>> Kodak makes a great product called Kodak Retouching Fluid...
>> Modern films have very little "tooth" on either side; consequently, a
pencil
>> mark won't adhere to the film. The Kodak fluid is a very thin clear
varnish
>> which dries with a flat finish that has a microscopically rough surface
and
>> will hold a pencil mark. You put a small drop on the area to be retouched
..
>> and spread it very thin and feather the edges... **If you want to build
up
>> density in an area, you can put at least a few successive coats on an area
>> to allow several thickness of pencil marking.**
> When you say "successive coats" do you mean you use the pencil and
> then put another coat on top. Doesn't the first layer of pencil then rub
off?
You are indeed right, and I was wrong. I recalled incorrectly how the stuff
works, as I haven't used it in a while. I went and tried it again after I
got your note. Rather than being a varnish, which dries to a hard finish and
is not soluble in subsequent coats, it appears to be a laquer-like material,
where subsequent coats dissolve earlier layers, and the earlier pencil marks
also. I suppose that this makes one's pencil retouching reversible, which is
an advantage over SpotTone and other such products.
Charlie