Category: Art

Bromoil printing and bromoil transfer

THE INKING-UP—The Production of the Differential Swelling—The Properties of the Relief and Its Influence on the Character of the Picture—Effect of Warm Water—Effect of Ammonia—The Utensils—Brushes—The Inks—The Support—Removal of the Water from the Surface of the Print—The Brus...

Chapters

1. CHAPTER I

2. CHAPTER II

3. CHAPTER III

THE INKING-UP—The Production of the Differential Swelling—The Properties of the Relief and Its Influence on the Character of the Picture—Effect of Warm Water—Effect of Ammonia—T...

4. CHAPTER IV

5. CHAPTER V

6. CHAPTER VII

BROMOIL TRANSFER, by Eugen Guttmann—The Bromoil Print—The Choice of the Paper—The Machine—Printing—Combination Printing with One Bromoil—The Value of Combination Printing—Retouc...

7. CHAPTER VIII

We all know what great progress photography has made in the last few years. The most obvious sign of this advance is the fact that it has gradually escaped from the practice of...

8. CHAPTER I

_Failures in the bromoil process in the great majority of cases can be ascribed to the fact that the basic bromide print was not satisfactory._ Therefore the method of preparati...

9. CHAPTER II

BLEACHING.—The bleaching process has the purpose of making the bromide print, correctly prepared according to the previously described method, suitable for the bromoil process....

10. CHAPTER III

THE PRODUCTION OF THE DIFFERENTIAL SWELLING.—In the chapter on the bleaching we fully explained the processes which take place in the gelatine film under the action of the bleac...

11. CHAPTER IV

The film of ink on the dried bromoil print after the completion of the brush work is as a rule not very tender, except where much soft ink lies on the surface. It is not advisab...

12. CHAPTER V

SIMPLE TRANSFER.—Bromoil prints, which have been inked up but not defatted, can be effectively used as print-plates, from which pulls on any desired plain paper can be taken. Th...

13. CHAPTER VI

OIL PRINTING AND BROMOIL PRINTING.—Oil printing and bromoil printing are frequently considered as two different photographic processes. From this premise different conclusions h...

14. CHAPTER VII

The idea of transferring a bromoil print to an ordinary, uncoated paper was first introduced by the English and later further worked out by the French. The Germans turned to thi...

15. CHAPTER VIII

Everyone who devotes himself to the higher aims of photography, and studies the works of painters, must learn to see with the artist’s eye if he will apply his knowledge in pict...