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2200/OPM light orange tinting profile

2200/OPM light orange tinting profile

2003-07-04 by Antonis Ricos

I have uploaded another OPM profile - sort of a companion to the previous 
sepia ones - for tinting the paper base. 
Unlike the sepia profiles, this is not intended to print a real image, as it does 
not use any gray ink. Used at small percents, it will take away the ultra bright 
white of papers like EAM and make them more compatible with a warmer 
image.  
If you tint using the earlier sepia profiles (made for images) you will find that, 
even though they are true to the grayed out highlights of real antique prints, 
they are not useful where you just want to warm the paper without 
compromising the density of your highlights. 


To use just make a photoshop file (grayscale tiff) filled with the percent gray of 
your choice (start at 5% and tweak to taste). Print the file through this profile 
with OPM on the same paper you will  print your image.  I tend to print it after 
the image is already down - I don't think it makes a difference.


have fun...


Antonis

<hey, why wait for those OBAs to burn off....  make EAM look better than it will 
next week or so!>

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