Image Frames (Darkroom Enlarger?)

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Mister Ly
Jun 26, 2003
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I’m looking for a frame set of templates that match a darkroom enlarger. Does anything like this exist? Ive been looking for months!
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Mike Saxon
Jun 27, 2003
I am guessing that you are wanting to imitate the traditional darkroom technique of printing an image full frame, so that some of the film rebate appears in the final print, e.g. the 35mm sprocket holes forming a black border around the image, or with the 4×5" film code notches visible.

I’m sure I’ve seen these available somewhere as commercial mask files, which you can layer on top of the image – but I forget where. Maybe others can help, and provide a link.

Alternatively you could overexpose some 35mm film by 2-3 stops from an out of focus grey card, and develop it normally.Then scan the strip using a medium format film scanner (or flatbed with film adapter) This should give you the ‘sprocket effect’ plus the manufacturers name, frame numbers and bar-code as well. Save the scan, delete the white background to transparency, and add it as a layer on top of your image.

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Phosphor
Jun 27, 2003
I did a bit of a google search and found this:
<http://www.digitalsecrets.net/secrets/borders.html> Not sure now much it costs but it looks like what you might be after? If not, can you find an example of the sort of thing you mean for us?
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Mister Ly
Jul 1, 2003
I am looking for a filter exactly like you mentioned, Mike. "imitate the traditional darkroom technique of printing an image full frame, so that some of the film rebate appears in the final print"
here’s an example of what I want to find:

< http://www.southern.com/BURNINGFLAGS/link/linkblackflag.html>

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