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Darkroom Printing Pt4 - Split Grade Printing 101
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Today's video covers basic split grade printing. I take last weeks print, taken on FP4+ and developed in Dixactol Ultra, and try to improve it through adjustments to highlight contrast and shadow contrast. The resulting print really starts to shine with a 3D quality!

Darkroom Printing Part 1:    • Darkroom Printing Part 1 - Enlarging ...  
Darkroom Printing Part 2:    • Darkroom Printing Pt2 - The Contact S...  
Darkroom Printing Part 3:    • Darkroom Printing Part 3 - The Basic ...  
Darkroom Printing Part 4:    • Darkroom Printing Pt4 - Split Grade P...  
Darkroom Printing Part 5:    • Darkroom Printing Pt5 - Split Toning 101  

John
www.PictorialPlanet.com
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@ccoppola82

1 year ago

When I split grade, I lock in my grade 0 time. Then on the grade 5 test strip…I first hit it with the grade 0 time established. Then you see the cumulative exposure on the test strip.

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@seanchang4442

4 months ago

I‘ve spent some time in the darkroom, but never tried this technique, the result is stunning. Thank you for the masterpiece tutorial!

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@stephenscott2802

1 year ago

Congratulations John, this series is building to be a first class introduction to the art of silver gelatin printing. Many thanks to you and your patrons for making it available.

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@deabaumann4854

1 month ago

lovely video, great teaching

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@Larpy1933

1 year ago

Here’s a good one. Very good. As a commenter near the top suggested, Bob Carney taught us (test strips) to make the soft-contrast exposure (Gr. 0-2) just a little fainter than if we were going to do a straight grade print, then lay down the high-contrasts tones ON TOP of the base #0 or #2 exposure. Always put the soft filter on the left side of the workbench, hard on the right!!! Mixing up filters in the dark is just TOO EASY. And: in this example, Carney would keep the timer at 5 s. And blast TWICE with #5, then count “1-Mississippi” (twice) to add 2 more seconds. Changing the timer invites wasting paper. Once you have 1 good print, make 2 more for archives. Then move on, smiling.

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@didierandrieux8467

1 week ago

Merci pour ce tutoriel de grande qualité. Oui sans doute que faire les tests grade 0 et grade 5 sur la même bande est économique et montre un aperçu global, mais pour cette démonstration, l'approche en deux bandes tests séparées est très pédagogique, on voit bien l'effet des différents grades, le moment où ils agissent fortement ou pas du tout et ca c'est d'une grande valeur d'apprentissage à mes yeux. Donc ne changé rien à votre approche. Elle est parfaite.

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@kyledarrenhanson

1 year ago

Best split grade tutorial I've come across, answered some questions I had, love the detail of how it works, and how to apply using it.

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@sheelios

1 year ago

thank you for this! will definitely try this process.

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@markbloor7649

1 year ago

amazing the difference between the two images. thank you for the clearest demonstration of split grade printing ive yet seen. and ive seen a lot..

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@maheshmagalage1886

1 year ago

What a great lesson!!! Thanks a lot.

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@ChrisVidouras

1 year ago

Thank you for sharing!! Cheers from Greece!!

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@martin-f5482

1 year ago

very good, explained and demonstrated, thank you so much

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@ebreevephoto

6 months ago

best explanation I have ever seen on this subject!

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@michaelspahn3675

1 year ago

nice simple explanation, thank you.

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@OskarFilms

1 year ago

Terrific instructional video, John! You've given me something to think about seriously the next time I'm in the darkroom.

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@mvill9898

1 year ago

Thank you for explaining and illustrating the split grade process. I have just started printing my negatives and I am learning as I go along. It is a hit & miss thing so far and there are times when I just want to give up...but your simple straightforward explanation has filled up the blanks for me...and now, I can't wait to get home and try it again. Thank you for doing this.

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@pierrelievens

1 year ago

very educative

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@mike747436

1 year ago

Thanks for sharing your technique John. As you say, there are different ways of achieving this. Having established the low contrast exposure time as you did, I then print that on my high contrast test strip before making the test exposures so I can see the combined results.

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@ChristopherKovacsw0anm

1 year ago

I just started split grade printing and still working on my own techniques. It's really changed the way my prints look. This is an excellent explanation and video. Cheers!

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