does anyone knows the DPI used in Shutterfly's printers? They (customer support) don't know, but it seems it is safe to assume it is 300 DPI?. I contacted customer support and they cannot tell me what's the printer's DPI, and they assure me they did not perform print sharpening. I also tried downsampling the print-sharpened JPEG at 300DPI to 240DPI, but it doesn't have the artifacts I'm seeing in the printed page. Therefore I suspect they might have applied additional print sharpening to it. Going back to the print-sharpened JPEG above, if I further apply maximum sharpening in Lightroom, it resembles what I'm seeing on the printed page. Inspecting the resulting print, it has some staircase aliasing effects on fine lines.Ĭrop of a print-sharpened JPEG I uploaded to Shutterfly.Ĭrop of the same region as seen on the photobook taken by a cell phone, notice the artifacts there in the fine lines. (Shutterfly's web interface has auto-enhance which includes sharpening but I turned this off.) I then output this to 300DPI imported them to Lightroom and applied print-sharpening using Lightroom's print sharpening routine (standard, glossy to match the page I selected.) I then uploaded this print-sharpened JPEG to Shutterfly and drag them to their photobook interface. This stands for cyan, magenta, yellow, key (black) and corresponds to the ink cartridges inside the printer.Hi, I printed a 11"x14" photobook from Shutterfly, and discovered that there's some subtle sharpening artifacts.īasically what I did is that I design a photobook using InDesign, with the bleeding set to those photoshop templates Shutterfly provided. Have you ever noticed that when you print something, it doesn’t look as bright as it does on a well-lit screen? Part of that is because of the absence of light shining from behind the image, but also because printers print in a different color mode: CMYK. It’s the default for Procreate and is great for sharing artwork online. RGB is the color mode that combines Red, Green and Blue light to create the colors you see on screen. 
What’s the difference between RGB and CMYK? Teela shares her printing and color calibrating process here. If your printed projects look very different in color compared to your screen, you may need to calibrate your screen. If you’re interested in getting your designs printed on products, this blog post from Liz Kohler Brown is a great source of information To learn more about setting up your canvas size, check out this calculator from Bardot Brush. You may also like: Procreate Calligraphy Ultimate Beginner Guide Further Reading If you’re using a print shop instead of printing at home, check with them on what file type they require.
#SHUTTERFLY EXPORTER SMALL PICTURES PDF#
You won’t be able to insert the PDF into a program like Word to create a collage or resize/crop the image, so a PDF is best for printing as-is. Just open the PDF on your computer and choose File > Print. We typically use the PNG file type for images, but you can also export your project as a PDF and it will retain the quality and dimensions.
If you want to re-size your image or print multiple images on the same page, you can insert the images into a program such as Microsoft Word or InDesign, make your changes, and then press print. If you don't want to print a full-page version, you can scale it down in the Printer settings. View the Print Preview and make sure it looks correct you may need to choose "Print Entire Image". Once the image file is on your computer, open the PNG file and choose File > Print.
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