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The press

122 effects.

Every one of them cooked here on the same photograph, at the settings the studio opens them with. Nothing is baked in · an effect stays live on the layer and every dial keeps moving.

Cut

Shapes, edges, paper cut and tiled.

Shred printed on a photograph The photograph before Shred BEFORE · AFTER ShredStrips become layers Weave printed on a photograph The photograph before Weave BEFORE · AFTER WeaveInterlace with layer below Stitch printed on a photograph The photograph before Stitch BEFORE · AFTER StitchCut & lengthen the figure Chop printed on a photograph The photograph before Chop BEFORE · AFTER ChopSlice & scatter strips Emulsion printed on a photograph The photograph before Emulsion BEFORE · AFTER EmulsionLifted film Rounded Corners printed on a photograph The photograph before Rounded Corners BEFORE · AFTER Rounded CornersCard / sticker edges Pattern printed on a photograph The photograph before Pattern BEFORE · AFTER PatternThe layer becomes a tile Perforation printed on a photograph The photograph before Perforation BEFORE · AFTER PerforationPostage-stamp edges Mosaic printed on a photograph The photograph before Mosaic BEFORE · AFTER MosaicTone-driven cells Photo Edges printed on a photograph The photograph before Photo Edges BEFORE · AFTER Photo EdgesTorn Frames & Borders printed on a photograph The photograph before Frames & Borders BEFORE · AFTER Frames & BordersMat Abstract Shapes printed on a photograph The photograph before Abstract Shapes BEFORE · AFTER Abstract ShapesFlat colour forms become layers Reveal printed on a photograph The photograph before Reveal BEFORE · AFTER RevealThe picture arrives across the sheet

Print

The press · ink, plates, pulls and the honest faults of both.

Photocopier printed on a photograph The photograph before Photocopier BEFORE · AFTER PhotocopierToner Misprint printed on a photograph The photograph before Misprint BEFORE · AFTER MisprintCMYK plates Off register printed on a photograph The photograph before Off register BEFORE · AFTER Off registerThe plates miss their marks Metallic printed on a photograph The photograph before Metallic BEFORE · AFTER MetallicFoil Emboss / Deboss printed on a photograph The photograph before Emboss / Deboss BEFORE · AFTER Emboss / DebossBlind-stamped relief Ink Plates printed on a photograph The photograph before Ink Plates BEFORE · AFTER Ink PlatesSpot-ink separations Letterpress printed on a photograph The photograph before Letterpress BEFORE · AFTER LetterpressImpression Stencil printed on a photograph The photograph before Stencil BEFORE · AFTER StencilCut card Engraving printed on a photograph The photograph before Engraving BEFORE · AFTER EngravingBanknote hatching Show-through printed on a photograph The photograph before Show-through BEFORE · AFTER Show-throughThe reverse of the sheet haunts the page Carbon Copy printed on a photograph The photograph before Carbon Copy BEFORE · AFTER Carbon CopyThe sheet under the sheet Keyline printed on a photograph The photograph before Keyline BEFORE · AFTER KeylineAn outline that knows where every edge is Worn Edge printed on a photograph The photograph before Worn Edge BEFORE · AFTER Worn EdgeThe trim wanders Separation printed on a photograph The photograph before Separation BEFORE · AFTER SeparationTrue plate separation Split Duotone printed on a photograph The photograph before Split Duotone BEFORE · AFTER Split DuotoneOne ink on the subject Depth Dot printed on a photograph The photograph before Depth Dot BEFORE · AFTER Depth DotThe screen grades with distance Depth Drift printed on a photograph The photograph before Depth Drift BEFORE · AFTER Depth DriftThe plates drift further the deeper the scene sits Ink Spread printed on a photograph The photograph before Ink Spread BEFORE · AFTER Ink SpreadDot gain Wet Ink printed on a photograph The photograph before Wet Ink BEFORE · AFTER Wet InkInk gathers where the tone turns Woodcut printed on a photograph The photograph before Woodcut BEFORE · AFTER WoodcutCarved block Line Cut printed on a photograph The photograph before Line Cut BEFORE · AFTER Line CutThe drawing at one chosen size Engrave printed on a photograph The photograph before Engrave BEFORE · AFTER EngraveThe banknote answer to tone Guilloché printed on a photograph The photograph before Guilloché BEFORE · AFTER GuillochéEngine-turned line-work Slur printed on a photograph The photograph before Slur BEFORE · AFTER SlurThe sheet moved while the ink was coming down Second impression printed on a photograph The photograph before Second impression BEFORE · AFTER Second impressionThe sheet went through twice Squeegee printed on a photograph The photograph before Squeegee BEFORE · AFTER SqueegeeThe blade crosses the screen Galley printed on a photograph The photograph before Galley BEFORE · AFTER GalleyThe line repeats along its rail and travels

Treatments

Whole hands for a picture, each reading the sheet’s own tooth.

