[pure-silver] Re: Split printing C41

Michael

As Richard explained in his note, there simply is no difference between two
split-grade exposures or one equally balanced exposure unless you do some
local dodging during one of the split-grade exposures. Mixing light in one
go or doing it in two separate exposures results into the same thing. The
power of split-grade printing lies in the ability to dodge only during the
hard or soft exposure, which is something you just can't do in a
single-grade exposure.

For more info go to my site at www.darkroomagic.com and look for the pdf on
'Basic Split-Grade Printing' in the 'Book' section. It is a great technique,
but there is no magic to split-grade printing.





Regards



Ralph W. Lambrecht




On 9/30/04 9:17 PM, "Michael Healy" <emjayhealy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Ralph, I'm curious to know why you say this. In printing to color papers, yes,
> split 
> printing would seem to be pointless; but b&w papers are dealing with light and
> dyes - 
> blue and green dyes. By split printing (using a color head enlarger, anyhow,
> with 
> magenta and yellow), you capitalize on this by severely narrowing the spectrum
> of the 
> light color so it more or less affects only one of the dyes. Magenta will
> register the 
> shadows, yellow will bring out details.  I can't for the life of me see how
> film type would 
> negate this.
> 
> Mind you, I've only ever split printed silver gelatin and HIE. When I printed
> w/ b&w C-41, 
> it was prior to discovering the split method. So maybe there's a distinction
> here that 
> would be obvious to someone who had tried?
> 
> Mike
> 
> On 30 Sep 2004 at 17:57, DarkroomMagic wrote:
> 
>> He is probably referring to split-grade printing, which is the
>> combination of two separate exposures, one with a soft and the other
>> with a hard filter. It is a very useful tool when local dodging or
>> burning is combined with this technique. Otherwise, it is exactly the
>> same as using a color enlarger and mixing soft and hard filtration in
>> one exposure.
>> 
>> Nevertheless, it has no influence on your problem. It doesn't help or
>> hurt in printing C41 films.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Regards
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Ralph W. Lambrecht
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On 9/30/04 2:19 PM, "shannon stoney" <sstoney@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>> 
>>>> we always have one or two students each session who try printing
>>>> c-41 processed b&w negatives. the times will be longer and the
>>>> contrast can be a stuggle; however, it can be done. Someone
>>>> suggested that split printing is very helpful with these negatives.
>>>> I shot some stuff using a roll of Kodak's version to experiment
>>>> with split printing to have a better understanding so i could
>>>> better assist my students. It is still on my list to accomplish
>>>> before the end of the year.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> What is split printing?
>>> 
>>> --shannon
>>> 
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