[alt-photo] Re: taking a scalpel to pt/pd spots

[Diana Bloomfield]

Okay-- thanks, everybody.  And, thanks, Clay, for the tutorial.  I have no plans to use a scalpel or anything else to attempt this, but I wanted to pass it along.  Spotting has never been my forte, either, but the spotting with Chinese white first and then an appropriate color *sounds* like something that might actually be approachable (more-so than wielding an exacto knife).  But I think my surgeon-friend-turned-pt-pd printer will have no problem with this, and using a loupe or magnifier seems like the way to go.  

Thanks all.  I just wasn't sure if this was something real that people actually do, or just something imagined.  I just tend to avoid the sky at all costs.

Just saw your post, Denny.  That's also good to know-- thanks; very helpful.

Diana


On Feb 17, 2013, at 4:25 PM, David Arnar Runolfsson wrote:

> I scratched out paper spots like this once on a platinum print and it
> worked ok. I could still tell where they had been and that still annoys me,
> but nobody else has seemed to notice. So I'd say it's worth a try if you
> don't want to reprint on different paper etc. My advice would be to use an
> xacto knife and prick rather than scrape, and just be careful not to overdo
> it as you might end up with a visible white spot instead.
> 
> David
> 
> On Sun, Feb 17, 2013 at 10:03 PM, Paul Viapiano <viapiano at pacbell.net>wrote:
> 
>> Spotting with Chinese white and then spotting with the appropriate color
>> is a good alternative to knifing.
>> 
>> P
>> 
>> On Feb 17, 2013, at 12:45 PM, Diana Bloomfield <dhbloomfield at bellsouth.net>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> Sorry-- that got sent before I meant for it to-- so he asked me about
>> those spots-- and, typically, I just try not to get them-- I've never cut
>> one out.  So the question is-- do people actually do that, and if so-- any
>> pointers I can pass along?
>>> 
>>> Thanks.
>>> 
>>> Diana
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