For our film customers, here are some files to help explain how to crop negs.

If you're working with PhotoShop, here is a link to a series of Actions to help you adjust color, density and contrast quickly. You're welcome to download (right-click or control-click and save linked file) the Actions. Move the file to your PhotoShop folder. Then Go to Window > Actions and Load the Actions.

Here are some steps to get your monitor to display images that look close to our Lab output. First, set your Monitor as outlined in the Monitor Color pdf.

Next, adjust your PhotoShop Color Settings as described in the Color Settings pdf.

Download our Test File (right-click or control-click and save linked file) and open it in PhotoShop. Contact us for an Output print of the Sample File. Download (right-click or control-click and save linked file) our Output Profile (SilvanoMaster2008.icm). If, after you've downloaded it, the file has .html at the end of the file name, rename the file, getting rid of the .html. Put this file where you keep ICC Profiles in your system (On a PC: My Computer > C > WINNT > system32 > spool > drivers > color. On a Mac:HD > Library > ColorSync > Profiles). In PhotoShop (CS2 or CS3), View > Proof Setup > Custom. For the Device to Simulate, choose RP30_Ultra_v7. Rendering Intent is Perceptual. Click the Preview On and Off . You should see the color bars at the left of the Sample file change color. This approximates the gamut of Photographic paper. Click OK to save your settings. If our Sample File loooks close to our Sample Print you should be good to go.

If you use our FTP Server instead of our S.O.S. program (non-standard print sizes, etc.), please set up your files before sending your order (not necessary with S.O.S.). Here's how.

Here is a copy of a pdf we used at the April 19th 2007 Open House, outlining some different methods of Sharpening images.