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12/20/2009 08:17:19 AM · #1 |
I've noticed that whichever print company I use, the results are often darker than I see on the screen. Of course, that's because what I see on the screen is transmitted light versus what comes back from the printers which is reflected light. Everything else is fine, colours matching etc. it's the brightness/exposure I've had to play guesswork with.
Now, I've just handed in a shot to a local printers to put onto A2 canvas as a gift. Topaz Denoise saved the day on the enlargement. In LR I clicked the highlights warning box, and pushed the slider as far right as it'd go without clipping too many highlights, then adjusted the blacks back down, and pushed the exposure a bit more.
This tends to result in over-contrasty shots. So, any suggestions as to how to push the exposure slider to the max while still keeping black values in the photo, or... do you just not worry about blacks? |
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12/20/2009 10:32:22 AM · #2 |
I just got the canvas back, and it looks great - So I was lucky this time!
I'd still like to hear how others get around the exposure/contrast conundrum. Do you just increase the exposure slider in LR, and not worry about the blacks? Or is is a trial-and-error process? |
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12/20/2009 10:34:13 AM · #3 |
You do it by working with gamma, not exposure. Gamma keeps the relative values the same but moves the entire histogram right or left.
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12/20/2009 10:36:56 AM · #4 |
Thanks Bear
In LR, gamma is controlled by the brightness slider? |
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12/20/2009 11:23:42 AM · #5 |
Originally posted by JH:
Thanks Bear
In LR, gamma is controlled by the brightness slider? |
Yup.
R. |
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12/20/2009 11:25:12 AM · #6 |
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12/20/2009 01:17:06 PM · #7 |
| For my wedding albums I have a soft-proof profile in CS2 that is very very close to what I get back in the album - actually, scratch that, its bang on most of the time. Soft-proofing is a great way to check your prints before sending to the printers. |
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