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Re: Digital Black and White Negs

2003-03-21 by Peter Nelson

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "donbga" 

> I'm not sure what details you may be looking for. Fokos's document 
on 
> the Bostick and Sullivan web site seems to lay it all out.


So I looked at that and I notice it basically consists of 
adjusting your digital image in Photoshop and then taking it
to a service bureau and having them make a HALFTONE negative
of it to print!

Why a halftone image?   If you think the "dotting" in a 
black-only print is bad, wait till you see what an (even 
good)  halftone looks like!    Why not just have the service
bureau use a film-recorder to make a continuous-tone 
negative?

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