Fade to black - why can't I do this well?
2002-03-31 by byronbulb
Hi guys :) I do apologize for all my newbie questions. By now I'm having pretty good luck with my VM ink prints, at least with the neutral curves (the warm curves seem to posterize a lot for me, dunno why) My midtones are great, my shadows are pretty good, but my blacks are still a problem - they're rich and deep now, but instead of fading naturally and smoothly into my deep greys, they dither and pop, with slight posterization. Prints look great from a distance, but up close the dither is very noticable in the blacks, where it really looks like continuous tone everywhere else. Is this normal? Am I doing something wrong? Suggestions?