Practice question · Select all that apply
Why does split-grade printing give control that a single intermediate grade cannot? Select every statement that is part of the reason.
Hints
- Three describe what separating the two exposures buys; one claims a saving it does not give.
- Two exposures do not add up to less light than one.
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- B. The two emulsions can be exposed separately, one through a hard filter and one through a soft
- C. The blacks and the highlights can be set by two independent decisions
- D. Dodging and burning can be applied to one of the two exposures and not the other
Why
The fourth is simply false, two exposures need more light, not less. The gain is in independence: the hard exposure sets where the blacks land and the soft one fills the highlights, and local control can be applied to either alone, which is impossible when a single filtered exposure fixes both ends at once.
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