ABSTRACT
Providing the correct image size and format would seem the easiest thing in the world to get right, but it is one of the most common mistakes made by freelance photographers looking to contribute to magazines. The desktop printing (DTP) revolution of the early 1980s brought about a rapid loss of specialised jobs in the print and print production industries. One may also be required to produce print-ready separated images in CMYK format and will need full details of the print profile you will use to achieve this. Soft-proofing the results on screen will immediately show any issues with out-of-gamut colours, which cannot be handled in print. File naming is very important and there should be an agreed convention between photographer and client.