Coloured pencil printed on a photograph The photograph before Coloured pencil BEFORE · AFTER Coloured pencilTone as hatched runs that follow the form Gouache printed on a photograph The photograph before Gouache BEFORE · AFTER GouacheOpaque poster paint in flat pools Charcoal & chalk printed on a photograph The photograph before Charcoal & chalk BEFORE · AFTER Charcoal & chalkDry pigment Marker printed on a photograph The photograph before Marker BEFORE · AFTER MarkerWide translucent bands Torn paper printed on a photograph The photograph before Torn paper BEFORE · AFTER Torn paperTone as sheets of coloured paper Frottage printed on a photograph The photograph before Frottage BEFORE · AFTER FrottageA crayon rubbing Pastel printed on a photograph The photograph before Pastel BEFORE · AFTER PastelChalk on toothy paper

Screens

Dots, lines and screens · halftone and its family.

Halftone printed on a photograph The photograph before Halftone BEFORE · AFTER HalftonePrint dot screen Riso Print printed on a photograph The photograph before Riso Print BEFORE · AFTER Riso PrintStochastic ink separations Line Screen printed on a photograph The photograph before Line Screen BEFORE · AFTER Line ScreenLine & cross halftone Dither printed on a photograph The photograph before Dither BEFORE · AFTER DitherStipple Grain Screen printed on a photograph The photograph before Grain Screen BEFORE · AFTER Grain ScreenThe stochastic screen Mezzotint printed on a photograph The photograph before Mezzotint BEFORE · AFTER MezzotintA scatter with no grid at all Screening printed on a photograph The photograph before Screening BEFORE · AFTER ScreeningOne screen engine Rosette printed on a photograph The photograph before Rosette BEFORE · AFTER RosetteProcess colour Type Screen printed on a photograph The photograph before Type Screen BEFORE · AFTER Type ScreenThe image prints itself out of characters Cyanotype printed on a photograph The photograph before Cyanotype BEFORE · AFTER CyanotypeSun-printed blueprint Threshold printed on a photograph The photograph before Threshold BEFORE · AFTER ThresholdHard 1-bit ink cut

Colour

Tone, ink, curves and the way a picture is graded.

Hand Tint printed on a photograph The photograph before Hand Tint BEFORE · AFTER Hand TintThe photo dyed in the picked colour Gel Light printed on a photograph The photograph before Gel Light BEFORE · AFTER Gel LightA colour gel washed across the frame Spot Inks printed on a photograph The photograph before Spot Inks BEFORE · AFTER Spot InksPrinted in the document’s two inks Ink Curves printed on a photograph The photograph before Ink Curves BEFORE · AFTER Ink CurvesTwo inks with real transfer curves Solarisation printed on a photograph The photograph before Solarisation BEFORE · AFTER SolarisationThe Sabattier flip Silhouette printed on a photograph The photograph before Silhouette BEFORE · AFTER SilhouetteShape → solid colour Black & White printed on a photograph The photograph before Black & White BEFORE · AFTER Black & WhiteHard mono Light & Tone printed on a photograph The photograph before Light & Tone BEFORE · AFTER Light & ToneExposure Warm & Cool printed on a photograph The photograph before Warm & Cool BEFORE · AFTER Warm & CoolThe light the picture was taken in Levels printed on a photograph The photograph before Levels BEFORE · AFTER LevelsWhere black starts Sharpen printed on a photograph The photograph before Sharpen BEFORE · AFTER SharpenThe unsharp mask Duotone printed on a photograph The photograph before Duotone BEFORE · AFTER DuotoneTwo-colour tone map Tone Bath printed on a photograph The photograph before Tone Bath BEFORE · AFTER Tone BathDarkroom chemistry Split Grade printed on a photograph The photograph before Split Grade BEFORE · AFTER Split GradeTwo exposures on one sheet Palette Lock printed on a photograph The photograph before Palette Lock BEFORE · AFTER Palette LockQuantise to your palette Split fountain printed on a photograph The photograph before Split fountain BEFORE · AFTER Split fountainTwo to five inks side by side in the fountain Ink Map printed on a photograph The photograph before Ink Map BEFORE · AFTER Ink MapTwo-ink gradient map Recolour printed on a photograph The photograph before Recolour BEFORE · AFTER RecolourSwap the picked colour Logo Ink printed on a photograph The photograph before Logo Ink BEFORE · AFTER Logo InkRecolour a PNG Gradient Wash printed on a photograph The photograph before Gradient Wash BEFORE · AFTER Gradient WashPicked → 2nd colour

Light

Glow, bloom and halation.

Halation printed on a photograph The photograph before Halation BEFORE · AFTER HalationThe glow around the light Light Sweep printed on a photograph The photograph before Light Sweep BEFORE · AFTER Light SweepA wash of light crosses the sheet Spotlight printed on a photograph The photograph before Spotlight BEFORE · AFTER SpotlightOne pool of light

Distort

Warp, ripple, melt and lens.

