Master Printing Course

[AntSmith]

If you haven't read Tim Rudman's Master Printing Course (in association with AP!) then you really should...

...if you have read it you'll find the reference tables quite useful - so I've used my software skills to make an internet applet that does everything the tables do and thought I'd share that.

You can see/use it from here:
http://www.antsmith.net/Applets/MPC%20Calc.htm

If you want the code to embed on your own page, or if you use iGoogle and want the gadget url for putting on your google homepage drop me a message.

I hope this is useful to all you other traditional darkroomers...

[taxor]

Thanks Ant,
Some good stuff in there.

[taxor]

Another good book is 'Way beyond monochrome' by Ralph Lambrecht and Chris Woodhouse. This deals with 'split-grade' printing in a very easy to understand way and IMO illuminates one of its greatest advantages over single grade printing; that is the abiltity for a printer to dodge and burn on two exposures instead of one. This gives a control over local contrast that is impossible to achieve with single grade or graded papers. Les Maclean is the undoubted master of this technique. Regards, T.

[AntSmith]

Yes I have that one as well, it covers a vast amount of stuff for a book that only costs around twenty five quid - I'd recommend it without hesitation - but before I build any more online caluclation gadgets I need to rebuild my website!!! Oh yes, and make some prints...
;^D

[Matt5791]

I too have both those books - both excellent.

However some of Lambrecht/Woodhouse book is very technical and will daunt a novice. Saying that, some chapters deal with very basic things in simple language. The book contains a lot of graphs!