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12/28/2003 03:34:38 AM · #1 |
Just curious as to what software people use for thier printing ,(not photoshop etc for editing)
Tried acd see and thought that was quite good for layouts etc, but thought it was amazing that "epson photo quicker" didnt have a setting for 8x10 , it just had a 7x10 |
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12/28/2003 03:41:01 AM · #2 |
I use Photoshop 7 or Photoshop Elements for printing. Especially like the automated picture package feature, and use it fairly often when printing out photos for friends.
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12/28/2003 03:45:08 AM · #3 |
Originally posted by lhall:
I use Photoshop 7 or Photoshop Elements for printing. Especially like the automated picture package feature, and use it fairly often when printing out photos for friends. |
ditto
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12/28/2003 03:51:21 AM · #4 |
I print direct from PS except if I want to print right up to the edges when I then need to use the Epson software that came with the printer.
Oh, I do love borderless printing!
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12/28/2003 04:51:02 AM · #5 |
I have ACDSee 5.0 with the included PhotoSlate 3.0, which has a "paper saver" mode, but I'm not that impressed with it. I like the paper saving, scrunch as many pictures on a piece of paper as possible, but I don't like it doesn't put any space between the pictures at all, even if there is extra unused space on the page.
I have printed directly from PhotoShop Elements and it isn't too bad. I've had the best results and most control using Epson Film Factory, which came with my epson printers.
I am looking for software though to lay out a photo album, with text and photos, but I'd prefer that the software allow me the flexibility to move the text and photos to anywhere I want on the page, support various frames and "window dressing", and be able to save each pages layout, without needing to save the actual digital images in the file -- just use a reference to the original file. This would allow me to keep the album sizes small, allow me to update the pictures, if I wish, without the need to reimport to the album.
I just built a 65 page photo album for a gift and the best way I found for doing this, given my current software, was to lay out each page using "Epson Film Factory" and then print to Adobe Acrobat pages. I then merged all the printed pages into one big honkin' album. The resulting file is a couple hundred megabytes, but looks pretty good. I can then print this album directly to my photo printer and it looks pretty good. Of course, this doesn't meet my criteria as updating it is troublesome and all the images are in the .pdf file, not referenced from there.
Ideally, I'd like to be able to create such a file/set of files and send this to a publishing house to make a bound book.
Yes, I could use Word or Publisher to layout things, but I was looking for something more specific to the task of creating a photo album for print.
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12/28/2003 05:14:13 AM · #6 |
My only inkjet printer is at work, so I usually just drop the photos onto a QuarkXPRESS (or PageMaker or InDesign) page and print or make and Acrobat PDF from there. But I'm used to doing page layout that way.
NOTE: If you are going to print to any kind of separated output, do not use Word or Publisher for the layout. For compisite output they can be made to work OK.
Mostly I print my photos from edited JPEGS to photo printers (e.g. DPC Prints, Ofoto.com, Costco, Walgreen's) so I myself don't use any software for that. |
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12/28/2003 07:45:21 AM · #7 |
| QImage produces excellent results and has an appropriate feature set for the task. |
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12/28/2003 08:01:09 AM · #8 |
| I either print directly from Photoshop or use Broderbund's Print Shop Select, which I got free with a print cartridge for my HP Deskjet. Print Shop allows you to move pix and type around the page, allows some last-minute touchup and includes templates for such projects as greeting cards and newsletters. The program is very simple to use, you just drag everything around with the mouse. It does not, however, allow full bleed printing - you end up with a border. |
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12/28/2003 05:55:16 PM · #9 |
I started playing around, and I figured out ACD PhotoSlate 3.0 was exactly what I needed. It allows me to define page layouts and adjust the layout after I add it to an album. I can associate text boxes with photos and it automatically inserts the text I choose in the layout from the metadata associated with the photo. I can define specific crops and other edit changes specific for the album and it doesn't effect the original image. I wish I had figured this out a couple weeks ago, before I painfully did it all using Epson Film Factory -- for a one time shot, non savable source album. Once I build the album, or only pages of the album, I can save the album to a small file that when opened, recalls the photos and metadata. If in the meantime, I revise the metadata, or the photo, the revised version appears in my album. Perfect.
Message edited by author 2003-12-28 17:56:52.
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12/30/2003 06:34:48 AM · #10 |
printing, erm, inkjet suck, so usually I don;t bother, but when I do I use Photoshop
usually I crop them to the appropriate aspect.
then stick em on a cd, with each all the photo's of each aspect rightfully named, and hand the cd to the camera shop.
make sure to seperate aspects, mention it, and have it correct so otherwise idiot employees have a good habit of clicking "auto-crop", and having a nice huge panorama, look like a snapshop taken by accident :( |
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