Digital BW, The Print

Well, I'm 57 and started my photography and developing my own in
about1965 and then studied photography full time for three years in
the seventies and I never heard of satining before. I guess we learn
something new every day.
Jules

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "djon43"
<djon43@...> wrote:
>
> Jules, Some developers stain emulsion selectively, which does with
> certain images sometimes increase shadow detail. As well, stain tends
> to conceal grain without dissolving it. Almost exclusively  relevant
> to "scenic" photography (not commonly of interest to people who use
> fast film), it has less to do with "image" and more to do with
> "print." Practitioners commonly develop sheet film, one at a time in
> trays, though it can certainly be done with 35mm in tanks.
> 
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Jules"
> <jules50uk@> wrote:
> >
> >  What is the meaning of the word 'staining' used here and previously.
> > I have no idea of it's meaning
>