Digital BW, The Print

I noticed this:
If you are using a developer like Rodinal you are getting very 
distinkt grain and "edgesharpening" on the film. An effekt that is in 
a way simular to USM in Photoshop. That is you are getting into 
trouble when sharpening this "Rodinal-type" films in photoshop.
Using a scanner and Photoshop I have noticed that I get better 
control and better sharpening without artifacts using developers like 
Microldol-X that gives mushier softer grain and no "edgsharpening".
Using a microdol-x type of developer makes you get easier scanned 
negatives as well - that later, as said, can be sharpened with USM in 
Photoshop instead. This gives me better control and no edgeartifacts.

I don't know if this helps you - but perhaps it helps somone else.
(I use a Minolta Multi Pro Scanner)

Lux!
Bo Wrangborg
Sweden  

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Paul D. 
DeRocco" <pderocco@i...> wrote:
> > From: cschaible94111 [mailto:cschaible@c...]
> >
> > Here's the relevant background:  all images are 35mm Tri-X 
scanned as
> > grayscale negatives at 4000dpi, 14 bit files (with 16x 
resampling) on
> > a Nikon 4000, with USM off (at least I think).  They are printed 
on
> > PhotoRag on a 1280.  Until last night, I exclusively used Selenium
> > PiezoTones and the plug-in, which I came to blame for the problem.
> > To test that, I got some UT's from MIS and made prints using 
Paul's
> > curves and the Epson driver:  same artifacts, except now, for the
> > first time, I could see them on screen after Paul's curve had been
> > applied.  Also, I have two 1280s, purchased well over a year 
apart,
> > and the problem occurs on both of them.
> 
> If you can see it on the screen, why not post a small TIFF or JPEG 
crop of
> the area where the problem is visible? It might be possible to 
figure out by
> actually looking at it.
> 
> --
> 
> Ciao,               Paul D. DeRocco
> Paul                mailto:pderocco@i...