage for a photo?
In an answer to another question, a statement is made:
Sharpening is the only (? I can't
think of any others ?) edit which
needs to be done differently depending
on the target medium. E.g. ...
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Questions to ask when using a professional printing service
I do lots of landscape photography. A friend of mine wants one of my photographs printed; I've never done this before! All of my photos are post-processed in Photoshop, and I only generate JPEG's for ...
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How to make my digital photo prints to stand in the face of time?
I'd like to print my photos, but I'd also like to see prints' colours stand time. What good options do I have?
I've considered the following:
Inkjet printers with good inks. For example:
the Epson ...
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What are the recommendations for getting best color matching when using a photolab?
So I want to use one of the many online printer photolabs to send my photos to and have them print them and send them back. What is the best way to make sure the colors I see on my monitor match what ...
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How do current home photo printers compare to prints from a studio?
I am looking for a printer that can be used at home for printing photos. I am not expecting very high quality prints, but want ones that can last for a couple of years without much color loss.
And ...
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Where can I have lenticular images created?
It might be me using the wrong term for what I have in mind, but I cannot find how and where I can have lenticular images developed.
I mean those things that display two (or more) different images ...
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How can I get the best quality prints from an iPhone photo?
I have a photo on my iPhone that I'd like to print, but the quality is poor. Is there anything I can do so that I can print it?
I have Photoshop CS5.
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How can I fix a blue colour cast from my Canon i9950 printer?
I have a Canon i9950 with an aftermarket CISS. It used to be fine, but having not used it for a while over Christmas, now all my prints are coming out with a horrible blue cast.
I have checked that ...
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Where can I find good test image(s) to send to a print lab?
I am looking for a good test image to send to a print lab, to test my system's color calibration.
I'll be sending my own photos too, of course, but I would also like to include one or two test images ...
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What adjustments do photo labs apply to a digital image when printing it?
What adjustments do high-street photo labs make to a digital image when printing it?
I recently took some wedding photos which I adjusted in lightroom mainly using the histogram as a guide to ...
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What colour space to use when printing digital photos?
As is customary with preparing images for print in a magazine or newspaper, I convert my digital photos from RGB to CMYK before inserting into my publishing application. However, when I'm printing ...
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How to produce a huge photograph on a hard surface?
What are ways to get a trouble-free photo-quality image on a large hard surface?
It's been a while I am considering selling panoramas between 6 and 12 feet wide on Neoluminance but I have been ...
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What double-sided ink jet paper is best for printing fine-art photo books at home?
I am planning to print my own photo books of my landscape and wildlife photography. I have a Canon PIXMA Pro9500 II pigment inkjet printer, and I have spent an extensive amount of time working with ...
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How well do dye-sublimation printers perform with black & white pictures?
Most of the dye-sublimation cassettes have CMYO (= cyan, magenta, yellow, overlay) panels.
Are there any cassettes designed specifically for black & white pictures?
For example (and as jrista ...
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What is the difference between a lambda print (RA-4) and a color inkjet print?
I can't seem to find any good information about the differences between the lambda printing process (on RA-4 paper, also known as a C-prints or chromogenic color prints) and inkjet printing (also ...
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What are the ways to print my 10-bit per color files?
Before I make a significant investment in hardware to get to 10-bit per color (10bpc) nirvana I want to make sure I understand the complete path from shutter release to enjoying my prints. I feel like ...
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What steps to take to match screen to print?
I don't print a TON of my photos, but when I do it's because it's really important to me. I've got a MacBook Pro attached to a Samsung 2300 display and an HP Photosmart 7760 printer. I typically use ...
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Is there any guideline for photo frame width?
I want to print my landscape photos. I have to add white frame around them (something about 500 px to width and height). I have tried many cases (thicknesses). Is there any rule how to apply frame to ...
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How to print and frame composite plaques for school pictures
I have to provide a few plaques to a school. The previous plaques are printed on a relatively hard material/board and then framed (roughly 16x20) and hung on the walls of the school.
My work would ...
