Photoshop Insider

1. ^#1

   I will be checking that out asap.
   I had a couple of tricks for getting great B&W prints from my Epson 4000. Worked great until recently.

   I have a real problem with printing to m epson 4000 from lightroom. I have emailed epson and Adobe and still have not received a solution to the problem. Maybe you have an idea of where to go to get a solution.

   Th eptoblem started when I got a new Macbook pro with Leopard installed. I loaded up Photoshop and Lightroom. I have the current versions of both. I then went out and got the most current driver for my older Epson 4000 (I love this printer and don’t want to replace it)

   Printing from Photoshop is great. the custom color profiles work great and the print quality is outstanding. Printing form Lightroom is nightmare. I was under the assumption that the programs used the same print engine. The prints from lightroom are terrible. It makes no difference which color profile I use, the color are WAY off.

   Now its fine to export into Photoshop for a single print, but one of the most powerful parts of lightroom is to make great custom print setups easily.

   Thanks for the great blog, and books, and podcasts, and

   Alan

   Alan Hess on January 29th, 2008 at 10:34 am
2. ^#2

   Scott.

   Question for you per your digital photography book (vol 2). On pg 47, you describe how to use a light meter to take an exposure measurement for a custom exposure using flash/strobes.

   I’m an amateur looking to grow in my photographic competencies, and I recently purchased the TD5 spiderlite set-up (Scott Kelby studio kit from B&H) for home studio use. I also got a Sekonic L-358 light meter.

   I understand how page 47 relates to measuring exposure from the perspective of a hot shoe flash or strobe, but how do I get exposure measurements for the TD5’s continuous light? Specifically, what settings on the light meter doI use to get the measurement?

   Please e-mail me a response if you prefer, but a post here would be great too! I’d appreciate your help with this question. Thanks for all you do!!

   Sincerely,

   -Ade

   Ade on January 29th, 2008 at 11:02 am
3. ^#3

   OK, now that we’ve shown that the $1200 printer has a more flexible driver than my old $140 Epson printer’s driver (I’m still saving for the $750 printer and its inks), how about a quick lesson on your printer paper choices and the real difference in inks on these papers. (I’ve become a fan of Red River paper for stuff going on the wall.) I’m still convinced that Lightroom and CS3 can produce a better B&W than my using only my old “inexpensive” driver. I will admit that clicking on the preview image and adjusting its size and location had me envious. Just got my 7pt and autographed vol 2 back from a friend. He is buying his own copies since I proved how valuable they are. Thanks again for all the “experience”.

   Bill Chinn on January 30th, 2008 at 3:47 am

Drop me a note

You can use the small form below to leave a comment on this page.