Hey, it's me again. I bought a new monitor first. Well needed. I've running dual monitors now and the old one is insanely poor. Who knew?! Anyway, before I go out and buy a monitor calibration device, I just sort of want to get in the ballpark for a print.
I wish I could show examples, but there was a shot I took. Mild processing was done to add contrast. Anway, I thought I would preview the shot in the print dialog. Completely washed out colors. Skin tones were non-existent. I went ahead and printed it (on Red River Matte). The print out was different than the preview (loss of detail. More blacks. A section of a guy's head which showed detail on the monitor was almost completely black in the print).
It seems I have a couple questions...
1. anyone have a good reference for learning about all this stuff? Online or book (well written)?
2. How do I minimize the difference between the shot in PS and the Print Preview?
3. Should I even use the print preview?
I am so completely new and lost to printing, I don't know where to begin. I sort of feel like the printed photo should at least closely resemble what's on the monitor. I'm not asking for exact colors, but come on. What's coming out of the printer is almost like the diff between color and B&W. Not even in the same solar system.
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