Proofing Platinum Palladium Portraits

[Jorge Gasteazoro]

If you are willing to do away with the brush strokes then you can use a vacuum frame. What I do is make a rubylith mask and tape it around the negative, I then tape the mask to the paper, far away enough from the image so that the paper that is ruined by the tape is not present in the final print once you trim it. I have successfully registered prints this way without any problems using my vacuum frame.

[Bruce E. Rathbun]

Jorge,

I am not sure if I follow you. Do you use this technique for inspecting prints in a vacuum frame?

[Jorge Gasteazoro]

Do you use this technique for inspecting prints in a vacuum frame?

Yes, sometimes instead of dodging or burning I use masks and this is useful to inspect the prints.