About printing color pictures

Color problems in your photos can result from a variety of causes, such as incorrect exposure, the quality of the camera, artificial lighting, or even weather conditions. If an image is flawed, you can usually improve it by editing it with Photoshop Elements, as you did with the images in this lesson. Sometimes, however, pictures that look great on your computer don’t turn out so well when you print them; fortunately, there are things you can do to make sure that what you get from the printer is as close as possible to what you see on screen.

Firstly, it’s important that you calibrate your monitor regularly, so that it’s set to display the range of color in your photographs accurately. However, even with a correctly calibrated display, your prints may still look disappointing if your printer interprets color information differently from your computer. You can correct this problem by activating the appropriate type of color management.