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Raw & Post Processing, Printing => Printing: Printers, Papers and Inks => Topic started by: cmp on February 09, 2011, 01:12:28 am

Title: How do you layout your photographs?
Post by: cmp on February 09, 2011, 01:12:28 am: Comment on your best practices.

Thanks,
Ryan
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Post by: Czornyj on February 09, 2011, 03:56:24 am: Qimage
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Post by: dgberg on February 09, 2011, 07:02:35 am: Where's Lightroom? Probably the #1 program for the masses.
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Post by: Ian99 on February 09, 2011, 08:02:19 am: Qimage
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Post by: PeterAit on February 09, 2011, 08:50:04 am: Why no choice for Lightroom or for QImage (which is not a RIP)?
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Post by: mburke on February 09, 2011, 09:42:11 am: Qimage - the best

Mike
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on February 09, 2011, 09:47:58 am: Another vote for Lightroom (Qimage would be my second choice, PS and any RIP way down the list).

Eric
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Post by: Ken Doo on February 09, 2011, 09:50:30 am: Qimage
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Post by: Craig Murphy on February 09, 2011, 10:26:34 am: Qimage but I am beginning to use LR. I do like the way you can really see where images are on the page when you right click to enter Qimage's 'edit page' window. Zooming in and out to crop is very easy also.
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Post by: NikoJorj on February 09, 2011, 11:46:24 am: Lightroom
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Post by: Inanda Images on February 09, 2011, 12:30:48 pm: My whole work flow prints to Qimage.

Phase One-Nikon ingest Capture 1, stitched in Ptgui or PTassembler or fused in Tufuse, cleaned in CS5 printed in Qimage to the 9880 or the 3880.

Mark Prins
Inanda Images
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Post by: fike on February 09, 2011, 12:47:11 pm: I use Qimage. It is a bit confusing to get started with it, but it really is an optimal printing solution for a small studio. I originally purchased it because it was able to print beyond the normal lengths when using roll paper. I also was a big fan of its output sharpening algorithm which is as close to fire-and-forget as you are likely to get. Now I use it because it is easy and convenient.
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Post by: Sven Bernert on February 09, 2011, 03:29:59 pm: With LR3 being far ahead of LR2 in terms of printing capabilities, for me Qimage slowly gets replaced by LR. At least for sheet paper it is work flow wise so much easier to stay within LR for printing. For roll paper I've started using Mirage which I think is a great application for small studios that don't need a RIP.
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Post by: Thomas Krüger on February 09, 2011, 04:08:27 pm: Qimage. The video guides are at http://www.ddisoftware.com/qimage-u/learn.htm
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Post by: Craig Murphy on February 09, 2011, 04:46:19 pm: Thanks for that link to Qimage videos. First time I noticed this. Must be new?
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Post by: Sven W on February 09, 2011, 05:02:17 pm: ImagePrint and Efi Colorproof.
Epson 11880, 9900, 7880 and 4900.

/Sven
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Post by: Nill Toulme on February 09, 2011, 05:31:34 pm: Qimage. I never print without it.

Nill
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Post by: cmp on February 09, 2011, 10:58:01 pm: I'm glad I asked, I had never heard of QImage before. As of now I guess I'll be installing Boot Camp on my Mac and get Windows up and running unless anyone knows of the best Apple software out there. BTW, I'm using the iPF8300.

Thanks for all the input.
Ryan
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Post by: ErikKaffehr on February 10, 2011, 12:46:25 am: Hi,

I use Windows under Parallells on the Mac. It works pretty well. It's a virtualization platform. So you install Parallells and then a complete Windows under Parallell. VMWare works similarly. You can work on Mac OS/X and Windows at the same time.

I use Lightroom for printing but I never use layouts, so that is no recommendation from me.

I'm using Parallells for running some Windows only apps on my Macs, Imatest and XZT Analyzer. Imatest can measure MTF on lens/camera combinations and XZT does 3D analysis of sound from stereo speakers. I also use Parallell for some program development under Linux.

Best regards
Erik

Quote from: cmp on February 09, 2011, 10:58:01 pm
I'm glad I asked, I had never heard of QImage before. As of now I guess I'll be installing Boot Camp on my Mac and get Windows up and running unless anyone knows of the best Apple software out there. BTW, I'm using the iPF8300.

Thanks for all the input.
Ryan
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Post by: cmp on February 11, 2011, 12:09:00 am: Thanks Erik, I used to use parallels a few years back, I'm sure it's a lot more stable now.
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Post by: Rhossydd on February 11, 2011, 01:33:18 am: Qimage or Lightroom
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Post by: mcbroomf on February 11, 2011, 07:24:43 am: Qimage here as well
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Post by: Ernst Dinkla on February 11, 2011, 08:49:10 am: I suggest to rename "other" in the poll to "Qimage". and I will vote

Give Credit where Credit is due.

Using Qimage for I guess 10 years or so. Have a RIP but never use it.

met vriendelijke groeten, Ernst Dinkla

Try: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Wide_Inkjet_Printers/
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Post by: Jeff Kott on February 11, 2011, 11:59:45 am: Imageprint 8.
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Post by: Rob Reiter on February 11, 2011, 12:25:30 pm: I print through the Canon Plug-in with 8300 and do the layout in Photoshop. I used to use ImagePrint on my Epson 9800 and while the proxy layout in that program is quick and convenient, the quirkiness of ImagePrint seemed to negate much it's value as a speedy alternative to doing a layout in Photoshop. A couple of big pages have been a slog, such as laying out eight 5"x110" strips of 16 bit 300 dpi images. Photoshop slows down mightily on those! Most of the time, on pages 44"x36" or smaller, layout of multiple images is not difficult.

One other advantage of ImagePrint was that multiple pictures did not have to be of the same resolution or color space profile to lay out, but they do have to match when laying out a large page in Photoshop.
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Post by: NikoJorj on February 13, 2011, 03:48:05 pm: Quote from: Ernst Dinkla on February 11, 2011, 08:49:10 am
I suggest to rename "other" in the poll to "Qimage". and I will vote
And now, there's only to rename "other" as "Lightroom" and it will be just perfect... ;D
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Post by: cmp on February 13, 2011, 11:16:48 pm: So I've made the jump, I've got Parallels and Windows 7 (feelin' sorry for all who have to use that daily) and Purchased QImage Ultimate and should be getting my code sometime in the next day or 2. From the looks of the videos online, QImage is going to be great. I really appreciate all your comments and help!
Ryan
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Post by: jpegman on February 14, 2011, 08:28:49 am: No comparison - Qimage has it all over Lightroom 3.3 (soft proofing is built in) and Photoshop CS5 is a very distant 3rd for printing and layouts. Qimage uses templates better than LR and once one gets over the interface approach (watch the videos), pretty much everything else in LR as well.
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Post by: Gemmtech on February 14, 2011, 12:21:50 pm: Qimage is a great program, I think I started using it the day it came out. However, if you are using LR3.3 for image editing I would recommend just printing from there. LR3.3 is great for printing layouts today and qimage has become almost superfluous. I can understand using Qimage if you need it, but for most LR3.3 will be quicker and easier.