Re: lightroom configuration for costco prints

2010-02-11 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
BTW, if you have Photoshop, you can use soft-proof to see the difference in what your printing will be pretty easily. -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visi

Re: lightroom configuration for costco prints

2010-02-11 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 9:15 PM, Ken Waller wrote: > I'll stick with Adobe RGB as its worked well for me over the last 13 years > or so of printing on an inkjet. > > Have you seen a difference with your workflow between sRGB & Adobe RGB ? All of my printing is fully color managed with specific pa

Re: lightroom configuration for costco prints

2010-02-11 Thread P N Stenquist
On Feb 11, 2010, at 9:59 AM, John Sessoms wrote: From: "Ken Waller" I'll stick with Adobe RGB as its worked well for me over the last 13 years or so of printing on an inkjet. Have you seen a difference with your workflow between sRGB & Adobe RGB ? If I understand color space, you want to

Re: lightroom configuration for costco prints

2010-02-11 Thread John Sessoms
From: "Ken Waller" I'll stick with Adobe RGB as its worked well for me over the last 13 years or so of printing on an inkjet. Have you seen a difference with your workflow between sRGB & Adobe RGB ? If I understand color space, you want to match the working color gamut to the available color

Re: lightroom configuration for costco prints

2010-02-11 Thread David J Brooks
iorgi" > Subject: Re: lightroom configuration for costco prints > > >> On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 1:37 PM, Ken Waller wrote: >>> >>> Thanks Godfrey - well explained. >>> >>> Would you expect to see a difference on an inkjet print using sRGB a

Re: lightroom configuration for costco prints

2010-02-10 Thread Ken Waller
quot; Subject: Re: lightroom configuration for costco prints On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 1:37 PM, Ken Waller wrote: Thanks Godfrey - well explained. Would you expect to see a difference on an inkjet print using sRGB and Adobe RGB 1988? Literature I'm familiar with (Photoshop for Natur

Re: lightroom configuration for costco prints

2010-02-10 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 1:37 PM, Ken Waller wrote: > Thanks Godfrey - well explained. > > Would you expect to see a difference on an inkjet print using sRGB and Adobe > RGB 1988? > > Literature I'm familiar with (Photoshop for Nature Photographers by Ellen > Anon & Tim Grey) reccommends using Adob

Re: lightroom configuration for costco prints

2010-02-10 Thread Rob Studdert
On 11/02/2010, P N Stenquist wrote: > Hi Ken, > While there's a difference between SRGB and the other color space options > when printing on an Epson inkjet, I don't think that's the case when > printing on the big Fujitsu machines . Maybe but maybe not: http://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/885273

Re: lightroom configuration for costco prints

2010-02-10 Thread P N Stenquist
http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: "Godfrey DiGiorgi" > Subject: Re: lightroom configuration for costco prints On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 8:41 PM, Ken Waller wrote: Is there any advantage to using sRGB over RGB or vice versa for printing, either at home

Re: lightroom configuration for costco prints

2010-02-10 Thread Ken Waller
rint the image. Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: "Godfrey DiGiorgi" Subject: Re: lightroom configuration for costco prints On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 8:41 PM, Ken Waller wrote: Is there any advantage to using sRGB over RGB or vice versa f

Re: lightroom configuration for costco prints

2010-02-10 Thread P N Stenquist
I've printed pics with odd ppi counts, like 467 or 331 on my R2400, and the results were indistinguishable from a print at 360 ppi, even using a magnifying glass. Paul On Feb 10, 2010, at 8:20 AM, Mat Maessen wrote: On 2/9/10, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: My experience with Epson printers is t

Re: lightroom configuration for costco prints

2010-02-10 Thread Mat Maessen
On 2/9/10, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > My experience with Epson printers is that I can get excellent results > with as low as ~180 ppi for large prints, and that resolution > improvement stops at 360 ppi. Other printers ... may be different. > > Size the file such that the output sizing you want

Re: lightroom configuration for costco prints

2010-02-10 Thread Mark Roberts
Ken Waller wrote: >From: "Mark Roberts" > >> Ken Waller wrote: >> >>>Is there any advantage to using sRGB over RGB or vice versa for printing, >>>either at home or at a Costco type process? >> >> What do you mean by "RGB"? (Just about everything you work on in >> Photoshop is in RGB.) If you mean

Re: lightroom configuration for costco prints

2010-02-09 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 8:41 PM, Ken Waller wrote: >>> Is there any advantage to using sRGB over RGB or vice versa for printing, >>> either at home or at a Costco type process? >> >> What do you mean by "RGB"? (Just about everything you work on in >> Photoshop is in RGB.) If you mean "a non-color-m

Re: lightroom configuration for costco prints

2010-02-09 Thread Ken Waller
Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: "Mark Roberts" Subject: Re: lightroom configuration for costco prints Ken Waller wrote: Is there any advantage to using sRGB over RGB or vice versa for printing, either at home or at a Costco ty

Re: lightroom configuration for costco prints

2010-02-09 Thread Mark Roberts
Ken Waller wrote: >Is there any advantage to using sRGB over RGB or vice versa for printing, >either at home or at a Costco type process? What do you mean by "RGB"? (Just about everything you work on in Photoshop is in RGB.) If you mean "a non-color-managed image" (in RGB but without any color p

