Why are my photos darker after I print them?

It depends what you have done or not done as to why your prints are darker.  If you have an LCD computer screen, they will be.  All LCD screens have brightness defaults which are too bright. So you can wind down the brightness by 50% to improve quality. Then you have to calibrate the colour. The old CRT screens can be calibrated by adjusting the brightness and contrast.

You can also fix this problem by editing in Photoshop.

To determine if your screen is too bright, hold a blank white sheet of printer paper next to a white document in Photoshop. It should match in brightness and colour. If not, increase room lighting or reduce brightness of screen.

Posted on May 8th, 2009 under computers, photography, tutorials, web graphics, wikis & widgets • Tags: photo prints, photoshop. • RSS 2.0 feed • Leave a response, or trackback