From: Eric Neilsen (e.neilsen@worldnet.att.net)
Date: 06/11/00-12:09:06 AM Z
Nick Wrote:
> I have never prepared an Analog negative for use with PT/PD and therefore
> wonder how one would go about creating the equivalent of the digital
> negative with a PT/PD curve applied???
>
Nick, Before you spend all the energy to make a negative, you need to
clarify in your mind what you want to see in your print. And keep in
mind that as you see the prints that you develop from those negatives,
that you may begin to see things differently. This may cause you to
adjust your thinking and what gets put where on the various parts of the
curve. You will also begin to notice that from one negative many
different prints can be pulled by altering your coating solutions, and
that just represents one side of the print equation. If you have good
computer skills, and know Photoshop then that is another part of the
puzzle. If you don't, than you need to learn the skills of computer
enhancement as well as output. Add to that, the knowledge that what you
learn with the computer may become out dated quickly.
You will need to create your own point of reference. There are several
list members that have good digital skills. I would suspect that they
did not try to put the cart before the horse though. They were printing
platinum before they jumped into digital negatives. I have had
customers that have made "good" digital negatives based on some theory,
and that theory was from proven sources. They made bad prints with my
printing techniques applied to them without the help of masking and
dodging, burning, etc.....
Jeffrey mentioned
> I would strongly
> suggest making judgments from prints made with the process selected
> using the digital negative by trial and error. After many such trials
> one should begin to become proficient in understanding what is need in
> the negative to produce the print. Such efforts can afford one the
> opportunity to master the technique.
>
I second that thought. Test, Test, Test
-- Eric J. Neilsen 4101 Commerce Street, Suite #9 Dallas, TX 75226 214-827-8301 http://e.neilsen.home.att.net http://www.ericneilsenphotography.com
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