12 January 2010
Printing: What you see is not always what you get. The costly lesson.
Creating the Notorious Dames collection has been the easiest part of this project. Absolutely, no doubt about that. It's also been the most fun part of the project.
Selecting a gallery (or three) to exhibit in hasn't been without research, but it hasn't been stressful.
So what's left? Nothing - if you plan on showing your newly created images on a monitor at the gallery... So then there's the printing.
Printing the images - to be exactly as you have created them - is a whole area I wish I didn't have to deal with.
The short of it, is that you can calibrate your screen until the Mad Hatter starts looking sane, however the BEST way to see if your images will print well, is to test print them. And if necessary, adjust as required. Why? The luminosity of your monitor and the shadows in your image - are a killer combination. Coupled with the gamut range of the printing machine, which is less than the range you see on your screen.
Might I say, having a laptop has been very handy. It has allowed me to adjust the tilt of the screen until the image matches the test print. Having the screen tilted, I can then re-adjust until the image looks as it should. Normally, a much brighter image - though it does the trick.
Hopefully, there aren't any more hurdles leading up the the launch on the 31st. Cross your digits for me!
Comments
The Mitch — 13 January at 11:07PM
You wanna hear something a little techno left of centre toots.......
I always thought it would be cool to do away with that shit and have a slam'n new display on Killer LCD's - yeah .
No scrolling slide shows ... just clean sharp true images as the artist ( ie U ) have created.
XXXXXy - Yes
Originality - MASSIVE
Otherwise the oldskool 35mm gets romantically attractive again yeah...
Food for lip licking thought..
Looking very forward to your gig in the lane....
Mitch ( OT )