Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/11/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks, Ken--much appreciated! I'll look into the ronreeder website. I've tried alien skin, it was okay, but i wasn't overwhelmed. of course it's possible i wasn't using it to its fullest capabilities. maybe it's time for a revisit... thanks again, and cheers, craig On Nov 20, 2009, at 11:19 AM, lug-request at leica-users.org wrote: > From: "Ken Carney" <kcarney1 at cox.net> > Subject: Re: [Leica] Lou Reed, Now Salgado... > To: "'Leica Users Group'" <lug at leica-users.org> > Message-ID: <E6CD85F2265D4B819EF8B9221BA6497E at pcclub> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > 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. >