What's the difference between developing photos and printing photos?

1, development is developed on photographic paper with chemicals and professional equipment, similar to laser phototypesetting. The picture is smooth, the effect is clear, the image is delicate, the color is true, there is no graininess at all, and the color retention effect is more lasting.

2. Printing is directly printed on photographic paper by inkjet or laser, which is easy to print paper and the image effect is obviously not as good as that of digital printing. As for the life of ink, it is not as good as the life of development.

Second, the storage time is different.

Printed matter has a short storage time, usually its color turns yellow and brownish white after half a year, especially the fading of black is the most obvious.

Extended data

1. After developing the photos, the film should be post-processed in the darkroom. Post-processing includes film processing, photo printing and cutting. To learn photography, we should also understand and master the basic skills of darkroom operation.

2. The output quality of photo printing is not only related to the performance of the printer itself, but also related to the quality of the original image to be printed. For some low-resolution digital photos, the printed results will certainly not be much better. If you want to output an image of ordinary photo size, it is recommended to ensure that the resolution of the image is above 1280× 1024 pixels.

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