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the Traditional Method in Photography Over the past years, technology has been continuously evolving and it has brough t about improved graphics, artworks and printing. Newer breakthroughs in technol ogy have also made printing affordable and easy to use. For photographers too, printing has been made very easy and consultative. More p hotographers have switched from the old style to the modern enlarged printing wi th the use of digital inkjet printers. With the modern use of digital cameras now taking into effect to make perfect di gital shots, photographers no longer have to go through the process of scanning of the negatives from the pictures taken This is the one of the main reasons mor e photographers have switched over to the digital age technology. Digital image printing is developed in corresponding software such as PhotoShop, CorelDraw and may other types of software. However, among them all, Photoshop i s the most commonly used software application to meet the demands of clearer and precise digital prints. In fact, it has now become difficult for photographers to sell the equipment formerly used in the darkroom. With the growth of printing technology, new issues have also sprung up, such as whether digital printing is really as aesthetic and long lasting. Critics wonder if digital printing can contain the same level of output as that of traditional images. For others, printing in inkjet printers is akin to imitating the origin al as they are printed with the use of ink, while the traditional method contain ed natural mixture for photography purposes. Nevertheless, even with the advance ment in digital photo printing, a number of people still appreciate the old tech nique of printing. In case you re wondering about when the debate of digital printing over traditiona l was sparked off, it started with doubts over the long-lasting effect of inkjet prints over emulsion printouts. Critics have questioned if inkjet prints can en dure the exposure longer and maintain their quality. However, some have proven t hat the traditional prints have not lasted as long and have slowly been fading i n time as well. This observation strengthens the belief that no image can withst and exposure for a long period of time yet. Given that the developments in digit al technology are ever increasing, questions and issues regarding its performanc e have been lessened for it has played its role well till date. Inkjet prints have greatly contributed to giving an eventual effect in the uniqu eness of images. The technique of inkjet printers involves spraying a number of tiny dots onto the paper, making the image sharper and more defined. This is per haps a simple example of how the new printing technology has played its part of contributing to creativity and has now defined its own field of artwork. The acceptance of inkjet prints has been quite unpredictable so far. In some exh ibitions and art galleries, inkjet print designs are easily allowed, whereas som e follow strict rules against the display of such prints. Alternatively, some de signers still prefer the traditional emulsion prints to be part of their artwork s. For those who rely on digital printing, the choice is based on practicality a nd reverting to the traditional technique is not longer financially viable. Digi tal printing has also made enlarging of prints and images much easier than tradi tional printing. It has been suggested that in time, when digital printing will continue its rise in the world of technology, many will make the switch over fro m the traditional method to the digital one. The use of digital printing requires refinement in art skills, and accuracy and precision should be followed and maintained. To enhance printing abilities, the aid of Photoshop, or similar types of software can prove to be very useful for a cquiring spectacular prints.
Cyan And Magenta Explained Moving on to ink cartridges used in printers, anybody who has purchased these ca rtridges would know that there is no blue or red ink. Cyan certainly looks blue and magenta definitely looks red but have you ever wondered why they simply don t call them blue and red instead of cyan and magenta? Here s the explanation both monitors and printers use different ways to produce co lour. While a monitor is a light source, printers are light reflecting. The only common ground between the two is something known as dithering. It is the proces s of approximating a colour that cannot be displayed with uniformly dispersed do ts of other colours. This technique assigns differing colour values to adjacent pixels, thereby reduc ing the contrast between dots of different colours or shades and generates a mor e flowing, natural impression. When viewed from a distance, these colours seem t o blend into a single intermediate colour. Dithering is similar to the half toni ng used in black-and-white publications to achieve shades of grey. Coming back to the discussion, both monitors and printers use primary colours; h owever, a monitor uses primary additive colours red, green and blue, while print ers use the primary subtractive colours cyan, magenta and yellow. In both cases, the primary colours are dithered to form the entire colour spectrum. Dithering breaks a colour pixel into an array of dots so that each dot is either made up o f one of the basic primary colours or intentionally left blank to create white. Cyan and magenta are in fact old printing terms for blue and red, but since some form of differentiation is needed between the additive and subtractive spectrum , cyan and magenta are here to stay! ZZZZZZ