Digital BW, The Print

John,

I shoot both film and digital. All film is scanned with a film scanner 
and then processed in Photoshop. A lot of the "look" you get in your 
prints depend on the Camera/sensor/lens/processing/paper/printer you're 
using/doing.

Recently at a show at NOMA I had folks standing in front of my prints 
and constantly asking me if they were digital or film - and some of 
those were the kind who said: "I can ALWAYS tell if a print is digital.

So, I amused myself and challenged them to tell me which was what - no 
one ever got it right - I had a good time...=*^)

Anyway - it's taken me the better part of 4 years to get the Digital 
"right". It is a constant learning - never ends..=*^)

Yes, I use pre sharpening, creative sharpening and output sharpening 
depending on what kind of sensor/ image/size print and what it is 
output to - kind of paper and printer.

For this I highly recommend Pixelgenius photokit sharpener - considered 
the best of it's kind:

http://www.pixelgenius.com/sharpener/

And, yes - for some images I do add grain - and some not - depends on 
the image. If I add grain I again use a pixelgenius product:

http://www.pixelgenius.com/photokit/index.html

Highly recommended

Christer


			Christer, AKA Christer Rosewell
			  http://www.ChristerArt.com
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On May 17, 2005, at 11:29 AM, 
DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com wrote:

>    From: "John" <firewoodtech@...>
> Subject: To add Grains or don't
>
> Recently I show some of my B&W prints using C86 and EZ inksets to some
> members of a traditional darkroom group. They said overall the tonal
> separation is good but too smooth and sharp. They also said without
> grains, one can tell that it's a digital printout.
>
> Therefore my question to the senior members here; do you add grains and
> sharpen in the final picture before you print?
>
> Thanks,
> John

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