Joel;
Yes, Photoshop is a wonder. I dabble in it myself. Someday it may replace
darkroom work for me, but that time isn't here yet. Glossy Cibas are still like
no other (in a near price-range.) And I do use unsharp masks in the darkroom to
'tweak the curves'. I sometimes even bias the mask toward a certain color. The
main advantage of Photoshop: you don't have to fight dust or Newton rings.
george
Joel Wilcox wrote:
> At 10:06 PM 8/26/1998 -0700, John you wrote in part:
> >
> >Digital reproduction is very good now. I have A4 (8x10) prints, digitally
> >produced from negatives, that are every bit as good as the chemical
> >processed print. They cost more. Archival properties are at best the same,
> >probably worse - its too early to really tell yet. They do not match a well
> >exposed slide properly printed to Ciba Classic materials. I honestly know
> >of nothing that *can* match a well made Ciba.
> >
> >John P
> >
> John,
>
> I have to say that I will never return to Ciba printing again. Even though
> output from my lowly Epson Stylus Color 600 will not entirely deceive the
> trained eye, and the prints are ephemeral, Photoshop is my brave new world.
> There is a limpid, wet quality to a glossy Ciba print that cannot be
> matched with inkjet, but when I see such a print now, I often think how
> much better it might look with a little tweaking of the curves and a shot
> of unsharp mask. I think I am actually now starting to visualize to this
> form of photographic output, and to select my materials accordingly. For
> instance, Royal Gold works far better at the front end than Reala, for some
> reason, even though the Fuji "proof" prints come back from the Walmart
> looking at little more exciting and lively.
>
> Joel
>
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