Fine art photographers doing black and white prints in the darkroom often
favored glossy because it has deeper blacks. For color, I have seen no
difference using RA4 papers, but for inkjet glossy papers do have deeper
blacks, usually.
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Chris Crawford
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On 10/27/09 11:34 PM, "Moose" <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Willie Wonka wrote:
>> I am looking at the pictures from my childhood and find myself attracted more
>> towards the one printed on a matte paper.
>>
>> The pictures I liked in museums were always printed on matte paper.
>>
>> I really havent seen prints from "big artists" in a museum. What paper are
>> they printed on?
>>
>> Why is glossy paper more popular?
>>
>
> More popular with whom?
>
> In higher end inkjet papers, there are a wide array of choices of
> finish, from dead flat matte to super glossy, with all sorts of
> variation in between. For serious printers, paper choice is an important
> part of the art of creating a printed image. There are artists,
> including photographers, who spend a lot of care on the details of
> matting, as well.
>
> Print the same image on matte and gloss papers, and you get two very
> different printed images. Which most fully fulfills your vision? Use
> that one. If neither suits, try an opal paper, which is usually
> in-between. Want flat, but with more character, try a textured paper.
> And so on.
>
> Moose
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