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Re: [QuadtoneRIP] suggested curve settings

2010-07-16 by Sylvain

Did you ever tried the Hahnmühle Bamboo?
Warm (but not too much) and soft, gives very nice natural warm tones with carbon inks like Eb6.
By th way this paper is made with bamboo fibers: a bit of green tech in your prints.

S.

 Le ven 16/07/10 11:34, "melodi.roberts" melodi.roberts@... a écrit:
> I am new to QT and though I feel one has to do their own work and "sweat" ,
> I'm wondering if anyone would like to help me save some trees and has tips
> for curves for split toning to start with.  
> I admire the earthy toning in Lenswork and am aiming for something similar.
> 
> I've used neutral, sepia and warm in the blends.  
> 
> The trouble I've had so far is with transitions between the midtones to the
> highlights as I would like to leave the lighter highlights neutral. These
> are looking more cool to me than neutral.
> Regarding papers, I've played with the Crane Museo Silver Rag paper as well
> as Ilford Gallerie, Harmon FB Warmtone, Epson Velvet and Epson Exhibition
> Fibre.  
> On a separate note, I like the warmer papers, especially Museo; however,
> someone recently noted to me that I may be able to make the highlights
> glow/pop more if I use a more neutral paper. 
> Any tips for QT curves and/or papers will be greatly appreciated.
> Melodi 
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