A Better Way To Print With Photoshop

[@NickPage]

really excited about this new plugin, great work Tony and Sean! this was needed!

[@SeanBagshaw]

Thanks dude! We can cover it in Bootcamp in August if you want.

[@NickPage]

@@SeanBagshaw I think that we absolutely should

[@NatPhoto56]

Sean: As a long time LR/PS user I’ve always printed from PS since I have more control. This panel is really great. The workflow meshes very well with my workflow and makes things much more efficient. I sent a note to Tony thanking both you and Tony. I know it will be an integral part of my printing workflow from now on. Great stuff.

[@SeanBagshaw]

That is wonderful feedback! Thanks for letting us know. :-)

[@lindenwatson846]

Fantastic!! thankyou.

[@dogwalker350]

Your free video series about using the TK Print Plugin is comprehensive, clear, and exceptionally valuable. What a joy to have soft proofing easier, more efficient and much effective than before. Establishing a consistent framework and using the panel functions coverts print preparation into an understandable process that I can actually enjoy instead of dread. Anyone using Photoshop should get the panel and your videos without hesitation.

[@SeanBagshaw]

Thanks for the great feedback. Glad you enjoy it!

[@jonkers2007]

Thank you for this generous offering Sean and Tony, really appreciated.

[@photonsonpixels]

Sean, You and Tony are incredibly generous and kind. Thank you so much!

[@SeanBagshaw]

Our pleasure!

[@scotty4418]

This is a fantastic announcement Sean and very grateful to you and Tony for developing the plugin and very much looking forward to using it

[@icogicog8287]

Tony’s work and your has really been outstanding over the years. A very heartfelt THANK YOU!!!!

[@simoncullinan5369]

Thank you Sean and Tony - really appreciate the thoughtfulness and consideration that you have passed on to us.

[@perrysmithphotography2915]

Sean and Tony...Thanks for this plug-in...Can't wait to dive-in and make some prints and incorporating this into my work flow!

[@SeanBagshaw]

Our pleasure! Let us know how it goes :-)

[@marydean9900]

Sean and Tony, thank you for this wonderful gift!! I am looking forward to learning how to use this plug-in.

[@mariolombardi4766]

Thank you both so much!!! Can’t wait to use this new plug in.

[@mcristyfr]

Thank you for this plugin and its tutorials....

[@guitarman70]

Thanks so much Tony and Sean. You make editing even more fun!

[@josdenis3684]

Thank you both!

[@lindahenderson2113]

Thank you, Sean!

[@salomon4263]

Thank you, Sean! Muchas gracias!!

[@johnmcaleer6917]

Wonderful stuff, thank you gents, look forward to having a good play with this.

[@SeanBagshaw]

Have fun!

[@mikejohnston9113]

Thanks for the description

[@curtislewis3555]

Awesome. I have your printing course and I believe this will be a good addition to it. Thanks!.

[@musiqueetmontagne]

That's fantastic thanks so much and extremely generous of you .

[@returningtoearthtv8836]

Sean Bagshaw: the Jonas Salk of PhotoShop editing. You are a kind and generous man!

[@allumpfa]

Thanks gentlemen really looking forward to giving it a try

[@user-ik9gw4wh4c]

As a canon user I have always got the best results using Professional Print & Layout and instead to see how TK’s new print plugin compares.

[@Mark-qn9xl]

Thanks for this Sean ,and Tony of course. I don't use Lightroom and have only returned to PS in the last year or so due to Capture One's dubious practices and exorbitant recent pricing. As I use an Epson printer I was using Epson Print Layout although recently have switched to Roy Harrington's Print-Tool which I really like. The only reason I have stayed with PS is because of TK8/9 so I will certainly give this a try.

[@larrywales358]

Thank you so much. Can't wait to get started.

[@DaveMovold]

Thank you, you guys Rock !! I'm loving the TK9 panel.

[@SeanBagshaw]

Cheers Dave!

[@timkuhnwildlife]

Marvelous! Thanks so much Sean and Tony, this is something I have been wanting for years. As a fellow Oregonian, central coast, hope to see you out there some time!

[@Ciomi50]

Thanks a lot. Very very good ! Best regards from Switzerland

[@JohnDoe1999-lg7mh]

Thanks. I have always printed out of PS. Much better control and soft proofing. I also adjust black and points to match what the printer media can handle. I sold my printer a few years back and will be the Epson P900 in a couple of months or so. I use to print a fair bit and do miss it. I have at least 80 images tagged to be printed. So, I have my work cut-out for me.

[@HarveyAbernathey]

As a Ps user only, I really appreciate the opportunity to utilize Ps for printing. I have paid for the expensive RIP software, which is only available for my 11yo printer... requiring me to copy the Ps prepared print file unto an old laptop to print through, as the RIP software is too expensive for me to update and only works on a Mac with OS 9. The RIP software still works perfectly, yet I would like to update the EPSON 3880 printer, which is getting more difficult to keep running. Thanks for being so generous with this! I am looking forward to using my current computer, and if it works well, then upgrade my printer.

