Step Wedges - lets see yours....

ChristopherCoy · May 3, 2020

Disregard, I found everything I need in ChartThrob.

Alan Edward Klein · May 3, 2020

ChristopherCoy said:
In preparation to print my first digital negative, I've been looking at step wedges, and how people set up their DNG's.

I like this guys version a lot as it includes an 8x10 frame line, and step wedges right in the negative.
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And I like this guys version as well since it includes the gradient. His video was well done as well.
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But I know that there are a ton of other options out there. I'd like to see what your's looks like, and maybe draw a few elements from it.

Thanks.

What is the purpose of step wedges in PS or Lightroom? I just adjust the overall picture and see if i looks good to my eye. After all, one picture may look better with nice tones throughout. But another may look better with more or less contrast, etc. In any case, how do you use the step wedge when you process? Maybe I'm missing something here.

ChristopherCoy · May 3, 2020

Alan Edward Klein said:
What is the purpose of step wedges in PS or Lightroom? I just adjust the overall picture and see if i looks good to my eye. After all, one picture may look better with nice tones throughout. But another may look better with more or less contrast, etc. In any case, how do you use the step wedge when you process? Maybe I'm missing something here.

Someone else is going to have to respond with details, but as I am understanding from the various videos and sites that I have read, it's used to determine exposure times, and curves adjustments to your printed negatives.

nmp · May 3, 2020

Just so you know, this sub-forum is supposed to be for 100% analog alternative processes only. There is a another dedicated sub-forum called Digital Negatives where this will be more appropriate and more likely to bring proper attention to your question. For mixed digital and alternative process discussions, there is the Hand Coated Wet Prints.

(I personally don't care though.)

ChristopherCoy · May 3, 2020

nmp said:
Just so you know, this sub-forum is supposed to be for 100% analog alternative processes only. There is a another dedicated sub-forum called Digital Negatives where this will be more appropriate and more likely to bring proper attention to your question. For mixed digital and alternative process discussions, there is the Hand Coated Wet Prints.

(I personally don't care though.)

oops... I guess you're correct. However I can't delete the thread now unfortunately. Perhaps a moderator can move it accordingly. My apologies for the oversight.

nmp · May 3, 2020

No biggie. Looks like you have some learning curve to climb. Post in that other forum when you have questions about ChartThrob, Many there who can help.

Bill Burk · May 3, 2020

Here’s a step less step wedge. I was a bit disappointed that it’s just a photographic negative. I had hoped it would be cast gelatin.

Bill Burk · May 3, 2020

So then I found this glass wedge.

I am looking forward to doing some toe speed studies where I don’t have to interpolate where 0.1 is

Sirius Glass · May 3, 2020

Step Wedges - lets see yours....

Getting rather personal, aren't you?

ChristopherCoy · May 3, 2020

Sirius Glass said:
Getting rather personal, aren't you?

I guess that probably depends on where you store yours.

Step Wedges - lets see yours....

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