Overview

Digital Negatives: Using Photoshop to Create Digital Negatives for Silver and Alternative Process Printing bridges the world of traditional photographic printing with digital technology. A digital negative, prepared in Photoshop, allows you to skip the dark room time developing the negatives-getting straight to a variety of printing processes including silver, platinum, and a host of other alternative processes. You will see this as an opportunity to mix technology with traditional photo processes resulting in more time for your art! In the recent past, photographers that wanted digital negatives had to take their business to labs. Now all of you Photoshop users can incorporate this practice into your workflow of choice. *Easy, quick start recommendations for specific supplies and instructions for making your first print quickly without all the details of calibrating digital negatives.* Offers expert instruction for the more advanced; much of the book will be focused on how to calibrate digital negatives, configure a digital darkroom, and fine tune prints from digital negatives *Adventurous, experimental techniques take printing using alternative processes into new options including toning, multiple printing, printing with ink and platinum, plus others.

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Author:   Brad Hinkel ,  Ron Reeder (Freelance photographer and technical writer. Ron has worked for several years conducting extensive research into methods for making high quality digital negatives.)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Focal Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.567kg
ISBN:  

9780240808543

ISBN 10:   0240808541
Pages:   224
Publication Date:   27 November 2006
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  General/trade ,  Professional & Vocational ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In Print  
Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock.

Table of Contents

Digital Negatives Introduction Why digital negatives The advantages of Photoshop Renewing challenging processes A simpler wet darkroom The handmade print Can prints from a digital negative match a traditional silver print Thinking beyond mimicking the silver print 1. The Basics of Digital Negatives Photographic processes are non-linear Why this has worked well for so many years Trying to create a linear workflow in the digital world Correcting for each printing processes 2. Capturing the Optimal Image Sources from a digital camera Exposing onto film Scanning issues Color or black & white originals Processing in Photoshop 3. A Basic Workflow for Silver Printing The Ingredients Preparing the image Printing the negative Exposure Development What might go wrong 4. A Basic Workflow for Palladium Printing The Ingredients Coating the paper Preparing the image Printing the negative Exposure Development What might go wrong 5. Exposure Your Light Source Printing the step table Determining the base exposure Measuring exposure 6. Creating Correction Curves Why we need to create individual correction curves Identifying a good printed step tablet Scanning the step tablet Set the End Points Measuring the data Making the correction curve Testing a correction curve How we track our curves/processes/prints 7. Calibrating the System Configuring Grey Working Space Calibrating your monitor 8. About Printers Working with some specific Printers we have used - Epson R2400, 2200, C86 (4000, 4800) Configuring other types of printers - Determining the best settings for your printer - Issues regarding printing - Print Media 9. Notes on Equipment and Workspace The Wet workspace Light Sources for exposure Is Visible light or UV light printing easier? 10. Tuning the Fine Digital Negative Print Variable Contrast Paper for Silver Printing Contrast agents for Palladium Printing 11. Manipulatory Miseries Some common problems, how these arise and how we address them. 12. Platinum over Color Printing A new process for color images CMY - K separations Printing the color separation Printing the negative 13. Finishing Techniques Coating the print - wax, varnish, acrylic Edge treatments Framing 14. Experimenting with the Unknown A list of some experiments that we have tried, our results, and some possible next steps for further experimentations. These include: color & cyanotypes, printing with two negatives, gold prints, uranotypes, digitally creating silver darkroom negatives, localized solarization.

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Brad Hinkel worked as a program manager for a very large software company in the Seattle area. He helped ship a number of important software products including Word, Mail, and Flight Simulator. He also worked for an Internet retailer in the mid-90's. Brad has been teaching digital photography since 1999. He was largely responsible for starting the digital photography program at the Rocky Mountain School of Photography starting in 1999, and has taught several sections of every course at RMSP. He also created the complete digital photography program at the Photographic Center Northwest in Seattle starting in 2000, and created the entire digital curriculum for that school. Ron was trained as a biochemist and had a career conducting research into gene control mechanisms. Most recently, he directed a laboratory at the Hutchinson Cancer Center in Seattle from which he retired in 2002. As part of that career, Ron published over 100 articles and book chapters in major research journals and wrote numerous grant applications. Thus, Ron has extensive experience in technical writing and exposition. Since retiring from science Ron has pursued a second career in photography. Ron co-published a book on Spruce Root Baskets for which he did the photography. And he has published in national photo magazines. Ron has work for several years conduction extensive research into methods for making high quality digital negatives and has printing many of his own images using these techniques.

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