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Re: [Digital BW] Matte versus glossy Dmax: a matter of physics?

2005-06-02 by davelongviews

> I like my prints NAKED!
> 
> (but behind glass of course)
> :)

Good stuff!

Well, I guess my motivation for posting this question in the first
place is more forward 
thinking than back. Please don't misunderstand. I respect and admire
traditional 
processes. But the question is are we dealing with something very
different, this pigment 
sprayed onto the surface of paper. This ain't no emulsion. We are
making water colors. 
Paintings. If you look at the surface of an inkjet print under a
microscope, and compare it 
with a view of a water color painting, they look VERY similar. As we
know artists use a very 
wide range of materials, varnishes, etc. Shouldn't we consider the
same opportunities? It 
isn't that your old prints are lacking. They are oranges, and oranges
are magic. No chemist 
can mix up an ornage in an instant. I'm talking about making some
other sort of fruity 
thing.

:)

PS I apologize to all for the untrimmed previous posts.

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