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Post by factoria tabletop on Mar 26, 2018 23:29:01 GMT -9
hi everybody, i would like to ask what do you do for printing your minis. i made a couple of prints, for really first time, and they come out very " pixelated " and the colour it wasnt the same.... i dont have any program like gimp or Photoshop...can i do it trough windows paint? best regards to everyone mmmm
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Post by factoria tabletop on Mar 27, 2018 0:05:39 GMT -9
well,i found a way to do it but i am sure is not the good way... anyways...i cant wait to start to print out my minis and start to play with my daughters
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Post by wyvern on Mar 27, 2018 11:46:32 GMT -9
After some initial experiments, I think most people find the best end-result comes from printing onto high-quality matt-surface photopaper or card, at the best quality level your printer can manage for that paper type.
The weight of paper depends what you intend doing with the printouts. Thinner paper of lighter weight, around 100-120 gsm, say, will work if glued to thicker card afterwards, or on its own if you want to use the printed items as thin scenic features, such as wall hangings, curtains or floor rugs. Something like 200 to 220 gsm photocard will provide a firm base for many uses on its own - like model building walls and paper minis.
The print quality is partly dependent on the quality of the original artwork. Where that artwork shows pixellation, that will also show up in the printout, and may look worse than it does on-screen. There can be especial problems if you've rescaled a model or minis to be larger than their originally intended sizes, since the quality may not have been present in those images (it's often not needed for small-scale items, say 10mm or 15mm). Enlarging those simply makes any flaws bigger, of course.
Colour-balance can be tricky, and adjusting that usually depends on what your printer is capable of, unless you can adjust the original artwork first. Sometimes that too can be dependent on the quality of the paper or card you're printing onto. "White" card isn't always as "white" as you might expect, and that will transfer into affecting the colours of whatever you print onto it, for instance.
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Post by factoria tabletop on Mar 28, 2018 4:53:53 GMT -9
After some initial experiments, I think most people find the best end-result comes from printing onto high-quality matt-surface photopaper or card, at the best quality level your printer can manage for that paper type. The weight of paper depends what you intend doing with the printouts. Thinner paper of lighter weight, around 100-120 gsm, say, will work if glued to thicker card afterwards, or on its own if you want to use the printed items as thin scenic features, such as wall hangings, curtains or floor rugs. Something like 200 to 220 gsm photocard will provide a firm base for many uses on its own - like model building walls and paper minis. The print quality is partly dependent on the quality of the original artwork. Where that artwork shows pixellation, that will also show up in the printout, and may look worse than it does on-screen. There can be especial problems if you've rescaled a model or minis to be larger than their originally intended sizes, since the quality may not have been present in those images (it's often not needed for small-scale items, say 10mm or 15mm). Enlarging those simply makes any flaws bigger, of course. Colour-balance can be tricky, and adjusting that usually depends on what your printer is capable of, unless you can adjust the original artwork first. Sometimes that too can be dependent on the quality of the paper or card you're printing onto. "White" card isn't always as "white" as you might expect, and that will transfer into affecting the colours of whatever you print onto it, for instance. Thanks a lot wyvern! i will try to follow this advices in my next print outs. And i didnt think about it but its true, the white of the paper sometimes is not always " white " and the colour can be mixed... i will try more options by the time, i would like to thank you for taking your time to answer, my best regards sir!
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Post by wyvern on Mar 28, 2018 11:32:54 GMT -9
You're most welcome factoria tabletop. I've only learnt all this by following posts by others who've been through the process on this Forum over the years, and by experimenting myself. I know how washed-out some colours seemed on my first trial printouts, which was just onto ordinary printer card. The difference when I first used matt photopaper was so great I've never gone back! But if the minis do come out too pale, you can always call them ghosts - waste not, want not
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Post by factoria tabletop on Mar 29, 2018 7:15:37 GMT -9
hahahha! oh man, you are a genius!!! this is exactly what i am going to do..." ghosts"....so clever! i am enjoying a lot making my minis...is the first time i printing out my designs and well, mistake or not i having too much fun with this!!!
Thanks again, my best regards!
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