I am hoping to have a try using QImage over the Christmas break, I only have a low cost Epson A4 "photo" printer but its OK.
I use C1 on a Mac and I have QImage on a Windows laptop connected to the printer.
I wondered if any one has some tips for how best prepare the image in C1 before moving to QImage, for example should I leave all the sharpening and noise reduction to QImage?
Hi Graham,
The normal way of using Qimage is to present it (through its browser) with files that are already optimized (noise-reduction / sharpening / etc.), typically TIFFs, and that are at their native size (as they came out of the Raw converter or camera). Qimage will then take care of the resampling to output size, and do Smart output sharpening. It will try to maintain the original input quality and transfer that to the output, regardless of the output size(s).
Besides that, Qimage also offers Photo-editing capabilities and even a Rawconverter. So those are great for someone who doesn't have the other Raw converters or Photo-editors, or just for last minute fixes, which can be applied as non-destructive filters.
Related to this, I have some professional made custom printer profiles for this printer, printing from the Mac, I assume that these won't work with QImage and Windows,
Qimage is fully color managed and it will use whatever profile you tell it to use, and it converts from the input profile that was embedded in the image metadata to the output profile for the specific printer and media combination you use. You can also have it assign a profile first if there is nothing embedded. Display previews are of course managed with your display profile.
Anything that would kick start my trial would be very useful.
I've always found the "
Learn-by-Example" procedure descriptions very helpful, but there are also lots of
tutorial videos available (also on Youtube). It's probably best to start with those videos and then after getting a bit familiarized with the program look at the Learn-by-Examples. Inside the application, there are also small link icons that lead to specific video explanations for the specific feature you are looking at. The help is available as a PDF but can also be accessed
on-line, so it can even be studied before installing the application or from a computer that does not have Qimage installed (yet).
By familiarizing yourself with the program through videos first, you can optimize your trial period, because you already have an idea what to expect and where to look.
Cheers,
Bart
