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Terry A. Austin

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Hi folks... for all you old hand darkroom experimenters (or otherwise!)

I used to do an interesting technique where a B/W image was partly developed and then intentionally fogged (white light) which was phenomenally interesting - Sabatier images ('sa-bat-e-yay').

It really jazzes up contrast and makes transition lines jump out of the image

Any ideas on how to do this or a similar processing digitally?

Thanks,

Terry

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Hi Terry.

I found this example of a Sabattier photo: http://homepages.moeller.org/gstanforth/new_page_37.htm

I think you can achieve something simílar with some 'extreme' curves in Photoshop. Maybe along with the solarization filter.

I tried fiddling around but the portrait I tried it on ended up looking scary :)

Kind regards,
Hans
Terry A. Austin said:
Hi folks... for all you old hand darkroom experimenters (or
otherwise!)

I used to do an interesting technique where a B/W image was partly
developed and then intentionally fogged (white light) which was
phenomenally interesting - Sabatier images ('sa-bat-e-yay').

It really jazzes up contrast and makes transition lines jump out of
the image

Any ideas on how to do this or a similar processing digitally?

Thanks,

Terry

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Terry
http://www.pbase.com/taaustin
[email protected]
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Hans Kilian said:
Terry A. Austin said:
Hi folks... for all you old hand darkroom experimenters (or
otherwise!)

I used to do an interesting technique where a B/W image was partly
developed and then intentionally fogged (white light) which was
phenomenally interesting - Sabatier images ('sa-bat-e-yay').

It really jazzes up contrast and makes transition lines jump out of
the image

Any ideas on how to do this or a similar processing digitally?

Thanks,

Terry

--
Terry
http://www.pbase.com/taaustin
[email protected]
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Terry,

You might try this, it came out about what you are talking about.

IMAGE > GRAYSCALE
DUPLICATE LAYER
IMAGE > INVERT the top layer
BLENDING MODE > DIFFERENCE
Adjust OPACITY to your liking.

http://www.geocities.com/dvancesr/sab.html

Hope this will be of some help.

David

Remember--Plagiarism saves time
 


1)make 2 copies
2)layer 2, image adjust hue and saturation, desaturate
3)layer 2 control I to invert
4)layer 2 filter> artistic> film grain
5)layer 2 mask and paint out weird looking eyes and around teeth

Cricket
 
David & Cricket you've got me going in the right direction. That's what I'm aiming for.

Unfortunately I can't post any images they're all old darkroom prints and are out of my hands at present. Might be able to get some back from Mom but she's a few hours away.

Many thanks!

Terry
 
Shouldn't the solarize effect achieve the same result?

Only now do I learn that the proper name for the procedure is Sabattier, we used to call it solarization wether on paper or film.
David Vance said:
Terry,

You might try this, it came out about what you are talking about.

IMAGE > GRAYSCALE
DUPLICATE LAYER
IMAGE > INVERT the top layer
BLENDING MODE > DIFFERENCE
Adjust OPACITY to your liking.

http://www.geocities.com/dvancesr/sab.html

Hope this will be of some help.

David

Remember--Plagiarism saves time
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