During the last 6 months, I have been creating a wide selection of Silver prints ranging from 7x5 up to 8x10 from some digital negatives which I created from 4x5 sheet film. On the whole, I am very pleased with the results.
My process for creating the negative from what I understand is the standard process...
- Scan the negative
- Edit the file in Photoshop
- Create a correction curve
- Print onto the digital negative
- Print the contact print in the darkroom onto RC Paper
As an experiment, I printed one of files onto some Canson Photographique Baryta paper to compare it with the contact print I made in the darkroom.
To me, apart from the paper surface, I saw virtually no difference in quality.
I am curious to here if other people are experiencing this and therefore wondering what are the advantages of printing the contact print in the darkroom rather than printing the edited file directly through the printer.
I see the advantages of another process like PD but I am referring to Silver printing digital negatives.
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