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Negatives

There is an art to making digital and analogue negatives, working with negatives, and curves for alternative photographic processes. Learn and get inspired by different techniques.

A Non-Silver Manual: Desktop negatives

A Non-Silver Manual: Desktop negatives

A Non-Silver Manual: Enlarged negatives

A Non-Silver Manual: Enlarged negatives

A Non-Silver Manual: Light-Resists without camera or computer

A Non-Silver Manual: Light-Resists without camera or computer

A simple negative registration method 

A simple negative registration method 

Curve corner – Photoshop and Gimp curves for making digital negatives

Curve corner – Photoshop and Gimp curves for making digital negatives

Digital hybrids: A new twist on an old process

Digital hybrids: A new twist on an old process

Digital negative printer settings

Digital negative printer settings

Digital negatives

Digital negatives

Digital Negatives: The Color Ratio Method

Digital Negatives: The Color Ratio Method

Distressing Negatives

Distressing Negatives

F-SAP 1.33 Table f-stop exposure times

F-SAP 1.33 Table f-stop exposure times

Glossary and explanations for Digital Negatives

Glossary and explanations for Digital Negatives

How to make a paper negative from a photograph

How to make a paper negative from a photograph

How to make digital negatives

How to make digital negatives

Is what you see what you get? Sometimes.

Is what you see what you get? Sometimes.

Less is More

Less is More

Making large format negatives with X-ray film

Making large format negatives with X-ray film

Negatives – Techniques for alternative processes

Negatives – Techniques for alternative processes

Using oiled tracing paper as positive for heliogravure

Using oiled tracing paper as positive for heliogravure

Wet Contact Printing for Paper Negatives

Wet Contact Printing for Paper Negatives

When to use gray gamma 1.8 or 2.2 for digital negatives

When to use gray gamma 1.8 or 2.2 for digital negatives

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Anthotype Emulsions, Volume 1 – The collective research from photographers on World Anthotype Day 2022

Anthotype Emulsions, Volume 1 -
The collective research from photographers on World Anthotype Day 2022

Anthotype notes – Document your anthotype process

Anthotype notes
Document your anthotype process

Blueprint to Cyanotypes bookcover

Blueprint to cyanotypes

Art and Artists

Art and Artists, Edition I

From Pinhole to Print bookcover

From pinhole to print


 

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