[@SeanBagshaw]

I hope it works for you. Let us know how it goes.

[@tonynicolaci3244]

Love this. Can’t wait to watch videos. Thanks Tony and Sean so much. Free too. Woohoo.

[@rlfisher]

This is great, eager to try it!

[@RandyRanson-d5x]

One could only of dreamt about something like this years and years ago! Thanks Sean.

[@SeanBagshaw]

You bet!

[@MarylandDroneMedia]

Thanks, this is amazing and simple.

[@chepo1956]

Wow, you guys are amazing! Thanks.

[@SeanBagshaw]

Our pleasure!

[@pbziegler]

Awesome Sean. Gotta warm up my Canon printer.

[@ytuberization]

Thank you so much. Sounds like a great tool. Is it possible to implement a Nik Output Sharpener based action?

[@SeanBagshaw]

Yes, absolutely. As long as you can create a Ps action to open the Nik filter from Ps. I show how to create such an action in the free videos.

[@SouthernOregonCoast]

You guys are too generous Thank You

[@SeanBagshaw]

Glad we are able to do it. :-)

[@thomastuorto9929]

Very generous. Thanks.

[@lewlarson6882]

Sean, this looks great. Thanks to you and Tony. Question- will the tool help prevent double profiling?

[@SeanBagshaw]

The only way is to make sure you have color management turned off in the printer driver and let Ps manage the colors. There isn't a way to change the printer driver settings from a Ps plugin unfortunately, so you'll have to double check that on your own.

[@davidburlison9433]

Excellent!

[@JoseManuel-bj1ft]

great job ¡¡¡ Thanks a lot ¡¡¡

[@mijomac]

First, I’d like to thank Tony and for coming up with print plug-in and for taking the time to educate us on how to use it. I do have one quick question. In the print video, when you go to print settings, you have standard highlighted instead of photo printing. Personally I always use photo printing. Is using standard OK in lieu of photo printing?

[@SeanBagshaw]

I probably just missed that setting when recording. I'd use the photo setting.

[@waynedorchak8259]

I have the print course and I'm sure this will help me with my printing.

[@SeanBagshaw]

It should. I think you will find that the plugin mirrors/speeds up the Ps printing workflow from the course quite well.

[@justinrichardson3864]

Sean, does the "Too Dark?" bright the image without blowing out the highlights or does it simply brighten the entire image? Looks like it was adjusting the image about 1/3 or maybe 2/3 of a stop?

[@SeanBagshaw]

It lightens the dark tones using the Screen blend mode and a darks luminosity mask so that the light tones in the image are not affected.

[@swjmbj]

As an amateur photographer, I've always used Photoshop Elements. I use Elements to print for myself, family and friends with Hahnemuhle fine art, rag and canvas papers. Will the plug in work with Elements?

[@SeanBagshaw]

I don't think Photoshop plugins work with Ps Elements. I think elements does support plugins, but I don't think they can crossover with plugins for Photoshop. Tony Kuyper would know for sure. You can contact him through his website if you want to: goodlight.us/contact.html

[@winstonvanhughes9465]

Hi. Thanks for that. Wondered if the plugin also has indications on formats, tiiff, jpg, if we shoyld print in RGB o CMYK?? THANKS

[@SeanBagshaw]

The plugin doesn't advise on that. Print from 16 bit tif if you can. Unless you are printing on an offset printer (such as book publishing) then use an RGB color space (sRGB, Adobe RGB, ProPhoto RGB etc.).

[@draughonc]

Sean, this is really nice. A TK panel that's not overly busy with icons, a simple workflow, and free. Awesome! Still, using that black point compensation default, though?

[@SeanBagshaw]

Yes. I've done my own testing and, for me anyway, the auto black point compensation seems to do as good a job as I can do manually with curves. I will do additional black point compensation using the plugin in certain images with a lot of dark detail.

[@wernerwoska8825]

Sean, is it useful and do you recommend the plug in for prints from a lab?

[@SeanBagshaw]

Yes, the plugin is very useful for preparing images that you will print with a lab. In the free videos I talk about this.

[@wernerwoska8825]

@@SeanBagshaw Good News, thanks a lot, Sean!

[@kenharnish5778]

Would it be wise to have a separate computer for printing?

[@SeanBagshaw]

That isn't something I have ever heard of. Not sure that would offer any benefits.

[@bunyaadi]

Certainly simplifies stuff.

[@martinambler]

Does this work with Elements?

[@SeanBagshaw]

I'm not an Elements user, but I don't think Photoshop plugins can cross over to Elements. Tony Kuyper would know for sure, so you could reach out to him with this question. Here is is contact page: goodlight.us/contact.html

[@chazM6116]

hang on you have a canon printer behind you canon has a great plugin for printing....

[@SeanBagshaw]

If you mean Print Studio Pro, I agree that it is great for setting up print jobs...very similar to both Ps and Lr. However, I don't think it has a good way to make soft-proof adjustments, size and sharpen print files, add digital signatures, adjust for gloss differential and do manual black point compensation.