Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/07/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Scratchboard. They even have special tools for it, and you can buy the boards pre-made. The best ones (IMO) are Clayboard, which is a piece of masonite with a thin layer of kaolin (clay) on it and a black surface on the clay. Best Regards, Jeffery L. Smith > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of animal > Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2002 1:13 PM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Re: [Leica] re: magazines refuse digital images > > > I remember from my dad,s ad agency a technique called > scraperboarding where an artist uses a large sheet of white > cardboard covered with soot.then the image is projected onto > this and then the light areas are removed with a sharp stylus > so in those scratches the white shows thru. Since it,s a > tedious process i very much doubt that it would be used for > regular copy but it produces beautiful graphics. product > shots of the moon watch were done this way. best regards > simon jessurun > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Adam Bridge" <abridge@mac.com> > To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2002 5:23 PM > Subject: Re: [Leica] re: magazines refuse digital images > > > > on 7/16/02 3:24 AM, Sal DiMarco,Jr. at sdmp007@pressroom.com > > thoughtfully > > wrote: > > > > > Today, I guess they get the "engraved" look by washing > the picture > > > through a computer program designed for them. > > > > I believe the "engraved" look comes from the fact they are actually > > engravings done by an artist from photographs. At least they were a > > year > or > > so ago. There was a discussion of what was done, how, and why in the > Journal > > a while back. Alas these little gray cells refuse to > provide context. > > > > Adam > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see > > http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see > http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-> users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html