(source: CD from the Dan Burkholder book " Making Digital Negatives for Contact Printing") NOTE: Your exposures will be in the 15 min range. ![]() Use the pull down menu from the upper rightĥ) Go to Image>Image Rotation>Flip HorizontalĦ) Print to the Epson R2880 using the B&W Driver and use the Super Photo Output Website downloaded and saved somewhere (cyanotype.acv)ģ) Load the adjustment curve into Curves. Make sure you have the adjustment curve from our Just be consistent, use one or the other.ġ) Open your file in Photoshop – make sure it is in 48 bit color or 16 bit grayscaleĢ) Create a Curves adjustment layer. Use the B&W Driver and MATTE or PHOTOīLACK INK. Print your negative on Pictorico OHP material. *****Try to always print on an EPSON R2880 printer for consistency.****** Ready to turn your file into a digital negative for contact printing. Once you have gone through these steps to create a beautiful B&W image in Photoshop, you are I highly suggest digitally printing out your B&W imageīefore turning it into a digital negative so that you have a reference image. Shape it into theīest B&W image that you can. This means you can add aĬontrast Curve, Dodge and Burn, do local correction using masks, etc. I highly suggestĭigitally printing out your B&W image before turning it into a digital negative so that youĢ) Tweak your file in Photoshop to create a perfect B&W image. Shape it into the best B&W image that you can. This means you can add a contrast Curve, Dodge and Burn, do local correction Click on the “!” to refresh the Histogram preview.ģ) AFTER converting the image to B&W you can then tweak it to create a perfect B&W (you can visualize this by having the Histogram palette open while you are playing with Be careful not to clip you highlights or shadows ![]() This means make sure you have the correct density andĬontrast, that your colors are corrected.Ģ) Once it looks great in color, add a B&W Adjustment Layer. While this does “make up” information – it can help make smoother transitions in your final digitalġ) Begin with a 48 bit color file, make it look as good as possible, IN COLOR, before If your file is in a lower Bit Mode, go to IMAGE>MODE and convert it to a higher bit file. Ideally, if you are starting with a color file, it will be in 48 bit (16 bits per channel). Your image, the less posterization will happen in you final negative/print. The various processes push your pixels around very radically. Perfect in Photoshop will not look any better in your designation process by applying a processĪlways try to work with a file that is the largest bit depth possible, since the correction curves for ![]() One of the most important steps in making a digital negative is creating a good file to work with.Īn inferior digital image will result in an inferior digital negative.
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