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Re: [Digital BW] Whitest mat paper ...

2011-09-28 by Lew Schwartz

Yes, this my first try ( & normal practice anyway), ie if I stay away from
letting the image float, the whites are harnessed for the exclusive use &
effect of my highlights which is very cool imo.

On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 10:14 PM, tboleyyh <tyler@...> wrote:

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> my experience is that there are no fine art matte boards with anywhere near
> the optical brighteners in many of the inkjet papers, so the mismatch is
> unavoidable. Frankly, I'd pick a paper that is less blue, using less
> brighteners. The mismatch can be acceptable sometimes with a matte that
> overlaps the image a touch, in other words a non floating image. This way
> you don't see the paper white right against the matte color. To me though,
> the highlights still look blue with those papers.
> I hate to suggest you change papers, but there are many good performers
> with a more neutral paper base if you chose to do so.
> Tyler
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> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Lew Schwartz
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> > I've based this judgement on how they look framed.
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