In the right hands, platinum can be a much more elegant and subtle media than inkjet. But it's also a precious metal and tricky to replicate in matching "edition" form. So I hope you have $$$.
In the right hands, platinum can be a much more elegant and subtle media than inkjet. But it's also a precious metal and tricky to replicate in matching "edition" form. So I hope you have $$$.
Not really hard at all. IMO, the hardest part is figuring out the workflow based on which spectrophotometer you're using. If using an I1 like what Richard uses, it's certainly more straightforward, but if using something like a ColorMunki (which is what I used) not so much. But, Richard is a very helpful guy if you need help and, once you've done one, building all the remaining profiles is easy. One other point that some may not realize is that you need QuadTone RIP; it's shareware so it's up to each individual to pay the requested license fee. Oh, I almost forgot, I work on Windows which is a slightly different process from working on a Mac.
Anyway, bottom line is that I highly recommend Richard's program. I had been using Mark Nelson's Precision Digital Negatives system for many years, but Richard's program is much easier to understand and use, and the results are equally good.
Hope this helps.
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I use my densitometer to read the patches, don't need a spectrophotometer to use Richards program. I found for my printer(epson p600) that his starter curve was perfect and only needed linearization for different processes. It's really simple.
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