Glossy or matte for digital prints?

[zapp!]

Which is better? I have a mix of B&W and color photos...

i got up to 10am to decide...

How would matte look on color photos?? I am gonna use the Fujifilm EPIC...

EPIC users pls comment...thks!

 

[Larry]

personally i don't think it matters whether it's from digital or neg/slides. glossy always brings out the colour more. the only reason why some people prefer matte is cos it's more fingerprint-resistant, although i don't see the problem with this if you take care to handle it only when the prints are dry.

 

[ckiang]

Personally prefer glossy if it's from the labs, but of late, I am beginning to like the feel of Ilford Galerie Smooth Pearl inkjet paper (matt).

Regards
CK

 

[harvestnow]

Originally posted by ckiang
Personally prefer glossy if it's from the labs, but of late, I am beginning to like the feel of Ilford Galerie Smooth Pearl inkjet paper (matt).

Regards
CK

which means u printed urself or u sent to labs, n they use that paper? cus i've seen them in ruby, results shown from them was pretty impressive(a pic of tiger)

 

[ckiang]

Originally posted by harvestnow


which means u printed urself or u sent to labs, n they use that paper? cus i've seen them in ruby, results shown from them was pretty impressive(a pic of tiger)

I printed slide scans myself on Epson Stylus Photo 890, on Ilford Galerie Smooth Pearl, and the results are stunning. Even people at Colour Lab find it impressive.

Regards
CK

 

[harvestnow]

Originally posted by ckiang


I printed slide scans myself on Epson Stylus Photo 890, on Ilford Galerie Smooth Pearl, and the results are stunning. Even people at Colour Lab find it impressive.

Regards
CK

wha... ok... heard tht there's a technology by printing from LED printer right?

 

[ckiang]

Originally posted by harvestnow


wha... ok... heard tht there's a technology by printing from LED printer right?

You must be talking about digital printing technology like those used in the Fuji Frontier 350/370 digital minilabs. Those scan the film, then use lasers to expose the photographic paper. Whether it's LED laser or the normal one, I am not sure.

Regards
CK

 

[zapp!]

Originally posted by ckiang


I printed slide scans myself on Epson Stylus Photo 890, on Ilford Galerie Smooth Pearl, and the results are stunning. Even people at Colour Lab find it impressive.

Regards
CK

When i come back from Australia, must go Ruby and pick up a pack of the smooth pearl and try...i looked at CKiang's pics already...the color saturation is excellent!

 

[zapp!]

BTW, i got the 4R prints back from ColorLab and they were fantastic!!

I saved the JPEGs in sRGB space, and the colors came out bit for bit...the black and whites were the most impressive...can't really tell the diff b/w digi and film...but then again, i have not shot B&W film before so dun take it as the truth...

Next time i will give one disc for printing glossy prints and another for matt prints...i would think that landscape shots would look much better in glossy...higher color contrast and saturation??

 

[sunyee]

glossy give a stunning and striking look and after more then 3 4 year in an ablum it will stick to the folder due to the temp.

matt doesnt give u any stunning looking but can get very very long lasting, 10 year 20 year the the most its yellowish but wont stick to each other