dye-transfer

[tk shots]

<p>anyone know anything about this printing process?</p>

[Matt Laur]

<p>Here's <strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dye-transfer_process">a blurb</a></strong>. And <strong><a href="http://ctein.com/dyetrans.htm">another</a></strong>. And <strong><a href="http://www.charlescramer.com/dyetransfer.html">some more interesting reading</a></strong>.</p>

[tk shots]

<p>have you seen william egglestons' shots?</p>

[jack_welsh]

<p>Don't know if you want to just study the process or to actually make prints that way. But, I feel that these days it would be easier to obtain the materials to do a 3 color carbon print. It is similar in some ways. It uses a gelatin tissue that can create a relief image. As, that one blurb mentioned about the Dye-Transfer. It is a permament process. And, what some say about the Dye-Transfer, others have said about Carbon printing. I've only done monochrome carbons years ago. But, I could see what they meant with just a single color image. The pigments can be watercolors, inks, etc.</p>

[charlesheckel]

<p>There's also gum bichromate. Be warned--some of the old-fashioned chemicals are carcinogens, and it's easy to get sensitized to them. Neoprene gloves and goggles are a good idea. There are a number of modern processes using safer photosensitive materials, such as silk screen, photoresist plus etchant, and photopolymer films</p>