Archive | April, 2010

Informal Survey of Image Print Display Times

We were reading a white paper by Kodak on light and thermal stability (well someone has to read this stuff) and came across an interesting chart. An informal survey in the mid-1990s asked how long images would remain on display.  The majority of images were projected to be taken down after 10 years on display. [...]

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Color profiles with Photoshop Elements 8 on a PC

Here’s a quick guide to using ICC profiles in Photoshop Elements 8 with a PC (Mac lesson coming soon). You’ll notice a different look to the menus, as the ICC profile selection menu is basically hidden until you seek it out.  Weird but it works. Read the tutorial, which covers Epson, Canon, and HP printer [...]

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Red River Paper Pro Monday – Joel Grimes

Red River Pro JOEL GRIMES   The Photographer Joel Grimes is a Los Angeles advertising and commercial photographer whose clients include the Denver Broncos, Kodak, Hyatt, National Geographic, Nikon, Visa, Pentax, Sony and Volvo. He’s shot images in more than 50 countries on advertising and annual report assignments and has won more than 30 major awards [...]

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UltraPro Satin Review

UltraPro Satin is Red River’s best selling paper by far.  The combination of retail brand quality and cost that is 40% less than those brands make it a true value. It’s always nice to hear kind words about a product we know should be in the hands of more photo enthusiasts. Excerpts from a review [...]

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Red River's Arctic Polar Luster and the HP B8850 Printer

Excepts rrom “The Digital Photography Companion’s Notes” Facebook page:I’ve always had a fondness for luster finished papers and had been looking forward to trying Red River’s 75 lb Arctic Polar Luster. This was going to be a dual test actually, because I had a new HP Photosmart Pro B8850 printer sitting in my studio full [...]

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Printing "Red River" Style Podcast at The Digital Story

From the Digital Story posting: I recently sampled the new Polar Pearl Metallic by Red River Paper, and I was very impressed by the image that emerged from my inkjet printer. So I thought it would be fun to sit down with Drew Hendrix, VP and evangelist for Red River, to get the inside scoop [...]

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