where do i find a file? (not in a cake being hijacked to a prisoner)
so, i've gotten so many great suggestions and things to try out, but i must admit-- well, i went to see 'the high school teacher' this morning to see how all of her students were getting this affect. surely they weren't doing all these great things that are talked about here not because they're high school students but because there's only one class, and its a 'rookie' class, AND they all look the same. there were no rough edges, they had rounded corners, to an extent, and straight edges, it just left a border. anywho-- come to find out, truly and honestly, beseler had sent them some jank neg carriers. they are just a tad bit larger than the reg neg carriers and in turn, create this border. she used it for her students because, well, in her terms, they kinda sucked, and they needed this border to help them with the whole sky bleeding into the white border around the picture. that's a cop out if i've ever heard one, you just teach them to burn the sky (sorry, that's my opinion) but, nonetheless, i got my answer. however, that means i get to file away my neg carrier (i did find a used one on b&h photo) and try my darndest to get it as straight as possible to mimic these fluke ones that the local high school here lucked upon. that may or may not make sense.
however-- i started printing last nite-- and i made my own neg carrier out of mat board, as someone here had suggested-- and it worked. but the effect-- was not what i ended up wanting. *laughs* so, well, you learn right? so right now i'm just printing full image, no border, no nothing-- and i'm liking that ok. we'll see what happens if i get the filed off one.
new question-- what exactly do you use to file off your neg carriers? can i just go to the local hardware store and find something? how expensive are these things?
