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PRINTING AND OUTPUT / 41
Time to get physical!
Don’t let your favourite shots disappear into the digital void by bringing them to life in print
many photographers enthusiastically obsess over cameras and lenses, they often edit on uncalibrated screens. The result is prints that come out too dark, too warm or just plain wrong. If you’ve ever compared the same image on a laptop, monitor and TV, you will know how wildly things can vary. That’s why calibration matters. At the top end, a dedicated monitor like the Atomos Studio Sonic Pro 2710, a 27-inch OLED reference monitor, offers true 33-point 3D LUT capability, real-time LUT previewing and a sensor- calibrated surround lighting system that measures ambient light as well as display output. Or look at Eizo, whose new Color Edge CS3200X is a 31.5-inch 4K UHD colour management monitor. As the first 31.5-inch 4K model in Eizo’s CS range, it provides a large and detailed workspace ideal for handling timelines, layers and high-resolution assets. Its 4K panel offers crisp detail and smooth
OFF THE WALL Your work deserves to be displayed (above). A monitor like the new Eizo CS3200X (below) ensures what you see is what you get when you print your images
Far too many of our photos live on hard drives, phones and
social feeds – liked, scrolled past and forgotten. When you take a moment to print an image, something changes. It slows you down. It gives your work presence. Suddenly, that photograph isn’t just another file but is something real. Your best shots deserve better than digital limbo. Get the colours right Before you even think about printing, you need to make sure what you’re seeing is accurate. There is no point creating a beautiful photograph if the colours shift the moment it hits paper. The uncomfortable truth is that, while
The truth is that, while many photographers obsess over cameras and lenses, they edit on uncalibrated screens
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