Re: lightroom configuration for costco prints

2010-02-09 Thread Ken Waller
Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: "Mark Roberts" Subject: Re: lightroom configuration for costco prints Ken Waller wrote: I thought sRGB was mainly used for web viewing. Shouldn't you be using RGB for printing? sRGB *is*

Re: lightroom configuration for costco prints

2010-02-09 Thread Charles Robinson
On Feb 8, 2010, at 21:34, William Robb wrote: > > Send a full res file. The printer will handle resampling at least as well as > Photoshop, and probably better. > Colour controls allow you to control the colour. Any icc profile that the > printer undeerstands will be fine. Dry Creek Photo is pre

Re: lightroom configuration for costco prints

2010-02-09 Thread Charles Robinson
On Feb 8, 2010, at 19:44, P. J. Alling wrote: > On 2/8/2010 8:23 PM, Larry Colen wrote: >> I am going to try getting some shots printed at the local costco at 12x18. >> I've learned just enough to think I'd want to tune Lightroom's export to >> their printer, but don't know what that would be. >

Re: lightroom configuration for costco prints

2010-02-09 Thread Mark Roberts
Ken Waller wrote: >I thought sRGB was mainly used for web viewing. > >Shouldn't you be using RGB for printing? sRGB *is* a flavor of RGB. To be specific, it's an RGB gamut defined exactly within specified limits. It was designed for CRT viewing originally, but is still very good for the vast majo

Re: lightroom configuration for costco prints

2010-02-09 Thread Ken Waller
I thought sRGB was mainly used for web viewing. Shouldn't you be using RGB for printing? Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: "Chris Mitchell" Subject: RE: lightroom configuration for costco prints From: William Robb To: Pentax-Di

Re: lightroom configuration for costco prints

2010-02-09 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 5:23 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > I am going to try getting some shots printed at the local costco at 12x18. > I've learned just enough to think I'd want to tune Lightroom's export to > their printer, but don't know what that would be. > > What settings should I tell lightroom o

Re: lightroom configuration for costco prints

2010-02-09 Thread John Sessoms
From: paul stenquist On Feb 8, 2010, at 10:34 PM, William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: "paul stenquist" Subject: Re: lightroom configuration for costco prints But you should have a file that's at least large enough for the print size you want, a minimu

Re: lightroom configuration for costco prints

2010-02-09 Thread David J Brooks
Larry. I use LR for all my wal mart, shoppers drug mart etc prints. I adjust and size in LR and save as full jpeg ie at 100, in sRGB. If 8x10 and under i set it at 240 dpi and if doing an 11x14 i use 300. Seems to work as i amm rarley unhappy with the results. Dave On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 8:23 PM

RE: lightroom configuration for costco prints

2010-02-08 Thread Chris Mitchell
> From: William Robb > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: lightroom configuration for costco prints > > > You can get the same thing by setting your workspace to sRGB. > Really, if you think it makes a difference, go hard, but you are > imagining > it. > I

Re: lightroom configuration for costco prints

2010-02-08 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "paul stenquist" Subject: Re: lightroom configuration for costco prints On Feb 8, 2010, at 10:34 PM, William Robb wrote: I've found that by using Dry Creek's icc profile for my local Costco store I can see what the output will lo

Re: lightroom configuration for costco prints

2010-02-08 Thread paul stenquist
On Feb 8, 2010, at 10:34 PM, William Robb wrote: > > - Original Message - From: "paul stenquist" > Subject: Re: lightroom configuration for costco prints > > > >>> >> But you should have a file that's at least large enough for the prin

Re: lightroom configuration for costco prints

2010-02-08 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "paul stenquist" Subject: Re: lightroom configuration for costco prints But you should have a file that's at least large enough for the print size you want, a minimum of 240 ppi at the output size. And the icc profille will allow you t

Re: lightroom configuration for costco prints

2010-02-08 Thread paul stenquist
On Feb 8, 2010, at 8:44 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: > On 2/8/2010 8:23 PM, Larry Colen wrote: >> I am going to try getting some shots printed at the local costco at 12x18. >> I've learned just enough to think I'd want to tune Lightroom's export to >> their printer, but don't know what that would be

Re: lightroom configuration for costco prints

2010-02-08 Thread P. J. Alling
On 2/8/2010 8:23 PM, Larry Colen wrote: I am going to try getting some shots printed at the local costco at 12x18. I've learned just enough to think I'd want to tune Lightroom's export to their printer, but don't know what that would be. What settings should I tell lightroom on export? 360 or

Re: lightroom configuration for costco prints

2010-02-08 Thread paul stenquist
You can find an icc profile for your local Costco on line. Try here: http://www.drycreekphoto.com/icc/ On Feb 8, 2010, at 8:23 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > I am going to try getting some shots printed at the local costco at 12x18. > I've learned just enough to think I'd want to tune Lightroom's expor

lightroom configuration for costco prints

2010-02-08 Thread Larry Colen
I am going to try getting some shots printed at the local costco at 12x18. I've learned just enough to think I'd want to tune Lightroom's export to their printer, but don't know what that would be. What settings should I tell lightroom on export? 360 or 1440 dpi? proRGB or sRGB? jpeg quality