Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site tymix.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!prls!amdimage!amdcad!amd!pesnta!hplabs!oliveb!tymix!kanner From: kanner@tymix.UUCP (Herb Kanner) Newsgroups: net.rec.photo Subject: Re: Slide film vs Color Neg. film Message-ID: <567@tymix.UUCP> Date: Sun, 10-Nov-85 12:55:37 EST Article-I.D.: tymix.567 Posted: Sun Nov 10 12:55:37 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 13-Nov-85 03:30:12 EST References: <298@tekig4.UUCP> <349@vaxwaller.UUCP> Reply-To: kanner@tymix.UUCP (Herb Kanner) Organization: Tymnet Inc., Cupertino CA Lines: 23 Keywords: Dye-transfer >By the way, dye transfers are usually made from slide film. From the >positive image, a set of separation negatives are made. These >negatives are used to produce the positives that are used to actually >make the prints. It is too bad that this process is so difficult and >expensive, imagine the possibilities for controlling things when you >can separately control the contrast of each of the colors. I hope that some time in my life I can work up the initiative to try dye transfer. About ten years ago I attended an exhibit of landscape photography in London. Most of the prints were blank and white, and as one would expect, Ansel Adams was well represented. There were perhaps a couple of dozen color prints, in some cases labelled with the process, e.g. "Cibachrome," and in others merely labelled "colour print"--I reproduce the British spelling of that fatuous label. While looking at some of them and saying to myself "not too bad," I glanced across the room and saw what I was certain must be a couple of large, rear illuminated transparencies. They were BRILLIANT. Walked over to them and discovered, to my surprise, that they were dye transfer prints. -- Herb Kanner Tymnet, Inc. ...!hplabs!oliveb!tymix!kanner