Re: fresson

[ARTHURWG@aol.com]

   Another account, in the third edition of "Exploring color photography,"  
says that the Fresson family studio in France, which controls all Fresson 
printing,  now produces about 2000 prints a year, with 6hrs required to make 
each print.
     This book says that  four color separations are made for each print from 
the original chrome. A separate exposure is made from each, using a carbon 
arc light source,   "The paper has to be coated, exposed, developed and dried 
four consecutive times, one for each of the separations." 
    The sawdust treatment follows, giving the print a soft pointalistic look. 
It's said to be the most archival of all current commercial color processes.