![]() Positive: way lighter on resources, than SketchBook Pro Many different options in layers, brushes and styles of drawing. Producer : Mac OS X 10.13.It allows you to paint on a go 100%. It yields expected DPI indications in the final PDF for Photoshop CC and for InDesign CC such as, for 600dpi pipeline: X Resolution : 600īut for Mac Pages and Pixelmator Pro, which have no clear PDF export controls, a typical exiftool probe reveals no such indications: ExifTool Version Number : 10.80įile Modification Date/Time : 2018:04:08 13:41:54+10:00įile Access Date/Time : 2018:04:08 13:42:29+10:00įile Inode Change Date/Time : 2018:04:08 13:42:01+10:00 Q2: How can I ensure the best print reproduction that somehow corresponds to what I am seeing on digital displays (including my iMac, iPhone, and Sony camera displays, all of which are showing higher clarity and sharpness) ?Īnd for reference: I am using Exiftool to examine metadata. Q1: What am I seeing ? Why don't the images simply propagate through the pipeline otherwise unaffected ? (I have omitted the result with InDesign CC, with direct insertion of the PNG into a layout document and similar PDF export controls, including 600dpi and 1200dpi throughout. On export I ensure the images are handled as LOSSLESS (no compression, and no ZIP or JPEG etc.), and with Do Not Downsample. Web Coated SWOP (except for colour as seen on a display of course). For the sake of this discussion it seems to make no difference, to the "sharpness", whether export to an RGB profile or a CMYK U.S. Document processed as RGB (until export). Right: Photoshop CC: A4 document created at 600dpi, so for no scaling of the inserted image, it takes up 162.35 mm x 105.41 mm. Note how the blue and red spots appear smoothed on printing, the result is a loss of sharpness (at least as I perceive it). Mac Pages does not AFAICT offer any explicit control over DPI on document creation or export to PDF (unless it is hidden somewhere). Middle: Mac Pages PDF export, an A3 layout with 5mm margin, with the image scaled to fit inside the remaining horizontal 410mm (pls ignore vertical part). Note the pixelated anti-aliasing around the blue and red spots, which from a distance lends a certain "sharpness". In all cases the PDF versions, from which the print is made, seem to "smooth" out the original image, resulting in a clear drop in sharpness, at least as far as I can tell comparing display views of the PNG with prints.įor example, in the image below, I have a screenshot from a 5K iMac display of: InDesign CC (very latest), using Export As PDF. Photoshop CC (very latest 19.1.3), using Save As to Photoshop PDF. ![]() Pixelmator Pro 1.0.9 (which likewise seems to pass through Mac OS X Quartz) Mac Pages 7.0 (which seems to pass through Mac OS X 10.13.3 Quartz PDFContext) That notwithstanding, I am so far disappointed with the printed results from PDF prepared in all of the following tools: ![]() I am aware that comparing digital images on a display (in my case a 5K iMac) and printed versions is a bit like comparing apples and oranges. My sources are iPhone X photos (super for a mobile phone) and Sony A7Riii photos (42M, utterly stunning). ![]() The can handle up to 1200dpi on sizes up to A3, and 1440dpi for A2 and larger (on a separate machine). The print shop only accepts PDF, not direct print from raster format PNG etc. I am preparing digital photos for printing and performing various test prints for comparison (with a very cooperative print shop). ![]()
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