Digital BW, The Print

I like the way dye transfers look and I like to manipulate by hand. 
It's not an inferior product; it's just different. I'm really happy 
with my inkjet B&W work. (I use OPM.) Once in a while I like to be 
painterly...


On Wednesday, July 23, 2003, at 10:46  AM, Robert Morrison wrote:

> The thing I would be concerned about with these 
> processes...particularly if you are going to color polaroid film in 
> the 
> end is how good the profiling on the output device is...and whether 
> they will be able to get a neutral image given that they will almost 
> certainly be outputting RGB.  Remember how difficult it is to get a 
> neutral grayscale with an inkjet printer using full color...same 
> problem with a slide setter.  Of course this isn't as big a concern if 
> you are planning to use BW polaroid film...because it will get rid of 
> the color cast for you.
>
> One question that you probably should ask is why do you want to make 
> Polaroid dye transfers in the first place?  Couldn't you get a similar 
> effect in photoshop and then print to a inkjet paper using a inkjet 
> printer.  In the end the final output would be much more light stable 
> and probably cost you a lot less in time and money.  Sounds like you 
> will be spending a lot of money, with a great deal of uncertainty to 
> get an inferior product in the end.
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