RGB Drift printed on a photograph The photograph before RGB Drift BEFORE · AFTER RGB DriftChannel separation Wave Warp printed on a photograph The photograph before Wave Warp BEFORE · AFTER Wave WarpThe sheet moves like cloth Slit printed on a photograph The photograph before Slit BEFORE · AFTER SlitThe sheet is cut into bands and each one slides Pixel Stretch printed on a photograph The photograph before Pixel Stretch BEFORE · AFTER Pixel StretchSmear a single row Frame Echo printed on a photograph The photograph before Frame Echo BEFORE · AFTER Frame EchoStepped copies + frames Scanner Drag printed on a photograph The photograph before Scanner Drag BEFORE · AFTER Scanner DragMoved during exposure Pixel printed on a photograph The photograph before Pixel BEFORE · AFTER PixelBlocks Fold printed on a photograph The photograph before Fold BEFORE · AFTER FoldFolded like a map Crumple printed on a photograph The photograph before Crumple BEFORE · AFTER CrumpleBalled up Arc Warp printed on a photograph The photograph before Arc Warp BEFORE · AFTER Arc WarpBend type along a curve Isometric printed on a photograph The photograph before Isometric BEFORE · AFTER IsometricThe flat sheet stands up Scan Lines printed on a photograph The photograph before Scan Lines BEFORE · AFTER Scan LinesCRT / riso banding

Blur

Focus, motion and the depth a lens gives.

Scene Blur printed on a photograph The photograph before Scene Blur BEFORE · AFTER Scene BlurThe far ground softens like a lens saw it Gaussian Blur printed on a photograph The photograph before Gaussian Blur BEFORE · AFTER Gaussian BlurSoft focus Motion Blur printed on a photograph The photograph before Motion Blur BEFORE · AFTER Motion BlurMovement smear Tilt Shift printed on a photograph The photograph before Tilt Shift BEFORE · AFTER Tilt ShiftEditorial focus band Gaussian Splat printed on a photograph The photograph before Gaussian Splat BEFORE · AFTER Gaussian SplatRebuilt from soft blobs Radial Blur printed on a photograph The photograph before Radial Blur BEFORE · AFTER Radial BlurThe turntable or the rush Zoom Blur printed on a photograph The photograph before Zoom Blur BEFORE · AFTER Zoom BlurThe rush

By hand

Pencil, gouache, pastel and the marks a hand makes.

Grain Match printed on a photograph The photograph before Grain Match BEFORE · AFTER Grain MatchA cutout settles into the photo below Canvas Grain printed on a photograph The photograph before Canvas Grain BEFORE · AFTER Canvas GrainWoven cloth in the pixels Grain & Tint printed on a photograph The photograph before Grain & Tint BEFORE · AFTER Grain & TintFilm grain Embroidery printed on a photograph The photograph before Embroidery BEFORE · AFTER EmbroiderySatin-stitch thread Contour Map printed on a photograph The photograph before Contour Map BEFORE · AFTER Contour MapTonal isolines Flow Marks printed on a photograph The photograph before Flow Marks BEFORE · AFTER Flow MarksHatch Ink Bleed printed on a photograph The photograph before Ink Bleed BEFORE · AFTER Ink BleedInk meeting damp paper Relief printed on a photograph The photograph before Relief BEFORE · AFTER ReliefCarved foam Ridgelines printed on a photograph The photograph before Ridgelines BEFORE · AFTER RidgelinesThe image becomes a range of drawn hills Ink Hand printed on a photograph The photograph before Ink Hand BEFORE · AFTER Ink HandHandwritten ink feel Watercolour printed on a photograph The photograph before Watercolour BEFORE · AFTER WatercolourWashes that pool Marble printed on a photograph The photograph before Marble BEFORE · AFTER MarbleInk on damp paper Film Grain printed on a photograph The photograph before Film Grain BEFORE · AFTER Film GrainSilver-halide noise Trace Lines printed on a photograph The photograph before Trace Lines BEFORE · AFTER Trace LinesContour drawing from the photo Loose sorts printed on a photograph The photograph before Loose sorts BEFORE · AFTER Loose sortsThe ink gathers into place out of loose pieces

Motion · they show on the reel

These print nothing on a still sheet · they are moves, and they live in the reel.

The plates take turns printed on a photograph The photograph before The plates take turns BEFORE · AFTER The plates take turnsTwo inks alternate frame to frame It drags its ink printed on a photograph The photograph before It drags its ink BEFORE · AFTER It drags its inkThe ink lags behind the hand The ink remembers printed on a photograph The photograph before The ink remembers BEFORE · AFTER The ink remembersSilhouettes stand still where it WAS It leaves a tail of light printed on a photograph The photograph before It leaves a tail of light BEFORE · AFTER It leaves a tail of lightThe piece smeared back along its own road It flutters like paper printed on a photograph The photograph before It flutters like paper BEFORE · AFTER It flutters like paperA wobble whose speed comes from the weight It runs on a cheap projector printed on a photograph The photograph before It runs on a cheap projector BEFORE · AFTER It runs on a cheap projectorThe pose steps on its own tick while everything else glides The blade leaves a shade printed on a photograph The photograph before The blade leaves a shade BEFORE · AFTER The blade leaves a shadeInk builds up just behind the travelling edge of a reveal
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