On Apr 27, 2006, at 12:02 PM, Yves Gauvreau wrote:
> Katharine,
>
> your right about most controls except for multi-exposure, I got
> carried away
> when wrote the list of controls you would lost. Anyway, as you
> already said
> in other words, you have to find the optimum mixture to apply but
> what I was
> thinking and didn't really say is when this optimal mixture is
> found I doubt
> you'll get a linear response from it. By this I mean by printing a
> step
> tablet for example you will most probably not get a constant
> increase in
> (optical) density between each step. Is it necessary to get a linear
> response, probably not but that is another story. The suggestion I
> made is
> that by applying a curve to your digi-neg you would be able to enhance
> contrast where ever you like, highlights, mid-tones, shadows or
> anywhere in
> between. Hopes that's more clear.
Well yeah, somewhat, but the point is that a curve isn't going to
help if the other variables are off, because tonal scale in gum, at
least in my experience, is more a function of the emulsiion than of
the negative.
kt
Received on Thu Apr 27 13:21:29 2006
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