mdearlove Posted 19 March, 2009 Share Posted 19 March, 2009 Couldn't decide between here, the lounge or the Arts forums for this one. Does anyone use online photo printing services? My new Digital SLR arrives tomorrow and I have decided it will be much cheaper to have one of these services do the printing rather than using my photo printer at home. I have used Photobox in the past with no issues but was wondering if anyone has experience of other companies - ie snapfish etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pancake Posted 19 March, 2009 Share Posted 19 March, 2009 Photobox for me all the time, the best quality of print for price and they have never messed with an image (lighten, darken, crop etc) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pancake Posted 19 March, 2009 Share Posted 19 March, 2009 Defo more suited to the "Arts", so I'll slide it across and leave a re-direct here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdearlove Posted 19 March, 2009 Author Share Posted 19 March, 2009 Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minty Posted 19 March, 2009 Share Posted 19 March, 2009 I use Photobox professionally for all ordered prints. As long as you calibrate your screen and use their calibration print to ensure images on screen look like it, you'll be fine. As Pancake said, their quality and value is excellent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamilton Saint Posted 19 March, 2009 Share Posted 19 March, 2009 I use Photobox professionally for all ordered prints. As long as you calibrate your screen and use their calibration print to ensure images on screen look like it, you'll be fine. As Pancake said, their quality and value is excellent. I'm interested to know how to calibrate my computer screen. Any advice would be gratefully received! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St Landrew Posted 19 March, 2009 Share Posted 19 March, 2009 Defo more suited to the "Arts", so I'll slide it across and leave a re-direct here. TBH, Pancake, it's deffo more suited to a technical issues forum, so I'll slide it over there and leave a re-direct here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pancake Posted 20 March, 2009 Share Posted 20 March, 2009 Im sure photography is more of an art form than a technical issue, but hey ho... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdearlove Posted 20 March, 2009 Author Share Posted 20 March, 2009 no fighting now fellas! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al de Man Posted 20 March, 2009 Share Posted 20 March, 2009 I'm interested to know how to calibrate my computer screen. Any advice would be gratefully received! Not strictly "how" but more an indication of whether it needs it. Just click on your location. http://www.xrite.com/worldwide.aspx http://www.wikihow.com/Calibrate-Your-Monitor The easiest way of doing it is buy a device which scans your monitor's output and adjusts the profile accordingly. http://shop.colourconfidence.com/section.php?xSec=10210&gclid=CPDlrcbMsZkCFYR_3godMXrD4w Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minty Posted 20 March, 2009 Share Posted 20 March, 2009 An even easier way of doing it, which is very rudimentary, but does do the job if you're careful enough, is to get the calibration print from Photobox and check how it looks on screen vs the print in your hand. http://www.photobox.co.uk/content/quality-advice/calibration You can (and should if you do it professionally) use proper calibration gear as Al talks about, but for most home printing, this will give you perfectly good results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamilton Saint Posted 21 March, 2009 Share Posted 21 March, 2009 Not strictly "how" but more an indication of whether it needs it. Just click on your location. http://www.xrite.com/worldwide.aspx http://www.wikihow.com/Calibrate-Your-Monitor The easiest way of doing it is buy a device which scans your monitor's output and adjusts the profile accordingly. http://shop.colourconfidence.com/section.php?xSec=10210&gclid=CPDlrcbMsZkCFYR_3godMXrD4w Thanks to you and Minty for the help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arizona Posted 26 March, 2009 Share Posted 26 March, 2009 I ordered some prints from Kodak from last years Belgian Grand Prix. Most were ok, but an A1 sized print I ordered was very dark and shiny. Quite disappointed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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