reducing bright spots in transparencies

[kate_boykin]

Hello, i am using Marshalls Retouch Liquids to remove some yellow/white lights relected in a dark window in a large transparency...can anyone offer some suggestions or antoher type of dye. The transparency will eventually be printed. I am not having any luck reducing the brightness of the lights also the dyes seem to alter the emulsion and not disappear as i had expected.

thanks,

kate boykin

[jim6]

Hello Kate. My recommendation would be to convert the transparency to

a digital file and do your retouching very easily and precisely in

Photoshop.

[kate_boykin]

Hi Jim, thanks for the suggestion but the problem is if i convert in

photoshop i will need to return it to transparency form again so i

would like to do it with retouching dyes to eliminate that step and

expense. The spots are a little to big for spotting per se. Marshalls

liquid dyes are supposed to be for transparencies but seem to leave a

residue and i cant seem to reduce the glare..thanks

[light-zone]

I have to agree with Jim. Have a drum scan done at

800-1000dpi, retouch in PS have if you need a tranny, have one

put out on a Fire 1000 or another similar system. Then you have

both a high end digital file (although such exposure devices as

the Fire 1000 usually require an RGB file and not a CMYK) and a

transparency.

[jacque_staskon]

I have two solutions, first use the Ilfochrome retouching dyes instead

of the Marshalls. The Marshalls seem to pith and leave rings on the

transpariencies. You can layer with the Ilfochrome dyes and there

seems to be no pithing. Or make a dupe, in the past the duping works

fine because the film seems to be lower in contrast. Hope this helps.

[jim6]

Hi Kate, What are your requirements as far as the final print is

concerned? How big, quality etc...