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[artshow_photo] Re: can I call my prints giclee?

 

Hi John,
I stand corrected. Thank you. Apparently it is ink jet but very high
quality more then a desk top and usually some sort of scanning or
transparency is done depending on the medium. I did have one of my
photos done with this process and it was expensive. The quality was
excellent. I found this link which explains it well too:
http://painting.about.com/cs/printing/a/gilceeprints_2.htm

Terri

"I'm sorry, but ALL giclée prints are simply very high quality
inkjets. A
giclée should be made using high quality pigment inks on oba free media.
A high quality printer is of course necessary so that no trace of the
printing process is visible to the naked eye and the best houses spend
lots of effort making their own color profiles to maximize the potential
of the process. Nothing is 'archival' so we should use the term
'durable'.

Also, the industry has evolved, and these days the very best original
captures are made using a large format camera with a scanning back, not
a 4x5 transparency which in turn needs to be drum scanned. The scanning
camera beats drum scanned film for color accuracy and clarity. Film does
have an advantage in low light which typically isn't an issue with
capturing art.

"You know a true giclee is done using a certain archival process. I
> have a friend who is a photographer and water colour painter. Of
> course his water colours are one of a kind. He takes the actual
> painting to a place where they shoot a 4 X 5 transparency and from
> that create giglee prints. Certain pigments are used etc. It is more
> then just ink jet. Hence he can have a numbered edition. Of course
any
> photographer can have a numbered edition too ...but if you do then
> honor it.......
>
> Terri

"A Parrot doesn't scream to make noise,
but because he has something to say.
Do we listen?"

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