Re: Family snaps to gum bichromate

[Ender100@aol.com]

Scan the negatives and then use Photoshop for the seperations.

In a message dated 4/12/07 6:02:20 PM, don@sweetlegal.co.nz writes:


> I would be grateful for guidance on this topic (details of which are covered in the archives I know).
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>  Among my 30+ years of family snaps are some that I see as potential 3-colour gum pictures, about A4 size or maybe slightly bigger.  Many of the surviving 6 x 4 prints are tatty and faded (and some have been re-worked in what appears to be an expressionist manner with felt pens, scissors, etc).  Most of the 35mm negatives are pretty good.
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>  Would anyone in the group like to recommend whether I should produce the necessary negatives:
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>  1.    Taking the best negatives to be scanned by a photo processor -  I have been quoted a resolution of 1200 dpi - and use Photoshop to make colour separations, or
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>  2.    Get some more 6 x 4 prints made by a photo processor and scan them myself at something like 400 dpi, and then use Photoshop, or
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>  3.    Make colour separations myself on document film using a slide copier and filters, and enlarge them on to lith film.
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>  Thanks
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>  Don Sweet






Best Wishes,
Mark Nelson

Precision Digital Negatives - The System
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www.MarkINelsonPhoto.com






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