You're correct. I should try that but am uncertain of the results.
They did tell me once that when I say "hands off" on adjustments that
the image does not get sharpened.
Chuck Norcutt
On 10/27/2010 11:08 PM, Moose wrote:
> On 10/27/2010 2:40 PM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>> Ah, but there are some errors in your reasoning. All of this might
>> make sense if I were using QImage and printing on a high end inkjet
>> printer. I do print on an inkjet printer (a cheap one) very
>> occasionally but any serious printing goes to a commercial (and
>> chemical) print shop. I output at the native resolution of the
>> devices used in those shops and sharpen the image at that specific
>> resolution. Then I tell the shop "don't touch this image, print as
>> is". I then get better looking prints and they cost me less since
>> the hand/eye/brain of their operator was not involved.
>
> Not in my reasoning, but my example apparently didn't get through as
> being generic. What I am suggesting is that the RIP that drives their
> printers may well be better at resizing than PS or whatever you are
> using at home.
>
> I was just using QI as an example of a RIP that does better upsizing
> than I can do in PS, even with specialized plug-ins. Millers may or
> may not turn out to be another example. I've never used them, so I
> can't say.
>
> I would certainly tell them to leave color, etc. alone, but it might
> be informative to make two prints of the same image, one that you
> carefully size and one that you instruct them to print to fit. I
> doubt if there will be any discernible difference in say an 8x12 of a
> full 5D frame. If that's the case, you could save yourself a lot of
> prep time.
>
> With more magnification, I'll bet their RIP does a better job than
> PS. I'd try 4x5s of a highly cropped image, where upsizing is
> required, as a test.
>
> Moose
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