Making Adjustment Curves for Digital Negatives

This was designed for making photogravures (polymer), but will work for any alternative/historical photographic process that requires a negative/positive printed on a transparency with an inkjet printer.






http://youtu.be/gZAQtm4KMlQ


This is a video version of the workflow from the book
http://www.amazon.com/Making-Photogravures-With-Polymer-Plates/dp/0615919219
The video was made for one of my classes last year.  The class already had lessons on intaglio printing, finding minimum (and optimum) exposure times, as well as a quick introduction to setting up the scanner to digitally capture an image of an intaglio print with multiple step wedges.

Here are links to many articles and videos.

Articles published on www.AlternativePhotography.com

When to use gray gamma 1.8 or 2.2

http://www.alternativephotography.com/wp/negatives/when-to-use-gray-gamma-1-8-or-2-2-for-digital-negatives

Finding Base Exposure Time when making Photogravures with Polymer Plates

http://www.alternativephotography.com/wp/processes/photogravure/base-exposure-times-when-making-photogravures-with-polymer-plates

YouTube instruction videos

Which gray gamma setting to use for digital negatives

http://youtu.be/prNBUxlG4Ms?list=PLzYT1bX0RsTld2baNYecSEnL9ZKzbAc4A

Making your own step wedge for digital negatives

http://youtu.be/_MlwU6wQRw4?list=PLzYT1bX0RsTld2baNYecSEnL9ZKzbAc4A

Making adjustment curves for photogravures (polymer) and digital negatives

http://youtu.be/gZAQtm4KMlQ?list=PLzYT1bX0RsTld2baNYecSEnL9ZKzbAc4A

Making a polymer plate for photogravure

http://youtu.be/dMYi7G4NOzA?list=PLzYT1bX0RsTld2baNYecSEnL9ZKzbAc4A

Photogravure printing (in real time)

http://youtu.be/0HkvxnO22s4?list=PLzYT1bX0RsTld2baNYecSEnL9ZKzbAc4A

Making a cyanotype

http://youtu.be/V-e6QBGwD5E?list=PLzYT1bX0RsTld2baNYecSEnL9ZKzbAc4A

Articles on my own blog

Overview of making adjustment curves for digital negatives

http://artandwater.blogspot.com/2012/03/digital-negatives-adjustment-curves.html

Adjustment curves compared

http://artandwater.blogspot.com/2012/08/curves-by-intuition-and-some-experience.html

Cyanotype toning materials compared

http://artandwater.blogspot.com/2012/08/12-different-cyanotype-tones-compared.html

Vandyke brownprints

I made blue pictures (cyanotypes). Now is time to make brown pictures.

This process is more sensitive so should reveal some more subtle detail. It also has some toning options that can provide a different black.
(these photos are during developing. The images darken to a nice rich brown as they dry, and then there's toning)

Euro/Dollar print exchange

http://www.jrbham.btinternet.co.uk/edpe/

I'm taking care of the N. America side of things, so if you are from USA or Canada and would like to participate in an alternative photographic process print exchange with our friends in Europe you need to do two things...

1. Read EVERYTHING in the webpage that you will find by clicking the link at the top.

2. Send me an email with your stated interest, your process, and some kind of way to see a bit of your work (be it a website, facebook page, or even emailing me a few small jpegs of your work)

This exchange is not running on a strict schedule, but when we have enough people on this side of the ocean, I'll send everything over to Europe. So, the best strategy is to express your interest, get a print ready to go, then be patient.