Re: Quality of prints from digital files on photo paper

[Jeff Foster <jncfoster@xxxxxxxx>]

on 10/19/00 6:44 PM, Gregory Parkinson at glp@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

> At 9:29 PM -0400 10/19/00, Alan Zinn wrote:
>> 
>> Too bad you didn't get to see some good digital prints. They are out there.
>> True, there are those who insist that a d-print on glossy stock looks just
>> like a silver print. I haven't seen one of those yet.
> 
> I think they're impressive in how much they've improved in a short
> period of time but they're still not comparable.
> 
> I've been taking digital pics and modifying them so that they
> look like photoetching and then printing them out onto watercolor/art
> paper.  Just started it and I'm really happy with the results so far.
> 

Nash Editions in Manhattan Beach, CA (Yes, Graham Nash) has been doing large
format archival ink prints for years now.  They're not cheap - but either is
their craftsmanship.  They'll experiment with just about anything you can
think of, and turn around time is painfully slow.  Perfectionists.

www.nasheditions.com

Direct Digital Master Prints (digital laser-imaged onto real Kodak
photographic paper) can be done fairly inexpensively, and I've seen some
incredible results - huge formats too, like 60 inches by 10 feet.

There's only one place on the West coast I know that does it (there may be
more - I don't know) - it's Photomation, in Anaheim, CA - They do tons of
Disney stuff, as well as major high-end auto accounts - worth looking into,
and you can download your file for their output...

 www.photomation.com

I only put a plug in for these businesses because they're pioneers in the
industry, and incredibly fussy about color and quality - like the rest of
us.

Best,

Jeff

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Jeff Foster
Digital Imagician & Author: "Photoshop Web Magic" series
http://www.photoshopwebmagic.com
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