auto vs. true printing

Ben BenvieBen Benvie Registered Users Posts: 40 Big grins
edited April 17, 2007 in SmugMug Pro Sales Support
I've read all about it.....this is for confirmation. I have photos from a fashion show for sale. The lighting is coloured and poor with lots of shadows. Is "auto" printing going to open up shadows and try to make skin tones more natural???? because this would totally ruin the "feel" of these particular photographs. Is "true" printing the way to go on this one?? Here's a sample of the photos I'm talking about. http://benbenvie.smugmug.com/gallery/2725430

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  • AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited April 17, 2007
    These are some of the few photos that I would NOT print Auto. I made one in i2e for you, it's in your gallery. The color is better (skin tone) but the shadow is raised, and not as pleasing as your first shot. I'd get a tiny bit of red out of your version and print it TRUE color.
    http://www.smugmug.com/help/red-skin-tones
    http://www.smugmug.com/help/skin-tone
    Andy

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  • Ben BenvieBen Benvie Registered Users Posts: 40 Big grins
    edited April 17, 2007
    Andy wrote:
    These are some of the few photos that I would NOT print Auto. I made one in i2e for you, it's in your gallery. The color is better (skin tone) but the shadow is raised, and not as pleasing as your first shot. I'd get a tiny bit of red out of your version and print it TRUE color.
    http://www.smugmug.com/help/red-skin-tones
    http://www.smugmug.com/help/skin-tone


    Thanks!.......I may be trying to simplify things a little here, but this is what I'm thinking. A photo with a "healthy" histogram should be printed Auto and an "unhealthy" histogram should be printed True? It makes sense in my head, but that's not saying much after editing for 12 straight hours!
  • AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited April 17, 2007
    Ben Benvie wrote:
    Thanks!.......I may be trying to simplify things a little here, but this is what I'm thinking. A photo with a "healthy" histogram should be printed Auto and an "unhealthy" histogram should be printed True? It makes sense in my head, but that's not saying much after editing for 12 straight hours!
    Not always true lol3.gif

    In this case, Auto is not desired, because your have deep shadows, that, when raised, suffer from noise.

    Auto is generally non-destructive to most types of photos.
    Andy

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