Setting up for Printing in CS2

Joined: 13 Nov 2006 Posts: 14

I'm a photoshop beginner, and am looking for the best way to get my photos ready for inkjet printing...

First off, I shoot in camera RAW with a nikon D70.

My first question is, if I am working on a photo in CS2 and then decide to save to work on it later, what should I save the photo as so that I can come back to it wih minimal loss in image size?

Second question is, if I'm getting my photo ready to print in a photo lab, and once I am finished with the processing, in what format should I save the photo before handing it to the photolab? I heard that it should be TIFF. If this is the case, should the TIFF be compressed as "JPEG," or should I select "None?"

Thanks!

Premium Member Joined: 02 Apr 2005 Posts: 2020

kilad14 wrote:

I'm a photoshop beginner, and am looking for the best way to get my photos ready for inkjet printing...

First off, I shoot in camera RAW with a nikon D70.

My first question is, if I am working on a photo in CS2 and then decide to save to work on it later, what should I save the photo as so that I can come back to it wih minimal loss in image size?

Save it as a PSD file. (The CS2 default.)

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Second question is, if I'm getting my photo ready to print in a photo lab, and once I am finished with the processing, in what format should I save the photo before handing it to the photolab? I heard that it should be TIFF. If this is the case, should the TIFF be compressed as "JPEG," or should I select "None?"

Thanks!

Whatever lab you are using will have this answer for you. Ask them.

Generally I save my print ready files as a level 10 JPG.

Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 11:30 am

Here's a brief article on saving your image.
Saving Your Image

There a few more that you might find useful too.