Re: Border, Golden Rod, Acetate


John Richardson (jrplatinum@earthlink.net)
Fri, 29 Oct 1999 21:58:56 -0700


Dave,

I use a material from a printing supply shop called orange plastic. It is
matte on one side so that it will take pencil marks. It is soft and very easy
to cut windows with an Xacto knife. It comes in a wide variety of sizes.

John

FotoDave@aol.com wrote:

> Hi, what do you use to border your negative. What I mean is, I have an
> enlarged negative which is about 10x12, but I only want to use an 8x10 area
> of it but still have white border on the print. I know that in printing
> industry, they use golden rod paper since the color blocks UV. Is that the
> same goldren rod copying paper that I can buy from Office Max? Do you tape
> the goldren rod paper to the negative?
>
> Also, since I have a few negatives like that, I am thinking about taping the
> goldren window on a piece of acetate and then use this window with my
> negatives. The question is, does acetate cut of UV transmission? About how
> much? A lot?
>
> Thanks a lot in advance for any input or suggestion!
>
> Dave S




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