Need Guidance on Brochure Printing - Capture One

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• August 24, 2023 11:29

Hello Capture One community,

I hope you're all doing well. I'm reaching out here because I'm facing a bit of a challenge with brochure printing using Capture One, and I'm hoping to get some guidance from those more experienced.

I've been using Capture One for my photography work, and I've recently been working on creating a brochure to showcase my portfolio. While I'm comfortable with the editing and design process within Capture One, I'm new to preparing files for printing, especially for brochures.

Here are a few specific questions I have:

Color Management: How should I handle color management to ensure that the colors in my printed brochures match what I see on my screen in Capture One?

Resolution and Size: What's the recommended resolution and size for brochure images? I want to make sure they look crisp in print.

Export Settings: Are there specific export settings I should use in Capture One to ensure the best possible quality when printing? Should I be exporting to a specific file format?

Dealing with Text: I'll be including text in my brochure. Any tips on making sure text appears sharp and legible in print?

Choosing a Printing Service: Are there any printing services you'd recommend that work well with files exported from Capture One? I'm looking for a service that understands color accuracy and quality.

If any of you have experience with brochure printing from Capture One, I would greatly appreciate any insights you can share. Whether it's tips, best practices, or recommended resources, your expertise could make a big difference in the final result of my project.

Thank you in advance for your time and assistance. I'm looking forward to your responses and learning from your experiences.

Best regards,
Sofiaera

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  BeO

  • August 24, 2023 18:19
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  Hi Sofiaera, 

  Can you change your alias please? (any arbitrary nick name is good enough)

  The second post in this thread shows howto:

  https://support.captureone.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/13006178493469-Please-remove-the-FirstName-LastName-default-name-from-forum-signup

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  Color Management:

  How should I handle color management to ensure that the colors in my printed brochures match what I see on my screen in Capture One?

  Answer:
  Color management is a HUGE topic.

  The internet is a valuable source. Not C1 specific but you should understand the general principles.

  Just to mention a few basics:

  Your monitor must show the correct colors, as good as possible. This usually requires

  • A decent monitor. Ideally one which can be hardware calibrated.
  • Monitor color measurements device (aka Calibration/profiling device (Like SpyderX or Calibrite Display))
  • Calibrate (if the monitor allows it) or profile your monitor

  Find a good printing service. And then practice, practice, practice. Don't do a full brochure yet.

  Use the same service and select only a few different papers, or maybe just one, develop a few images. Do softproofing with the ICC profile of the paper from your printing service, eventually adjust your edits. Then let them print, compare the final print (always in the same light) with what you see on screen (softproof), go back and adjust and print again. You need that feeling and experience for this workflow with that service and printer/paper, because no color management is technically perfect, that includes ambient conditions. Export to JPG and sRGB. Tif and AdobeRGB can come later, if you need it at all, when you have mastered the standard.

  Resolution and Size:

  What's the recommended resolution and size for brochure images? I want to make sure they look crisp in print.

  Answer:
  That depends on the size of the print. Usually 300 dpi is the best. Make yourself familiar with "output sharpening" as prints usually look less sharp/crisp you need to sharpen more than for screen.

  Export Settings:

  Are there specific export settings I should use in Capture One to ensure the best possible quality when printing? Should I be exporting to a specific file format?

  Answer:
  JPG and sRGB. Not for the "best" but most of the time any other is not better, and to master the process.

  Dealing with Text:

  I'll be including text in my brochure. Any tips on making sure text appears sharp and legible in print?
  Answer:
  I cannot answer this.

  Choosing a Printing Service:

  Are there any printing services you'd recommend that work well with files exported from Capture One? I'm looking for a service that understands color accuracy and quality.

  Answer:
  It does not depend which software you used to create the files. Which printing service depends on your country. Choose one which at least claims regular calibration / profiling of their processes, and provide ICC files for your softproof.

   

  Summary:

  Do your research in the net. And then practice. The goal is to establish a repeatable workflow which works for you. It will take time but you will master it if you have some patience.

   

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  Jack W

  Admin

  • August 25, 2023 10:13

  Massive thank you for your response here BeO – the only thing I'd say further is that you might want to export using the ICC profile used by the printer and combine that with recipe proofing

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  BeO

  • August 25, 2023 10:55

  

  Hi Jack W,

  you might want to export using the ICC profile used by the printer and combine that with recipe proofing

  Can you elaborate this a little bit?

  I usually do recipe proofing (softproofing) with the ICC profile for that printer, but the exported file needs to be in a standard color space sRGB or AdobeRGB. At least for the printing services I work with.

  Thanks,
  BeO

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  Jack W

  Admin

  • August 25, 2023 12:03

  BeO Ah ok, I hadn't thought of that actually. If that's the case then I would go with AdobeRGB over sRGB as I usually reserve the latter for digital purposes.

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