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Create Custom Photo Layouts in Lightroom 3
How-Tos: Written by Helen Bradley on June 9, 2011
Harness the new print options in Adobe Lightroom 3 for creating your own layouts, with customized background colors, borders, identity plates, watermarks, and more. Then output your photo layouts to print or to electronic files.
Turn Your iPhone Images Into Art
How-Tos: Written by Sara Frances on March 7, 2011
Cell phone photography is so ubiquitous that it's easy to dismiss, yet with the help of a creative approach and a few apps, cell phone photos can be at home on gallery walls. Read on for advice on subject matter and camera handling, the best apps, post-app processing workflow, and printing suggestions.
Pick the Right Resolution for Printing Photos
How-Tos: Written by Ben Long on February 7, 2011
When you print photos yourself, you'll get the best results with the correct resolution. This guide helps you figure out what that means--and no, the answer isn't "as high as possible".
Using Photoshop Lightroom, Part 3
How-Tos: Written by Ben Long on November 1, 2006
Now that you've selected and edited your images to a fare-thee-well, it's time to show them off. Here's how to print them, post them to the Internet, and produce slideshows.
Photography How-to: Printing Black and White Images
How-Tos: Written by Rick Oldano on December 5, 2005
When it comes to processing black and white images, digital has advantages over the darkroom. But can modern printing methods compete with output from the old days?
Printing Tips: Go from Hard Drive to Hard Copy
How-Tos: Written by Michele Plante on July 20, 2005
If you're new to print design, you may not know that jobs destined for a professional print house must follow very particular parameters. There are plenty of traps you can fall into, but we'll help you escape them all.
Framed and Exposed: Buying a Photo Printer, Part 2
How-Tos: Written by Ben Long on April 6, 2005
Are you looking for the perfect photo printer? Ben Long continues to break down the sometimes-confusing process. Learn why media matters, how to save money on inks, and more.
Framed and Exposed: Buying a Photo Printer
How-Tos: Written by Ben Long on March 23, 2005
Don't shop for a photo printer without reading this first. Ben Long helps you answer all your questions: dye sub vs. inkjet; four, six, or eight inks; dye-based or pigment-based inks; image quality; and more.
Paper Tips: Confused Over Brightness and Whiteness?
How-Tos: Written by Nan Faessler on February 9, 2005
Ever wonder why your printed pieces are not popping like you planned? Maybe you're choosing the wrong paper brightness or whiteness. Did you know there's a difference? Read this helpful tidbit from our friends at PaperSpec.com and get your printed work radiating.
Hardware Tips: Top Five Things to Consider in a Color Printer
How-Tos: Written by Rob Stewart on December 5, 2003
Thinking about purchasing a to-quality printer for your studio? Better read this five-point checklist of what to look for in a printer, first.
Photoshop How-To: Making Great Prints
How-Tos: Written by Barry Haynes Wendy Crumpler on February 12, 2003
Great images need great printing techniques, and that means dipping your toes into the sometimes murky waters of color management and printer profiling. Here, from a book subtitled "Mastering the Digital Image," are two methods for getting great looking prints from Photoshop.
