Digital BW, The Print

Cort Anderson wrote:

> >You shouldn't have any grain from Delta 100 film, nor should your prints
> >show any.What printer are you using? The older epsons do have a dot
> >pattern thatlooks a lot like grain.
>
> Chances are you are not seeing actual film grain in your prints but
> rather digital noise, most likely from UnSharp Masking as others have
> suggested. Professional Photoshop 6 by Dan Margulis has an excellent
> chapter on sharpening.
>

Digital 'noise' is not the same thing as the artifacts one gets from using unsharp mask, and should not be
confused.  I think there is a different term to use for the USM artifacts, although I don't know what,
specifically, to call them, beyond 'artifact' or 'halo'.

Harvey Ferdschneider
partner, SKID Photography, NYC




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