QTR-Quadtone RIP

David-

I'm coming into this thread late, as usual. My apologies if this has been mentioned previously:

If your going to use an inkjet to generate negatives (or positives, for that matter) to create etching plates, you might visit Mark Nelson's site: www.precisiondigitalnegatives.com. His eBook, Precision Digital Negatives for Silver & Other Alternative Processes, is excellent. If you haven't already, you may want to investigate Nelson's process before diving into QTR (or another print driver/third party RIP).

There are people doing very interesting, exciting, work with this.


 


Bill Kennedy
K2 Press
Austin, Texas

 


 

-----Original Message-----
From: zonepeter <zonepeter@...>
To: QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Mon, 13 Aug 2007 2:16 pm
Subject: [QuadtoneRIP] Re: using a RIP -- best way to learn/understand the process?


















  



    

            
David,

If you are doing digital negs, Ron Reeder's tutorial (and the book he 

and Brad Hinkel wrote) should help.  Also check in at The Hybrid 

Photo board if you aren't already there.

It would probably make sense to just make some prints with QTR before 

making the negatives.  Should save some time.  If you have to get 

into curve making and relinearizing, Tom Moore's tutorial should be 

helpful.  It is available at the QTR site.  It all seems obtuse at 

the beginning (I'm still not sure I have it all) but doing is much 

better then reading.  It is the only way for it to start making sense.

Please feel free to check in here when we can help answer questions.  

I have a few old posts saved that may help, but I'm not sure where 

you are in the process and don't want to post things that just add to 

the confusion.

Again, I hope you feel welcome here, and keep us posted on your 

progress, because although I currently am not doing digital negs, it 

is one of the really interesting uses of QTR and I am trying keep up 

with it.  



Peter



--- In QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com, "David" <dkfreed@...> wrote:

>

> Dear all, I started this post and I'm a bit surprised at the tone 

and

> direction of some of the posts. 

> 

> I never intended to diss Roy or anyone else associated with creating

> this program. Much thanks and kudos to you all, and also to all who

> offer advice here. 

> 

> That said, I was mainly asking about where to look (references, 

books,

> web sites) to learn more about the process. It seems that many 

others

> are looking for the same thing. 

> 

> Some have suggested that digging in and just working and 

experimenting

> with the program is the way to go. Well and good, but I believe 

having

> some resources would certainly be helpful. This is especially true 

for

> me since I'm using this program for an alternative process (creating

> transparencies to create etching plates)  

> 

> Anyways, best to all, 

> David.

>





    
  

    
    




 


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