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Pixel Perfect Prolab (who is Australia's Asukabook distributer) is offering new customers 2 free 24x30" Lustre Prints as a promo to proove they are one of the best labs anywhere.

Register here: http://tinyurl.com/2jleee

Recommended supplied at physical size, soft proofed to their ICC profiles and as Adobe RGB JPEG's.

Free standard freight as well included as far as Im aware.

happy printing!

Jonathan

Thanks Jonathon. That's a tempting deal

And for those with metric-only tape measures like me that's 60cm x 75cm. Now all need to do is calibrate my monitor and work out how to get the file format correct

I got the same deal in the mail Jon - certainly tempting ain't it?

I too got it in the mail

Will print a couple

Wait... where are the strings?

I find it hard to believe I get two free 24 x 30's.

Is my best option (with PS) for increasing files from a D70s to that size just a gradual percentage increase in length until 9000 pixels long? Using the 110% method that's almost 12 increments.

How severe could the colour cast be on a black and white image?

Great!!!

Going through my library of photos to see which one to pick

Nnnnsic wrote:Wait... where are the strings?

I find it hard to believe I get two free 24 x 30's.

Offer only for professionals.

Just had a look through they're website, what a painful thing it is

spaz
Yes. Still the best way....unless you have CS2 or later.

ordering mine today, got my instruction email this morning.

Highly recommend PP

Matt. K wrote:spaz
Yes. Still the best way....unless you have CS2 or later.

I have CS2. I enlarged 2 images by the 110-method and was fairly happy with the results. What is the better CS2 way though?

I got this offer and looked at it and thought "excellent" then read "new customers only" . Their prints are awesome - I've ordered metallic prints and lustre prints previously, and they are excellent quality.

Colour cast on a B&W image can actually be off, sometimes a bit blue... as it is processed using a colour process... not traditional B&W....

Nathan Rodger wrote:Colour cast on a B&W image can actually be off, sometimes a bit blue... as it is processed using a colour process... not traditional B&W....

That's to be expected from a Lambda printing system as it is basically a digital colour darkroom. Then again, digital black & white conversions should be in colour anyway, so like all digital printing, make sure you've got the labs profile and a calibrated monitor.

Exactly... calibration is the key - if colour is imperative to you (as it is to me) get a Spyder, Gretag or some other colour calibration tool and get it matched... Then you'll be assured of consistent colour from screen to print....

Anyone know what qualifies as 'professional customers' ?
The terms and conditions doesn't specify a minimum order you have to place or an account with them otherwise ?

just fill out the form, do you have an ABN? if you dont and they knock you back thems the breaks if they dont then thats fine.

Spaz
Just type in new size. Check resample image and change to bicubic sharper. Try it and let me know what you think.

Matt. K wrote:Spaz
Just type in new size. Check resample image and change to bicubic sharper. Try it and let me know what you think.

Would you need to crop an image which is 1998 x 3024 before resizing it? Something about aspect ratio?

If so what am I best to crop my image to before resizing it?

Cheers.

This mob's file & folder structure policy has got to be one of the worst designed I've ever seen.

Has anyone actually received prints back????


Cheers
MATT

MATT wrote:Has anyone actually received prints back????


Cheers
MATT

Just uploaded mine now... Thanks Leigh for the help in preparing them. I'll let you know how they turnout.

MATT wrote:Has anyone actually received prints back????


Cheers
MATT

Yes I did yesterday. Very nice prints indeed. Skin tones smooth and colour perfect. Transition into full blacks was gradual and smooth.

I have an A1 printer in the studio though!!!

Heath, how long did it take from upload to receiving???

Good to here they are OK.

Cheers
MATT

How long does it take for them to respond to you initially filling out the form?

Cheers
Brett

Hey guys,

I gave this deal a go, and it came back within 3 days from uploading it.

The quality is excellent, and if i was to go for large prints, I'd definately go back to them. The picture below doesnt do it justice as so much light reflects off it from the ceiling.

Foot in there to gauge size



bwhinnen - it took 2 days to get the reply email with instructions for calibration, profiles and upload procedure. I skipped the profile as I didn't think the colour concerned me too much if it deviated.. say 5%. Changed the format to adobe rgb and made it the correct size of 30x24" in PS.

