Professional Inkjet Media
Professional Inkjet Media
Metallic papers have been around a while, with the pearlescent effect going back to darkroom days. Whilst I’ve never tried such papers in the past, I have seen quite a few papers with the word ‘metallic’ in their name. I’ve …
Titanium Gloss 300 Up Close – Northlight Images Review Read More
Printing, calibration, profiling and colour accuracy – it’s a minefield of information for both amateurs and professionals alike. But how difficult is it to become colour accurate? My name is James Arbuckle and I am a professional photographer based in …
The Steps to Colour Accurate Printing: A Photographers Experience Read More
Adobe Lightroom offers you some excellent colour management features to help you get the most pleasing and colour accurate inkjet prints. You will of course need good printer profiles for the papers that you are using (and of course good …
There is a temptation to look at the price of a box of inkjet paper and be a little indignant at the price. It’s just paper after all? Isn’t it? Well, no, it’s not just paper. There is a lot …
The human visual system has evolved over millions of years to be very sensitive to changes in flesh tones. We can judge a person’s mood or health just by the colour of their skin. This means you have to take …
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Getting really good black and white prints from an inkjet printer can be tricky for many photographers. Inkjet printers typically mix colours with up to 12 different inks and the slightest imbalance means that you may see colour casts or …
Getting an image ready for inkjet printing is a little more complex than just selecting Print in the File menu, but it isn’t the black art that many blogs or magazine articles portray either. These three simple steps will get …
What is infrared photography? Infrared is found beyond red at the low frequency end of the electromagnetic spectrum. In essence it is photographing the ‘light’ you can’t see. In the days of film we were unable to see the results …
Infrared Photography: The Steps to Achieving Seriously Stunning Results Read More
Back in the early 1990s there was a revolution. Until the launch of the Apple Macintosh computer you had needed very expensive hardware and software to reproduce images and create magazines layouts, design leaflets and books or any other kind …
If you’ve ever sent an image to print, you will have invariably seen a tick box or drop down list titled ‘Rendering Intents’. If you try and avoid looking at it incase it does something unexpected and think it’s easier …