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Match print colour - Photoshop cc

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March 9, 2018
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Hi everyone,

I am struggling to get my professional prints (from a local pro print lab) to look the same as what I see on my screen. The appear to be duller and not as sharp. What I am currently doing:-

* Editing in raw

* using camera raw filter sliders to get what I need in contract, highlights, shadow, sharpness etc

* saving as srgb for print

The gallery I present looks bright and sharp, but when I sent to print they come back not what I expect good but not like for like.

How can I see what I am going to get in a a print? I have looked on adobe help and does have a section fro MATCH PRINT COLOUR but I don't know how to get to that in photoshop.

Please help, I have some big orders coming through and don't want to get it wrong

Thanks

Debbie

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Chuck Uebele

Community Expert

Also, in regards to sharpening, different printer require different amounts of sharpening. Most often the images will look over sharpened on your monitor. Best to run some tests. Do one print with sections sharpened at various amounts to see which looks best as a starting point for that printer.

D Fosse

Community Expert

If you really want a good screen to print match, there's no way around

a calibrator (i1 Display, ColorMunki, Spyder)
a good monitor with at least an IPS panel and good color uniformity
solid color management procedures, including a printer with a color managed process (that excludes most camera shop printing)

There really are no shortcuts to this. But with a good setup and some experience, it's possible to get an exact match - much better than most people think possible. The trick is to calibrate the display to match the print, not the other way round.

Debs @ Tres BelleAuthor

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Hi there I have calibrated and do regularly with colormonki and have a MacBook Pro. I don’t print myself I use professional print lab local to me.

I am a studio photographer of children and families and I present them with a gallery of edited images so the images on screen look good But they print slightly different so I’m looking for the gap.

in an adobe help search there is a section called match print color and titled (see how your print will look) but it does not tell you how to get to this feature I have looked everywhere.

Can anyone help with this?

I don’t want to over expose and sharpen images in raw to suit print when they will look bad on my online gallery so as I say I need to find the “photographers secret”. I thought it was saving to srgb but that does not close the gap either.

thanks if anyone can be more specific

thanks

debbie

JJMack

Community Expert

Have you ask your Pro print lab what they think you need to do.

JJMack

Community Expert

Have you ask your Pro print lab what they think. What you can give them to get the print you want. What color profile your files should have and what files sizes you should supply for different size prints. Is you Display setup in a good environment and well calibrated.

JJMack

Debs @ Tres BelleAuthor

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Yes I have asked if I could bring my Mac and do a print there and then to see what can be done .... waiting for response

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