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My first prints from my GH5 are a disaster! Where am I going wrong?

Started Sep 21, 2017 | Discussions thread
3dwag
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Re: My first prints from my GH5 are a disaster! Where am I going wrong?

bmoag wrote:

If your images look good to you on a monitor then it would seem you are either not correctly saving them in the form the printer requires, presumably sRGB, or the printing service stinks. An image may look sharper than it really is when viewed on something like the small camera LCD but even a small laptop screen should reveal whether the image is seriously out of focus or affected by movement.

It may be a combination of both your processing technique and the lack of quality control by the printing service.

A way to test the printing service is to send them a batch of jpegs made in the camera and do not alter the files in any way. If they can not print them with reasonable accuracy you have solved part of the mystery. You can also send some files processed in your usual manner to a different printing service and see what you get.

A frequent contributor to these forums has a site digitaldog.net with exceedingly helpful videos to learn about color spaces, color management and sRGB conversion. I can not think of a better place to start if you want to optimize your processes.

Excellent advice, and if you then post in the Printers and Printing forum you will get some sage advice, including from DigitalDog (but he may first direct you to one or a few of his videos 😉).

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