Digital BW, The Print

Instead of printing a ramp, print the same image that you want to retouch.  
You don't need to print the whole thing, just a section around the  
point(s) needed for retouching. Then you don't have to try to match the  
shade, just get the ink from the exact same image point the needs  
retouching. The ink shade will match exactly by virtue of it being the  
same point on the image. I saw this tip in a previous post on this list or  
on another list. I don't remember where I saw it and can take no credit  
for coming up with it. It seems to be a very valid way of getting a good  
match. I believe this would work beautifully for color work also.

Steve

  On Thu, 14 Jan 2010 22:19:11 -0800, Andrew Sharpe  
<asharpe@...> wrote:

> You know, after I posted that this method of spotting was clever, I
> started thinking (I know, sometimes a bad idea). Glossy paper prints
> very differently than the non-OBA matte paper I use, with very different
> shades. It seems like it would be very easy to pick the wrong grey scale
> step for spotting, because when I spot the matte paper, it will be a
> different shade. I guess you would learn over time which of the steps on
> a given type of glossy paper matched the actual shade of the hole you
> needed to fill on a given matte paper, but it seems like this would be a
> pain.
>
> Perhaps it doesn't matter in practice; I haven't tried it yet.
>
> Andrew
>

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