As a follow up to my original complaint concerning the Blurb books, I do shoot in Raw format, convert to 16 bit Tiff file, do my photoshop work, convert to jpg and send to Blurb. I should get a quality print just like the one I view on my monitor. Adjusting the red, etc is pure guesswork. I don't have to do it for other labs including My Publisher and I do not understand why the quality cannot be better. I calibrate my monitor on a regular basis and do a test print before I send it to Blurb, but my print is always better. Adjusting contrast by making it lighter is again, just guessing on how much to adjust. Blurb needs to allow us to send them at least three test prints in different lighting situations to determine the difference in their monitor and our monitor.
<p>As a follow up to my original complaint concerning the Blurb books, I do shoot in Raw format, convert to 16 bit Tiff file, do my photoshop work, convert to jpg and send to Blurb. I should get a quality print just like the one I view on my monitor. Adjusting the red, etc is pure guesswork. I don’t have to do it for other labs including My Publisher and I do not understand why the quality cannot be better. I calibrate my monitor on a regular basis and do a test print before I send it to Blurb, but my print is always better. Adjusting contrast by making it lighter is again, just guessing on how much to adjust. Blurb needs to allow us to send them at least three test prints in different lighting situations to determine the difference in their monitor and our monitor.</p>
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I agree with Edmund. My black and white photos were almost a sepia color and the contrast was poor in a number of the photos. In one photo the faces were almost unrecognizable because they were so dark. I get much better quality from My Publisher and would love to use your service, but until the quality of the printing improves, I will use My Publisher. I suggest you allow a system that permits at least three 5 X 7 photos to be processed for testing purposes only to see how close they match the monitor for color and contrast. All professional labs provide this service to eliminate errors.
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Robert Gunter
rgunterphotography.com
<p>I agree with Edmund. My black and white photos were almost a sepia color and the contrast was poor in a number of the photos. In one photo the faces were almost unrecognizable because they were so dark. I get much better quality from My Publisher and would love to use your service, but until the quality of the printing improves, I will use My Publisher. I suggest you allow a system that permits at least three 5 <span class="caps">X 7</span> photos to be processed for testing purposes only to see how close they match the monitor for color and contrast. All professional labs provide this service to eliminate errors.<br />thanks<br />Robert Gunter<br />rgunterphotography.com</p>
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