Digital BW, The Print

Hello,

I use the VFA with all ABW settings neutral.  On the USFA, I have 
been using an h-12 v-16 and all other settings neutral.  The "circle 
thing" on the USFA gives more or less the tonality of the VFA but 
somewhat cooler and might be too cool for some people.  When a single 
print or a set of similar prints are viewed (without side by side 
comparisons) they tend to set their own whitepoint and look "right."  
Lighting, which is highly variable in home, gallery and museum, also 
dramatically changes the whitepoint but in a given situation we 
adjust to that too.  So, unlike Clayton, I don't really pursue 
a "certain look."  I prefer something transparent to the eye and in 
wet printing never used toners, etc.

Walt



--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "rgoldman2" 
<rgoldman@n...> wrote:
>
> 
> Very interesting discussion about these art papers.  What your your 
preferred ABW settings 
> for VFA (v, h, sh, and hi)?
> 
> In general, since the ABW system seems to be very sensitive to 
small increments and since 
> we are uncertain i guess about the logic that underlies the chooser 
(what are we calling the  
> circle thing?), it would be helpful to those of us considering a 
new paper to have 
> suggestions from those of you who are using it.
> 
> Thanks
>