Canon Papers Rag and Etched
Jan 5, 2016 16:06:19 #
I recently purchased a dozen Canon Variety Packs for $60 (thought too good a deal to pass up) 13x19-inch containing 5 sheets each of Museum Etching, Fine Art Photo Rag, Premium Matte, and Photo Paper Plus Semi Gloss.
Would appreciate some guidance for the use of the Fine Art Photo Rag and Museum Etching: what are the primary uses of these specialized papers? The prints I have made on the semi gloss have been beautiful.
Would appreciate some guidance for the use of the Fine Art Photo Rag and Museum Etching: what are the primary uses of these specialized papers? The prints I have made on the semi gloss have been beautiful.
Jan 6, 2016 09:53:09 #
You could Google each paper and see what style of photo is prescribed for each OR take 6 (or more or less) of your own properly exposed photos, a close up portrait with skin tones, warm toned (desert) landscape, cool toned (lush greens) landscape, a waterscape, a reflection of fall colors and a cityscape. If your really into it, turn half of each photo into B/W. (works best going top to bottom straight down the middle) Combine these into a single collage and print the collage on each one of the papers. This will give you a visual reference for future uses.
Note that if you shoot RAW then make sure each print is in the ProPhoto color space when sending to the collage/printer to give you the best possible finished product. While your monitor most likely can't show you the full color gamut, your printer will be able to give you much more. If you shoot JPG then you've already shot yourself in the foot and are stuck with the sRGB colorspace. And no you can't effectively go from sRGB to AdobeRGB or ProPhoto as the additional color information has already been deleted.
The above suggestion assumes you will be using a proper ICC profile for each paper handled by the software and not the printer.Hope this helps.
Note that if you shoot RAW then make sure each print is in the ProPhoto color space when sending to the collage/printer to give you the best possible finished product. While your monitor most likely can't show you the full color gamut, your printer will be able to give you much more. If you shoot JPG then you've already shot yourself in the foot and are stuck with the sRGB colorspace. And no you can't effectively go from sRGB to AdobeRGB or ProPhoto as the additional color information has already been deleted.
The above suggestion assumes you will be using a proper ICC profile for each paper handled by the software and not the printer.Hope this helps.
Jan 6, 2016 14:18:53 #
big-guy wrote:
Absolutely, great suggestion to make a collage..lightroom has a template that will work great for this project, and I do shoot raw and can choose the appropriate profile for each paper.You could Google each paper and see what style of photo is prescribed for each OR take 6 (or more or less) of your own properly exposed photos, a close up portrait with skin tones, warm toned (desert) landscape, cool toned (lush greens) landscape, a waterscape, a reflection of fall colors and a cityscape.
Mar 10, 2016 08:46:49 #
Photo Rag and Museum Etching are Hahnemuehle papers. Check them out on the Hahnemuehle site.
Great buy. I grab the sample packs whenever I see them for sale.
Great buy. I grab the sample packs whenever I see them for sale.
Mar 10, 2016 16:56:54 #
tinplater wrote:
I recently purchased a dozen Canon Variety Packs for $60 . . .
Jrhoffman75 wrote:
Where can I buy variety/sample packets?I grab the sample packs whenever I see them for sale.
Mar 29, 2016 22:02:58 #
BillieG
Loc: Oklahoma
Nikonian72 wrote:
I went to Red River website and ordered 2 sample packs. One was 12.99 and the other was 5.99 with free shipping. They shipped super fast.Where can I buy variety/sample packets?
http://www.redrivercatalog.com/samples
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