Re: Levels & Curves

[Arthur Entlich <artistic@xxxxxxxxx>]

gary wrote:

 > Why would photo realism be a requirement in selling a photo?
 >


It isn't.  Then again, since as you say, a lot of photos don't try to be
"photo-realistic" why should an inkjet necessarily be either.  That's
still isn't the point.  What I am claiming is that inkjet prints are as
capable as photographic materials in representing an image... that the
two media are equally capable of representing the same result.  The
advantage of the inkjet is that you have an nearly unlimited paper base
to work from, and a very great ability to use digital manipulation to
make whatever changes you want.  It is an easier medium to ultimately
translate the artists desires once it is learned how to use.

The issue of fade resistance is, very simply, a completely different
matter from whether or not inkjet printers can produce "photo-like"
results.  The fact that they can be sold as photographs in many cases
sort of proves the point that they can be indistinguishable.

The fact that some vendors at craft fairs either don't have the right
printer models (the newer Epson's, particularly 6 color models, for
instance, although I only use 4 color and I still "fake" everyone out)
or the expertise to produce truly photographic prints that can fool
"even" you doesn't prove anything other than the fact they aren't good
enough.  I see prints at arts and craft shows made with clogged heads,
non-inkjet papers, 150 dpi units made 8 years ago, HP models before HP
incorporated the Photo RET systems from Kodak, Lexmark, and Xerox
printers and early Canons, none of which were able to make photo quality
results.  So what?  Just because some guy can fool 95% of the public
with an inferior print doesn't mean he is the measure of what an inkjet
print can be.

With current inkjet technology, current digital programs, current
scanners and some digital cameras, and a well versed operator, one can
produce BETTER THAN PHOTO results with this technology (just try unsharp
masking a negative in under a minute using wet darkroom techniques!)

Art


 > I've been to a few art fairs and checked out the photographer's exhibits.
 > Some get miffed when I say "oh, an inkjet", then go into speech mode 
about
 > how long it will last, yada yada yada when I let their secret out of the
 > bag. The photographer say they disclose that they are selling inkjets and
 > give advice on proper storage,etc. I'm just saying "on an inkjet" 
because I
 > find it interesting to see them being sold like photographs.
 >
 > If these guys had any brains, they would realize that the one guy out 
of a
 > hundred who can spot that they are selling inkjets probably knows a bit
 > about inkjets too and doesn't need the song and dance.
 >
 >
 >




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