Quick note: for more precise soft-proofing (i.e. a more accurate preview of what your printed photo will look like), switch your image precision to "Perceptual Gamma s(RGB)" just before enabling the soft-proofing. You can do this by going to Image>Precision, then selecting the Perceptual Gamma option at the bottom. You can change it back to Linear Light after you are done soft-proofing the image.
Be patient, for newbies, you have to be patient with yourself and keep watching the videos. I'm learning it's taking much longer for me to launch my biz, there is so much prep work. Don't give up.
i thought i go insane because i didnt find any inexpensive/free softproofing software outside of the adobe cosmos, but then i stumbled over this video. Thanks !
I waited to print what I needed doing everything you said. I thought if it comes out right I'll come back to this video and leave a good comment. I created a 18x24in poster and it turnout GREAT thanks!! really helpfull.
Just downloaded Gimp and trying to get the hang of it. Your videos are great. I do a lot of sports photography and I am trying to do a simple crop to a specific size such as 4x6 inches at 300dpi. I am coming from photoshop where I could just set that in the crop menu and it would do it no problem and resize my selection. Can I do the same thing with Gimp?
Hi. I have an image made on AI Bing Image Creator which I'd like to upscale and get printed. Is GIMP best way to do this or are there better ways? Thanks.
Merge Visible layers will only merge all visible layers into a single layer (so if you have other layers in your composition, they will remain in your composition but won't be merged into the single visible layer). The Flatten Image option basically just merges all layers into a single image/layer (invisible layers will simply disappear).
I must have gotten the wrong tutorial. All I head, aside from the two commercials, was photo-editing and nothing about how to actually get to the printer screen and print! I have three printers available to my computer via wifi and apparently Gimp cannot find any of them. Do you actually have a tutorial on how to get Giimp to print?
The title says “preparing images for print,” not “printing an image on your personal printer.” This tutorial is about how images look different printed versus when they are displayed digitally, and how to prepare your images so they look their best on printed medium. I also show you how to preview what your printed photo will look like within the program.
I am very new to any of this but if you just want to print from GIMP, you press ctrl p in windows and command p in mac to print. I don't know if Michael has a tutorial on printing.
When I saved an image as a jpeg with CMYK colour, the jpeg, it looks much darker on my screen. Is that how it will print or does it appear darker on-screen than the print will?
Are you viewing the JPEG in GIMP using the CMYK preview? Generally, the preview itself will be darker because screens tend to make images lighter (screens are back lit, whereas a printed sheet of paper isn't - it's just ink on paper).
@Daviesmediadesign Hey, thank you for your video! I just have one question, once I have changed my scale and print file to 300 resolution when my imaged it saved the dpi in the details tab of the image still appears to be 72dpi.. is there a way to change this? Thank you.
What if I've already increased exposure, contrast and sharpening when I edited the pic? "image adjustments" section. Do I need to do it again. ? Because I'm fairly crazy with contrast when I'm initially editing my pics so my images pop.
I have a disability so I use a on screen keyboard all the time. My problem is that when i type in text with my Microsoft onscreen keyboard in gimp I do not get any type. All other thngs seem to work fine using onscreen keyboard. When i press regular keyboard typing works fine. Can anyone help with this . Any help would be very helpful. I like using GIMP but will not be able to use it without onscreen keyboard
I understand Gimp has its own print preview dialogue under File>print>Image Settings. However the preview box in that window is so small (literally 2 cm x 1.5 cm) it's really quite pathetic!! I also understand Gimp has done something that bypasses the better Windows Print Preview feature under Printer Preferences, so even though one ticks the print preview box Gimp goes straight to Print. Does anyone know of a way to bypass Gimp's bypass and access Windows Preview screen?.
I'm looking to print a Printer Evaluation Image on my new Canon TS8251. The image is a ProPhoto Tiff and there are tutorials on UA-cam on how to print it properly using Photoshop. In PS they click on 1000 different things and then print, but in Gimp there are not 1000 things to click on so I'm going mad. Please help? :D
Hi, so, if I'm having say Costco, print my images onto postcards, do I need to do the soft proof? And if so are those cmyk files free to download from adobe or others? Thx for all your help by the way. I'm learning step by step from YT
Davis I would love to hear your opinion on this: I make graphic art on gimp using rgb with an icc profile to give me an idea on how the print will look, and I intend to put my designs on etsy as prints via printful but I am afraid my clients will complain that the colors on the screen are different from the print. Should I convert my art to cmyk before putting it on sale to avoid the problems or should I just give the file and let the client print it on his own?