I just got mine back yesterday after uploading them last Friday - very happy! I didn't calibrate anything and also did a black and white image, everything turned out fine. My only gripe was the annoying size ratio so I put in two black bars to bring it to 30x20 and will get the framer to cut them off.

Spaz.. wish I had thought of that ..


I uploaded Monday, got an email saying the received them tuesday expecting them next tuesday...

methd they look good.

Cheers
MATT

It took me two hours to get the email from them. I'm thinking of supersizing a Chimp cover.

Nnnnsic wrote:It took me two hours to get the email from them. I'm thinking of supersizing a Chimp cover.

Ended up being about 3 hours for me. Time to work out which shots I want to resize

MATT wrote:Heath, how long did it take from upload to receiving???

Good to here they are OK.

Cheers
MATT

Can't say I remember - was doing other work at the time. Multitasking kills brain cells.

How big were your files guys? Mine have ended up at about 27Mb for a 24x30 300dpi JPEG at level 12...

Is everyone here having to give an ABN number for their photography business, or are some of you guys getting away with out it?

Cheers

Wocka wrote:Is everyone here having to give an ABN number for their photography business, or are some of you guys getting away with out it?

Cheers

Never asked for one from me.. when filing out registration details I did not put in a Company name.

Cheers
MATT

I didn't give our ABN, but then it is listed on the bottom our website... Which I submitted as part of the application process...

Thanks guys,

I might just submit 2 images and see if they knock me back.

Where do you upload the images to? Do they send you an email with a link to their FTP server if your application has been granted?

Cheers.

Wocka wrote:Thanks guys,

I might just submit 2 images and see if they knock me back.

Where do you upload the images to? Do they send you an email with a link to their FTP server if your application has been granted?

Cheers.

Seems to be the way, I have a heap of info in an email, I'm going step by step Mainly picking the two images I want to test out And as I posted earlier 27Mb is a big image

spaz wrote:I just got mine back yesterday after uploading them last Friday - very happy! I didn't calibrate anything and also did a black and white image, everything turned out fine. My only gripe was the annoying size ratio so I put in two black bars to bring it to 30x20 and will get the framer to cut them off.

When Leigh prepared my images he put a white border around it to allow for the size ratio. Great idea and I will probably leave the border when framed to seperate the image from the frame.

That's how we did it in Uni. White borders around images make it look like you've planned your images better.

I gave W00DY high res jpegs at level 8 as their document book indicated that's what they wanted for FTP's, and while their file upload system isn't FTP, I expect a similar sort of logic applied. That and no image can apparently go above 10mb or else charges may apply.

They need much better documentation, that's for sure. It's just really bad.

mine were both 28 meg each and no charges - u cant expect anything less if they were to call themselves a pro lab. i dont recall anything about fi;e size limits either... but they seemed strict on adobe rgb + correct image lengths which is fair, as they are printing for free and want as little prep time as possible.

HELP!!!

I changed my image size to 24x30, and its 207 meg!!!!

Raskill wrote:HELP!!!

I changed my image size to 24x30, and its 207 meg!!!!

Using what software? What file type???

And what DPI?

I could say post a sample, but that is just evil ...

Photoshop CS, 300 DPI.

Thats the 'document size' in 'image'-'image size'

Is there a way to set the print size only?

Raskill wrote:Photoshop CS, 300 DPI.

Thats the 'document size' in 'image'-'image size'

Is there a way to set the print size only?

that's what i did and got the 28meg odd file size. did u change the "width" to inches, as it might be in percent. u should keep the res at 300.

That sounds like you're saving it as a TIFF or PSD. You want a Jpeg.

Further CS1 doesn't quite have the bicubic technology to do a brilliant straight upsampling so zoom in on those pixels to make sure they're not showing up as softened squares.

Nnnnsic wrote:That sounds like you're saving it as a TIFF or PSD. You want a Jpeg.

Further CS1 doesn't quite have the bicubic technology to do a brilliant straight upsampling so zoom in on those pixels to make sure they're not showing up as softened squares.

That is what I was thinking as well, either PSD or TIFF...

Don't worry.

Just my stupidity.


Actual image size is okay. Now for what might seem like a bit of a newb question.....

If I view my image as 'print size' will this be how it appears (pixel wise) once printed? The reason I ask is that I have previously had images printed that would appear on the screen quiet large and clear, but come back pixelated in an A4 sized print from the printers. Is this something the print place does?