C-type printing
C-type printing involves printing colour paper enlargements from small, colour negatives. This is the most common type of colour printing found in the high street and mini-labs.
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Silver type prints
Silver salts Silver salts are light sensitive chemical compounds. When exposed to light – either in a camera (in the case of film and negatives) or in the dark room (photographic papers) – the silver salts react by darkening in proportion to the amount of light reflected from the subject. Silver bromide Print Silver bromides…
NTSC and PAL VHS
NTSC VHS video format used in North America and Japan. PAL VHS video format used in Australia and Europe (excluding France).
Limited edition
Term used in multiples publishing when only a limited number of any print, book, sculpture or other artwork is produced. Editions can be limited to almost any number depending on the nature of the work.
P.F.T.s, or Print Film Transparencies
P.F.T.s, or Print Film Transparencies, are positive colour reproductions from original negatives, produced as transparencies.
Dye-based inks
Dye, unlike pigment, dissolves completely in solution (pigment-based inks leave tiny particles floating in the solution). This means that dye-based inks are entirely absorbed into the paper that they are printed on – the image is in fact a highly controlled stain. The resulting images can thus appear very slick and even, with a vast…
