Digital BW, The Print

> From: Djon [mailto:westsidemaurice@...]
>
> I've just printed some pictures of a 5-year-old from ultra-grainy 35mm
> B&W...4000ppi Nikon scan, QTRgui, A4 prints.
>
> Just for the heck of it I added a small amount of gaussian blur in
> postprocessing, finally moderate USM (the correct sequence).
>
> The result was creamy baby skin, ultra-sharp eyes and hair. Grain,
> which I might have dug in a "meaningful" photo, simply vanished. Next
> time I photograph a woman I will certainly want to evaluate gaussian
> blur again.

You might also try Smart Blur. It's, well, smart. At least it is once you
understand what the knobs do.

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Ciao,               Paul D. DeRocco
Paul                mailto:pderocco@...