ImagOn Techniques
 
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. .ImagOn Process Index 

.  ImagOn Techniques 

..Projects   
   
..Schedule   

 . Ink Modifiers   

..Printing    
    
 .Ink Cleanup    

 .Plate Prep    

 .Use of Photocopies   

 . Additives & Cleaners   

 . Olec Exposure Unit   

 .Basic ImagOn Process   
 
  • Non-Exposure Photocopy Transfer 

    • Non-exposure negative plate making photocopy transfer method plus image acquisition. 
  • Exposure Photocopy

    • Image acquisition using photocopy and aquatint screen. 
  • Layered 

    • Multilayer technique that utilizes more than one layer of ImagOn.  
  • Mezzotint 

    • A technique with a working methodolgy similar to mezzotint techniques.  
  • Reverse Mezzotint 

    • An additive technique on a mezzotint base.  
  • Direct 

    • Use of actual object for block out in the exposure unit, and work directly on ImagOn's protective mylar.  
  • Wash Drawing 

    • Method for working with painted and drawn imagery 
  • Intaglio-Type With Mylar On

    • Non-etch method used without top protective Mylar layer left on the ImagOn film.   More contrast 
  • Intaglio-Type With Mylar Off

    • Non-etch method used with top protective Mylar layer taken off the ImagOn film. Increase tonal range. 
  • Stencils
  • Wrinkled 

    • A plate making method where the ImagOn is preexposed to the image and crumpled or distorted in a number of ways before it is laminated to the plate. 
  • Stripping

    • At any point while the ImagOn plate is being stripped in the Lye solution it can be removed, washed and dried, and printed. It is possible to get a negative reading print with this technique. 
  • Posterization
  • Etched-Intaglio-Type

    • Etching resist technique for those printmaker who want to etch into a metal plate. 
  • Relief Intaglio-Type

    • For viscosity and relief printing 
  • Relief Etch

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  • Computer Imagery

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  • Chameleon Type 

    • A multiplate making method where one negative is used to make two halftones. The first halftone is blurred and the second is sharp. Both halftones are made into plates and printed one after the other with different colors for each plate. 
  • Contone 

    • For working with photographic continuous tone imagery and duo-tone plates.  
Combined with Other Printmaking Processes 
 
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