About a year ago I got a fancy Canon Pro 200 photo printer. Since then, I've been learning how to print photos at home. Here's an unstructured list of things I learned: Make sure your screen isn’t too bright. There’s no hard and fast rule for screen brightness (contrary to popular belief1). If the screen is too bright, everything looks more saturated and contrasty; thus, you’ll edit with reduced contrast and saturation, and your prints will look flat. So, if your prints look too flat, lower your screen brightness. Conversely, if your prints look too contrasty, raise your screen brightness. Avoid stray light onto your screen, as this produces glare, which raises the screen’s black point. If that happens, you’ll compensate by lowering your blacks in the edit, leading to prints with crushed blacks. If your prints have muddy, crushed blacks, check your screen for stray light. Better screens often come with much better antireflective coatings, which makes a big difference. Avoid colorful…
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