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CAW's
digital-to-film services are used by: |
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Institutions
that want an archival, human-readable
object to provide security for their
digital assets |
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Institutions
that are digitizing for access, but
still want the ability to make
traditional prints |
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Photographers
who need enlarged negatives for use with
a specific contact printing medium
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Photographers
who need to repair blemishes or want to
engage in extensive image manipulation
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before
making traditional prints by contact or
enlargement |
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Photographers
who shoot digital, but need traditional
film negatives |
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At
CAW: |
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Films
used for LVT outputs are traditional
silver halide films such Ilford FP4+ and
Ilford Ortho. |
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Films
are archivally processed. Processing
lines are regularly tested for
consistency and residual hypo, using
methylene blue testing by an outside
lab. |
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LVT
negatives are truly continuous tone.
They show no pixels, raster lines, or
stochastic patterns. |
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All
files receive a selected output curve
prior to exposure. These custom curves
allow the LVT to produce
negatives that will print easily to a
selected media. The intent is to bridge
and match
the screen image to the final print
image. |
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All
films are processed to a density range
appropriate to the printing material
that will be used. |
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We
can output from your files or ours. We
can also digitize and deliver the file
to you for editing, and produce
the LVT output when we get it back.
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Files
may be sent to us via a cloud-based
sharing service of your choice or
uploaded to our FTP server. Please
contact us for
a unique user name and password. |
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Photographic
films (color or b/w) exposed on LVT film
recorders are not to be confused with
other digitally produced negatives such
as ink jet outputs on Pictorico OHP film
or outputs using HP's Large Format Photo
Negative application. LVT outputs are on
conventional silver film and bear all
the visual, printing and archival
attributes of any traditional
photographic film. |
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