editing

My scanner is fully colour managed and produces a relatively colour-neutral file. That doesn’t mean that the file will match the original exactly, but it does produce a file that can get as close to it as possible - editing is often an important part of this process.

There are various levels of editing:

Level 1 (I call this “optimisation”)

Overview:

At this level I find the best possible balance between colours without masking areas off - so the blues might be near-perfect but the yellows are a bit off, tweaking the yellows throws the blues off etc. In most cases this level produces an excellent print, a lot of people would struggle to tell it apart from the original but when compared side by side some differences in colour might be noticed. 

Includes: Remove obvious dust and spots, crop, colour-balancing, sharpening, boost brightness, resizing and adding borders. Up to 2 test strips.

Level 2

This level involves masking off areas of the image to apply colour edits to specific colours without affecting other colours. 

Level 2 gets the print as close as is possible to the original baring in mind that giclee inks are not the exact same pigments as the original medium, so an 100% exact copy is never possible. But in most cases the result is that it's a struggle to tell the original apart from the print without careful scrutiny.  

Includes: Remove most dust and spots, simple signature removal, cropping, colour-matching, sharpening, boost brightness, resizing and adding borders including basic background extensions. Up to 5 test strips.

Level 3

This level is any work beyond the scope of Level 2, including complex background extensions, removing signatures on complex backgrounds, retouching, adding title text, any edits on files larger than 500MB. Includes test strips.

Upscaling

If you have a digital file from a phone photo, screenshot or web image, then it may not be large enough to get a decent print from. This might also be the case if you’ve photographed original artwork with a digital camera. If you can’t scan the original at a higher resolution then it can be upscaled using ai technology.

Upscaling currently costs £8 in addition to whichever edit level you’ve asked for.

Most prices are listed on the current price list.