The Last Layer: New methods in digital printing for photography, fine art, and mixed media (Voices That Matter) by Lhotka Bonny Pierce

Author:Lhotka, Bonny Pierce [Lhotka, Bonny Pierce]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Pearson Education
Published: 2013-04-09T04:00:00+00:00

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Creating and Editing the Source Digital File

Your first step is to create and edit the source digital file that you’ll use in the process of creating the digital negative. This means making adjustments to highlights, shadows, and midtones.

Digital camera, scanned film—almost any source will do provided it allows you to meet your needs as a photographer. The criteria you use for image quality and printability for hybrid prints are in many cases the same as any inkjet print: You’ll want to protect highlight and shadow detail, and bring out the subtleties of the midtones and midtone transitions.

One advantage of this hybrid technique is that digital editing provides equivalents for darkroom tools—most notably burning and dodging—that are quicker and easier to use. Tone adjustments, retouching, and the like are also more accessible and efficient.

Since we’ll make a contact print later on, the negative should be the same size as the print. For a 12" × 18" print, you’ll want pixel dimensions equivalent to that size at 300 or 360 dpi, depending on the printer you’ll be using.

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