. The book of photography; practical, theoretical and applied. Fig. —Cushion Mask. able to think of many other modificationsof this method of printing, such as marbleborders, picture fiame borders, etc., allof which would be treated in the sameway. Medallion Vignettes. These resemble the India tint vignettes,except that in printing down the centremask is kept still, and prints with a sharpedge. Another striking effect is obtained. Fig. 2u2.—CiRCULAK from as usual. This method is only ofuse in the hands of one having a good,knowledge of drawing and retouching,owing to the large amou
. The book of photography; practical, theoretical and applied. Fig. —Cushion Mask. able to think of many other modificationsof this method of printing, such as marbleborders, picture fiame borders, etc., allof which would be treated in the sameway. Medallion Vignettes. These resemble the India tint vignettes,except that in printing down the centremask is kept still, and prints with a sharpedge. Another striking effect is obtained. Fig. 2u2.—CiRCULAK from as usual. This method is only ofuse in the hands of one having a good,knowledge of drawing and retouching,owing to the large amount of handworkentailed. The necessity for copying, andits accompanying loss of detail and grada-tion, are also serious drawbacks for ordi-narj work; although for process repro-duction this makes no difference compara-tively. In the best combination printing,little or no handwork is employed. In some PREPARING THE NEGATIVE FOR PRINTING. 151> •of the examples of the late Mr. H. a large number of negatives wereused to produce the effect. It will be seen,therefore, that unless each printing iscarried out most carefully, an error in onepart of the work may ruin the whole. Thework is specially applicable to subjectpictures, or to the definite constructionof pictures intended to illustrate a poeticor dramatic situation. Registration. The chief difficulty likely to be metwith in combination printing is that ofcorrect
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