Digital BW, The Print

Lawrence,
Here's the best "homemade" approach I've been able to come up if/when I want
subtle sloppy borders (for 35mm in my case). This was arrived at by
experimenting with Photoshop 5--not sure if newer versions have tools to
improve on it. 

1. ideally, include some film rebate in scan; otherwise add a black border
2. expand canvas size ~1/4" all sides (white)
3. marquee select original pic, including the rebate or black border
4. create border selection of about 50 pixels (or extending halfway into
black border)
5. palette knife filter (~10/2/10 seems to work okay) to rough up edges
6. gaussian blur that
7. plastic wrap filter (~18/5/8 or 20/12/3) to get "flare"

It ain't exactly elegant in its simplicity, but it works. Can't speak for
any karmic side effects, however. ;-)

Hope this helps,
Doug


> Date: Sat, 10 Aug 2002 02:58:15 -0000
> From: "lawrencetrek" <ltitle@...>
> Subject: printing faux "filed edges"
> 
> when I scan my MF B/W negatives on my 2450 I include the film rebate.
> 
> Now when I print these images, is there an easy way to create faux filed
> edges, like you get in the darkroom with with a filed film carrier ?
> 
> I have played with the demo versions of Extensis PhotoFrame and AutoFX.
> The problem is both demo versions have limited frame libraries and
> functionality, so I can't determine whether they will produce the desired edge
> effect.  Moreover, these are expensive solutions for a simple problem.  Any
> advice would be greatly appreciated.