Exporting for print

benji79 · 1st February 2009

To those using LIGHTROOM 2

What do you guys export your photos as for printing in print shop and to be given to clients

Please advise

btrenkel · 1st February 2009

For your average photo store in R4 - probably doesn't matter. JPG - highest quality with Adobe RGB or sRGB color is enough. They don't do a color calibration for you anyway.

If you have a large size print job with a specialist. I give them TIF/16-bit in Adobe RGB - and let them do a color calibration, test print. They know best how they need to sharpen for their machine

For client files - if you are really nice - same format as for the large printer. And let them optimize based on usage. Remember web is different from a color print, is different from a newspaper ad, etc.

Clown · 5th February 2009

depending on clients.

most of the time, i deem it safer to give sRGB images to non-commercial clients and labs cuz client's computers might not be able to produce AdobeRGB correctly, thus resulting in a slightly washed out image.

but for fineart prints and commercial clients, a set of Jpegs and a set of TIFFs both in AdobeRGB is the default.

1st February 2009	#1
benji79 New Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 36	Exporting for print To those using LIGHTROOM 2 What do you guys export your photos as for printing in print shop and to be given to clients Please advise

1st February 2009	#2
btrenkel Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Paris & Singapore Posts: 221	Re: Exporting for print For your average photo store in R4 - probably doesn't matter. JPG - highest quality with Adobe RGB or sRGB color is enough. They don't do a color calibration for you anyway. If you have a large size print job with a specialist. I give them TIF/16-bit in Adobe RGB - and let them do a color calibration, test print. They know best how they need to sharpen for their machine For client files - if you are really nice - same format as for the large printer. And let them optimize based on usage. Remember web is different from a color print, is different from a newspaper ad, etc.

5th February 2009	#3
Clown Moderator Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 2,808	Re: Exporting for print depending on clients. most of the time, i deem it safer to give sRGB images to non-commercial clients and labs cuz client's computers might not be able to produce AdobeRGB correctly, thus resulting in a slightly washed out image. but for fineart prints and commercial clients, a set of Jpegs and a set of TIFFs both in AdobeRGB is the default. __________________ ~DI/Commercial Portfolio and Travel Gallery~ ~Blog~