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 ,ok I might look into that it really brought back long forgotten memories of my dads office must have been more then 30 years ago. Thanks simon - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeffery Smith" <jls@runbox.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2002 8:36 PM Subject: RE: [Leica] re: magazines refuse digital images > 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 > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html