Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/11/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Craig, You might look into http://www.ronreeder.com/. He has co-authored a book about using the QTR rip to print inkjet digital negatives. Before going completely over to the dark side, I used similar techniques to make digital negs for pt/pd contact printing. I had some small success there, mainly because these papers hide a lot of imperfections. I was never able to make a silver contact print that was acceptable, but things have no doubt changed. So far as I know, these are all contact printing solutions. I use Alien Skin Exposure 2 to simulate b&w. Ken > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+kcarney1=cox.net at leica-users.org [mailto:lug- > bounces+kcarney1=cox.net at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Craig Semetko > Sent: Friday, November 20, 2009 9:36 AM > To: lug at leica-users.org > Subject: [Leica] Lou Reed, Now Salgado... > > Thanks so much for this Kevin--very helpful. I, too, have experienced > the totally irrational and "perversely capricious" security personnel, > and they're a real pain. I think half the time they say no just > because they can. > > I've been toying with the idea of creating negs from digital files and > printing them and this will put me over the top. It sounds really > intriguing, and I'm encouraged to read the prints are virtually > indistinguishable from film neg prints. While I was in Germany I met > another photographer on assignment for an NGO and he recommended > "Silver Effects Pro" for adding grain and making digital files look > like Tri-X, or any number of other films. I've been too busy to > download it and try it out but I'll give it a try soon. If anyone has > had success with Silver Effects or any other film replicating > software, I'd love to hear about it.