Inkjet Printing for Photographers

Learn the art and craft of creating inkjet prints that do justice to your photos and get the most out of your printer.

Introduction

• Welcome
• Exploring why we print
• Understanding what you need for this course
• What's new in the update

1. Understanding and Choosing a Printer

• Why inkjet printing?
• Understanding ink types: Dye vs. pigment
• Discussing considerations for black and white
• Reviewing the features

2. Adjusting Images for Printing

• Printing and your workflow
• Printing black-and-white photos
• Understanding the histogram
• Understanding what localized adjustments are used for
• Explaining the histogram with a practical example
• Making a localized adjustment in a practical example
• Evaluating a localized adjustment in a practical example
• Refining a localized adjustment for effect
• Making a gradient adjustment
• Paying attention to viewing conditions
• Summing up

3. Resizing Images and the Aesthetics of Print Size

• Understanding pixels, printer dots, and resolution
• Understanding resolution
• Defining resampling and interpolation
• Understanding where resizing fits into your workflow
• Defining native printer resolution
• Understanding the relationship between viewing distance and print size
• Reducing image size in Photoshop
• Cropping to a specific size and resolution using Canvas Size
• Cropping to a specific size and resolution using the Crop tool
• Enlarging an image in Photoshop
• Creating a triptych
• Creating a triptych using Automator on a Mac
• Exploring the aesthetics of print size

4. Sharpening, Noise, and the Print Dialog

• Understanding how sharpening works
• Sharpening in JPEG mode
• Exploring sharpening workflows
• Sharpening in Camera Raw
• Looking at noise reduction
• Sharpening output with Smart Sharpen
• Understanding selective sharpening
• Sharpening through an edge mask
• Reviewing high-pass sharpening
• Applying aggressive sharpening
• Exploring advanced sharpening techniques
• Exploring the Print dialog
• Proofing at smaller sizes

5. Making a Color Print

• Exploring how color works
• Reviewing color models
• Defining gamut and color space
• Reviewing when colors go out of gamut
• Configuring Photoshop's color settings
• Changing color space in Camera Raw
• Working in an advanced color space
• Assigning a color space in Photoshop
• Correcting a color image
• Printing a color image
• Evaluating the print

6. Color Management

• What is color management?
• Profiling a monitor
• Evaluating a monitor profile
• Exploring paper profiles
• Understanding soft proofing

7. Choosing a Paper

• Understanding how paper quality affects the appearance of black in prints
• Looking at third-party papers
• Looking at paper finish
• Understanding paper traits
• Discussing paper choice and presentation

8. Printing in Lightroom

• Printing with Lightroom
• Laying out images
• Sharpening for print in Lightroom
• Color management in Lightroom
• Understanding the print dialogue box
• What print options are not available in Lightroom

9. Printing: From Start to Finish

• Printing a black-and-white image
• Printing a color image

Conclusion

• Goodbye