Re: When to use UV filters
Re: When to use UV filters
- Subject: Re: When to use UV filters
- From: "Paul A. DuPont" <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 00:21:17 -0400
- Organization: Greenleaf Associates
Glenn Kowalski wrote:
>
Is there some definitive way to know whether a UV filter is
>
needed......
Yes...... by using a "Blacklight " to detect whether the paper is
giving off a heavy UV florescent bloom. This is an issue especially
true of most of the Epson papers as well as the the Fuji Pictrography
papers. If you are using any of these papers for proofing for
publications you will have a real problem when it comes to getting a
good representation as to how the image will appear in a publication.
If your are creating one off "beautifal art"....... mabe UV is not an
issue.
Most publication paper stocks are "dead" as far producing florescence.
Recently, Epson has started to pay attention to this problem by
producing its "Premium Glossy Photo Paper" that has a sticker on it that
says "Manufactured 2001" which I assume they have modified, and the
reason for the sticker????? It looks great and has no florescent
bloom.
If you feel you will be looking for a Blacklight soon, there is one that
is lite, portable and battery operated (4 - AA's) .... check out
<www.chromix.com> . It is being sold by Steve Upton as one of his new
"ColorGear" products along with "ColorThink" his color management
software app that is a great "Toolset/Checker Utility" for managing,
repairing and evaluating with 3D graphing of ICC profiles.
All the best,
Paul A. DuPont
Greenleaf Associates
Color Management Consulting & Training
Malden, MA
Tel: (781) 321-6881
E-mail: email@hidden