I would try sending them an email and asking if they could send you the color profile they want you to use or ask if there is a link to somewhere (i.e. on their website) where you can find the color profile.
Ingram wants the cover files to be CMYK without an ICC profile and I am having a lot of trouble with images printing properly. Any help with that would be much appreciated.
Sometimes I watch. So there is a question, for example, a woman with long hair. I have been surrounded by a pass so far, and cutting out as appropriate. I wonder if I can trust the quick mask, I have no idea what .... Current situation, GIMP is too excellent, can not be used up, but ... from japan
Quick note: for more precise soft-proofing (i.e. a more accurate preview of what your printed photo will look like), switch your image precision to "Perceptual Gamma s(RGB)" just before enabling the soft-proofing. You can do this by going to Image>Precision, then selecting the Perceptual Gamma option at the bottom. You can change it back to Linear Light after you are done soft-proofing the image.
Any update on this tutorial? Links to Adobe to install the CMYK ICC Color profiles do not work.
Be patient, for newbies, you have to be patient with yourself and keep watching the videos. I'm learning it's taking much longer for me to launch my biz, there is so much prep work. Don't give up.
I'm a gimp newbie but this video is amazing and so easy to follow! Thank you so much!
Solid material here!! This is really Great stuff :) Thanks so much!
thanks now i know why my prints need extra work after printing again thank you
Glad I can help - thanks for watching.
i thought i go insane because i didnt find any inexpensive/free softproofing software outside of the adobe cosmos, but then i stumbled over this video.
Thanks !
I waited to print what I needed doing everything you said. I thought if it comes out right I'll come back to this video and leave a good comment.
I created a 18x24in poster and it turnout GREAT thanks!! really helpfull.
Awesome - glad to hear it and thanks for coming back to comment!
@@DaviesMediaDesign 😄😄
Thank you very much. Not in to printing but like to learn Gimp for simple work. Your videos where really helpful.
Great video and help, Michael!
Thanks!
Thanks Michael. Appreciate the quick response. Very helpful.
Thanks for the request - happy to help!
Excellent tutorial. I work with Gimp and Inkscape for printing. I still learned a lot. Thanks
Thank you Davies for this video... I needed this information
thank you this works well I need do cmyk for print ad gimp 2.10 don't do cmyk tried separate + and it crashed this is mush better.
wow.... another amazing video....Thank You
This is awesome! Thank you so much.
Thank you so much! very clear and helpful!
Just downloaded Gimp and trying to get the hang of it. Your videos are great.
I do a lot of sports photography and I am trying to do a simple crop to a specific size such as 4x6 inches at 300dpi. I am coming from photoshop where I could just set that in the crop menu and it would do it no problem and resize my selection. Can I do the same thing with Gimp?
Thanks great tutorial!
I'm moving from PS & I've got a printer profile where do I add that in GIMP? Cheers
Awesome video, thank you so much
Thanks a lot bro! God bless you!
Well explained . Thanks for the videos
super helpful, thank you
Hi. I have an image made on AI Bing Image Creator which I'd like to upscale and get printed. Is GIMP best way to do this or are there better ways? Thanks.
Hey, i have question. How to print in gimp with cmyk output?
Thank you! very useful
What is the difference between "Merge Visible Layers" and "Flatten Image" under the Image menu?
Merge Visible layers will only merge all visible layers into a single layer (so if you have other layers in your composition, they will remain in your composition but won't be merged into the single visible layer). The Flatten Image option basically just merges all layers into a single image/layer (invisible layers will simply disappear).
Thank you very much
Thank you!
Thank you!
Great video 👍
Thanks!
my printer dont have any icc profiles... epson WF 2630
Maybe call epson, ask them
I must have gotten the wrong tutorial. All I head, aside from the two commercials, was photo-editing and nothing about how to actually get to the printer screen and print! I have three printers available to my computer via wifi and apparently Gimp cannot find any of them. Do you actually have a tutorial on how to get Giimp to print?
