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Warming photos for printing
Baldy
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At smugmug we use a pro lab by the name of EZ Prints to make prints, as does Nikon.net, Webshots, PrintRoom, etc.
Their strategy is to hit the colors accurately in the shots you submit.
Consumer labs like Ofoto, however, put your shots through a warming process to help fair-skinned caucasions look like Indiana Jones.
Both strategies will get you some enraged customers and some returns — us from some fair-skinned consumers who want to look less pink, and Ofoto from more serious amateurs and pros who say they didn't hit the color, or from asians who don't like to look yellow.
We are considering adding a feature at checkout with a show-me interface called something like "the tanning salon" that consumers could choose if they wished. For pros who are selling pics, that option would not appear as they would be allergic to it.
What's your reaction? Good idea or bad? Your answer may depend on what's meant by warming, but lets just assume it's like Ofoto's secret sauce that makes you look less pink and more tanned (making grass muddy in the process, and red sweaters look blah).
Their strategy is to hit the colors accurately in the shots you submit.
Consumer labs like Ofoto, however, put your shots through a warming process to help fair-skinned caucasions look like Indiana Jones.
Both strategies will get you some enraged customers and some returns — us from some fair-skinned consumers who want to look less pink, and Ofoto from more serious amateurs and pros who say they didn't hit the color, or from asians who don't like to look yellow.
We are considering adding a feature at checkout with a show-me interface called something like "the tanning salon" that consumers could choose if they wished. For pros who are selling pics, that option would not appear as they would be allergic to it.
What's your reaction? Good idea or bad? Your answer may depend on what's meant by warming, but lets just assume it's like Ofoto's secret sauce that makes you look less pink and more tanned (making grass muddy in the process, and red sweaters look blah).
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Sounds like a nice option, but I'd show them a side by side comparison so they had no doubt about what they were ordering.
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That said, if the "tanning" option adds no extra steps in the ordering process--i.e., I can ignore it completely and not have to uncheck any boxes--I can imagine that some users would appreciate it.
Andy
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Agreed with the doc.
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