Stage 04 of seven
The Print
Papers, blacks and toning. Four entries on surface and the tonal floor it sets, how a test strip is read, the colour a toner moves through the greys, and the half stop a print loses as it dries.
4 entries
- 4.1Papers and blacksMatte papers cannot reach the black a gloss surface can. The choice sets the tonal floor before anything else.
- 4.2ToningA colour shift through the greys, historically chemical, now usually not.
- 4.3The test stripJudging exposure by comparison rather than by measurement.
- 4.4Dry downPrints darken as they dry, which catches everybody once.