From: Robert W. Schramm (schrammrus@hotmail.com)
Date: 07/30/02-08:47:01 PM Z
Jonathen,
When it comes to color work, you might want to take another look at
digital. If you have been doing digital imaging for 20 years I am sure you
know that a lot depends on the knowledge and skill of the person using
Photoshop and how complex this Program really is. Photoshop, as you know, is
easy to use for simple tasks and a person with some computer skills can
learn these things easily enough. They might think they are skilled but you
know how much time and effort is required to
learn the complex things that this program can do. I am convienced that once
you get your system properly calibrated that, provided you have a high
quality printer and scanner, it is posible to produce prints very, very
close to the quality of silver/gel but, of course, it takes a lot of time,
understanding and skill to do that. I'm afraid that there are a lot of
people out there with just enough knowledge to produce prints but not enough
knowledge and skill to produce high quality prints. This and some of the
older printers have given the digital print a bad rap. There have been some
major advances in the last two or three years. Anyway,
I appreciate your comments.
Bob Schramm
>From: Jonathan Borden <jborden@attbi.com>
>Reply-To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
>To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
>Subject: Re: Another one bites the dust.
>Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2002 21:05:01 -0400
>
>Robert W. Schramm wrote:
>
>[[
>Still there is a "look" about a
>silver/gel fiber print that I like that I have not been able to duplicate
>via digital methods.
>]]
>
>The benefits of digital are clearly convenience. For artists it much more
>efficient to set up a large run of digital prints, and consequently allows
>lower prices for consumers.
>
>Let's not kid ourselves about quality though. There are absolutely no
>desktop techniques that hold a candle to traditional photographic (i.e.
>silver and alt) techniques. Call it a "different look" but to my naked eye
>the signature of the desktop printer is obvious and artificial.
>
>Greater efficiency at the expense of ultimate quality has been sold as
>progress since not long after the beginning of photography. The only
>qualitative technical improvement in photography over the last century has
>been in the design and production of lenses.
>
>I've been doing digital imaging for the last 20 years but I am quite happy
>to leave that in the office.
>
>Jonathan
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