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Subject: [Leica] OT: Sandwiching techniques...
From: robertmeier at usjet.net (Robert Meier)
Date: Tue Nov 29 07:54:39 2005
References: <6.1.0.6.2.20051129033214.06240bd0@192.168.100.42>

You don't sandwich them;  you make two separate exposures.


>I suppose Photoshop is the way to do it nowadays, but humor me: for images 
>such as this:
> <http://www.photoeye.com/Gallery/forms/index.cfm?image=1&id=96098&imagePosition=1&Door=1&Portfolio=Portfolio1&Gallery=1>
>  
> where there are calligraphy on the prints, I presume one way to do it is 
> to photograph some calligraphy and then put both negatives together in the 
> enlarger. How does it work though? Everything is inverse in B&W neg so how 
> can you photograph the calligraphy so that the background is 
> "transparent?"
>
> // richard (This email is for mailing lists. To reach me directly, please 
> use richard at imagecraft.com)
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