The title says “preparing images for print,” not “printing an image on your personal printer.” This tutorial is about how images look different printed versus when they are displayed digitally, and how to prepare your images so they look their best on printed medium. I also show you how to preview what your printed photo will look like within the program.
I am very new to any of this but if you just want to print from GIMP, you press ctrl p in windows and command p in mac to print. I don't know if Michael has a tutorial on printing.
I'm confused about using the crop tool to change my image size for print vs the W and Height inches/pixels way...
I feel yeah. Etsy tells you you need 300ppi/dpi (resolution), but I lose the 300 resolution when I size up, frustrating as$ hell!
When I saved an image as a jpeg with CMYK colour, the jpeg, it looks much darker on my screen. Is that how it will print or does it appear darker on-screen than the print will?
Are you viewing the JPEG in GIMP using the CMYK preview? Generally, the preview itself will be darker because screens tend to make images lighter (screens are back lit, whereas a printed sheet of paper isn't - it's just ink on paper).
@Daviesmediadesign Hey, thank you for your video! I just have one question, once I have changed my scale and print file to 300 resolution when my imaged it saved the dpi in the details tab of the image still appears to be 72dpi.. is there a way to change this? Thank you.
How I have a image thats in color, but it prints in black and white, how do I print it out in color?
What if I've already increased exposure, contrast and sharpening when I edited the pic? "image adjustments" section. Do I need to do it again. ? Because I'm fairly crazy with contrast when I'm initially editing my pics so my images pop.
I have a disability so I use a on screen keyboard all the time. My problem is that when i type in text with my Microsoft onscreen keyboard in gimp I do not get any type. All other thngs seem to work fine using onscreen keyboard. When i press regular keyboard typing works fine. Can anyone help with this . Any help would be very helpful. I like using GIMP but will not be able to use it without onscreen keyboard
Hopefully someone can help you with this. Maybe google the question in a broader arena. ? Hope you figure it out.
I understand Gimp has its own print preview dialogue under File>print>Image Settings. However the preview box in that window is so small (literally 2 cm x 1.5 cm) it's really quite pathetic!! I also understand Gimp has done something that bypasses the better Windows Print Preview feature under Printer Preferences, so even though one ticks the print preview box Gimp goes straight to Print.
Does anyone know of a way to bypass Gimp's bypass and access Windows Preview screen?.
I'm looking to print a Printer Evaluation Image on my new Canon TS8251.
The image is a ProPhoto Tiff and there are tutorials on UA-cam on how to print it properly using Photoshop. In PS they click on 1000 different things and then print, but in Gimp there are not 1000 things to click on so I'm going mad.
Please help? :D
Hi, so, if I'm having say Costco, print my images onto postcards, do I need to do the soft proof? And if so are those cmyk files free to download from adobe or others? Thx for all your help by the way. I'm learning step by step from YT
Davis I would love to hear your opinion on this: I make graphic art on gimp using rgb with an icc profile to give me an idea on how the print will look, and I intend to put my designs on etsy as prints via printful but I am afraid my clients will complain that the colors on the screen are different from the print. Should I convert my art to cmyk before putting it on sale to avoid the problems or should I just give the file and let the client print it on his own?
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Eventually I want to print Artists' Fine Art, so this is a question I need to know too.
Question - I’m not sure if it’s possible, but how do I determine the CMYK for a paperback cover if the distributor uses multiple places to print?
I would try sending them an email and asking if they could send you the color profile they want you to use or ask if there is a link to somewhere (i.e. on their website) where you can find the color profile.
@@DaviesMediaDesign oh this is good info. Could I do the same with Costco printers or other printers? Do I need to do that?
Ingram wants the cover files to be CMYK without an ICC profile and I am having a lot of trouble with images printing properly.
Any help with that would be much appreciated.
Is this for a book your doing?
Good
Sometimes I watch.
So there is a question, for example, a woman with long hair.
I have been surrounded by a pass so far, and cutting out as appropriate.
I wonder if I can trust the quick mask, I have no idea what ....
Current situation, GIMP is too excellent, can not be used up, but ...
from japan
Do you mean cutout the woman with long hair from a busy background?