How to fix dark, muddy photography prints

Dark, muddy prints are a common problem when printing photos; especially when using matte, rag, or other types of fine art photography paper. Why is that? And what can be done to fix it? Let's find out. ============================= Reference Links ============================= Datacolor SpyderX Pro (Screen calibrator) https://geni.us/hfVO56a Aputure MC LED Light (What I use to inspect prints) https://geni.us/a2dSKRP Red River Paper (The paper used in this video) https://bit.ly/3eIkY29 Canon PRO-300 Inkjet Printer (Replacement for the discontinued PRO-10 I use) https://geni.us/b81MGNb TK Actions 8 Photoshop Plugin https://goodlight.us/writing/TK8/tk8.html ============================= Chapters ============================= 0:00 Intro 0:50 Paper is different 2:30 Screens are too bright 5:56 Paper types 8:25 Editing prints in Lightroom 17:37 Editing prints in PS 23:13 Final thoughts ============================= Gear Used to Create This Video ============================= Camera: https://geni.us/x1qWvob Lens: https://geni.us/DlD0 Monitor/Recorder: https://geni.us/lH7lITS Microphone: https://geni.us/qmVjq63 Audio recorder: https://geni.us/ABAEu Key light: https://geni.us/cElYW Fill light: https://geni.us/sxel38 ⬇️ My C-Log to Rec.709 LUTs for the R5/R6 https://dominey.gumroad.com/l/yqCnV Complete gear list: https://kit.co/todddominey ============================= Follow and Contact Me Elsewhere ============================= Instagram: https://instagram.com/dominey Twitter: https://twitter.com/tdominey Blog: https://dominey.blog Photography: https://dominey.photo Email: dominey@gmail.com ============================= Music ============================= All music via Musicbed. 30-days free through this link! https://www.musicbed.com/invite/uxZ1j ============================= Affiliate Disclosure ============================= Some of the links in this description will direct you to online stores where I may earn referral credits from qualifying purchases at no additional cost to you. If you want to shop and support this channel, you may also use the following storewide links. 🛒 Amazon: https://geni.us/gotoamazon 🛒 B&H: https://geni.us/shopbandh 🛒 Adorama: https://geni.us/shopadorama