P3D Dye Subs and Photo Styli

[Eric Goldstein <egoldste@xxxxxx>]

Tom Deering wrote:

> I want to make it clear.  A dye-sub printer shouldn't show ANY dots.  There
> is no dithering at all.  The colors get squished together so that the print
> has smooth colors, just like an original photograph.

Yes, there are no dots with the dye-sub process. And yes, it has smooth
colors, just like a photograph. But in my opinion it does not look like
a photograph. I think it has it's own individual character, a look
distinct from a paper print, probably the result of the "squishing
together" or blending of a lower resolution original into a continuous
tone output. The result is the appearance of less subtlety, tonality and
texture than a photograph can have.

This is not a bad thing; it can be extremely pleasing and offers many
creative possibilities. (The same can be said BTW for the Photo Stylus
700, though of course magnification might reveal the dot and this may
not be desireable.) But I would not compare these outputs too closely to
photographic paper positives because all threee have distinct and
individual "looks."


Eric G.


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