Screen to print: how I prepare images in Photoshop

[@paulmoore721]

Todd, this is great but I print through Lightroom Classic. I’d love to see a tutorial on that. Thanks!

[@steveh1273]

Thanks for this video! Saving the printable image at 8 bits doesn't affect the colors in the final print? Why ever use 16 bits?

[@stanleyjacobson2617]

You mentioned Tony Kuyper. He has now created (along with Sean Bagshaw) a print module for Photoshop. It has been the magic bullet (for me) in creating acceptable prints consistently. I highly recommend it. Also it is FREE, so no harm in giving it a try.

[@MostafaMoradii]

Great! And one question: Switching from 16-bit to 8-bit won't lead to banding in gradients?

[@TonyKuyper]

Soft-proofing essentially means you don't need to worry about the gamut warning. Your soft-proofing is already automatically converting the out-of-gamut colors to what you see on your screen. Trying to adjust out-of-gamut colors means you're going to mess up your soft-proofing.

[@nancymckay7691]

Thanks so much. i learned some new things to add to my print workflow.

[@reesmarkham2140]

No way in the world I can thank you enough.

[@IoannisIliadis-v2t]

Thank you!

[@macimages4215]

Very helpful, thank you!

[@carlosagsmendes]

Thank you! Do you use different calibration profiles with difference luminance (one for screen and another for printing)?

[@steveh1273]

In the simulate paper color part of the video, you're changing the screen profiles (D65 to D50)? You are calling the profiles "modes." Those of us that don't have a "puck" and a Ben-Q would have to manually go into the screen profiles to change the "modes," is that correct?

[@DanielRodriguez-fg5ll]

very useful. one quick question, in step 1, when you calibrate.. do you limit the monitor to adobeRGB primaries? or you let the monitor show all possible colors (Native) and the software limits the color space (eg Photoshop)?

[@pacomolinari]

Really, really interesting video! Thank you, Todd! I found the information about the different white points particularly useful. Regarding that, what about metal prints? Which white point calibration would you recommend?

[@JeanSolari-b6r]

A long time ago, the native resolution of printers was much lower and rules of thumb such as using 300 ppi for Canon prints was suggested. Please don’t throw away all the resolution you bought with your 100 mp camera by down resing the image in PS to 300 ppi. So if the resolution of your image printed at 18x24 inches were 475 ppi, it would be a shame to down res it to 300 ppi.