Printing from Acetate

[Mike V]

Evening all.

I want to create this image:



Originally I wanted to lay the 4x5 negs over one another and simply contact print them.
However I found that where the negs overlap creates a blank patch on the paper as a much longer exposure is required. This is a quick mock up of what was happening:


So instead I scanned the negs and made this on photoshop:



I want to print it onto acetate and then contact print it. Doing this will allow me to line up the negs easier. I can also control the exposure of each individual neg.

Does anyone have any tips for this process. Or alternatives?

Regards
Mike

[Robert Hughes]

However I found that where the negs overlap creates a blank patch on the paper as a much longer exposure is required.

Well, yeah - what did you expect? You could cut up the negatives to conform to your plan, but then you wouldn't be able to use them for anything else. Maybe that's OK.

[Dan Schmidt]

cut up your first contact print to make a mask to burn in the non over lapped regions ?

[domaz]

Don't cut the negatives- that can cause damage to them beyond the cut mark- the emulsion can start coming off or buckle etc. I think your only reasonable solution is digital stitching.

[Mike V]

Well, yeah - what did you expect? You could cut up the negatives to conform to your plan, but then you wouldn't be able to use them for anything else. Maybe that's OK.

I expected it to take more exposure but not as much as what happened.

[Dan Schmidt]

do a search on digital negatives

also look here

http://www.hybridphoto.com

[Richard M. Coda]

Have them drum scanned, do your photoshop work and have a new neg made to contact print. Email Oleg at Chicago Albumen Works. Download their brochure. This will give you a REAL silver negative to contact print.

[devinehelles]

I use inkjet overhead stuff too .And the rough side, it is dry in about 2 minutes do not know if it ever dries on acetate plain.

[reyno bundit]

print the pics and then overlap the prints