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    99.965 per cent absorption - the New Black

    Quite fascinating - although I understand that Real Photographers may not like Vanterblack:

    https://www.dpreview.com/news/402003...s-in-the-world

    Paupers might be interested in a mere 99.5 per cent absorbance from KoPro.

    P.S. it occurs to me that said materials don't help much if one's monitor puts out some cd/m2 at 0/255 input or if some white shows through the black splodges in your print ...

    ... e.g. how black is black?
    Last edited by xpatUSA; 3rd May 2021 at 08:42 PM. Reason: added P.S.

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    Re: 99.965 per cent absorption - the New Black

    Quote Originally Posted by xpatUSA View Post
    Quite fascinating - although I understand that Real Photographers may not like Vanterblack:

    https://www.dpreview.com/news/402003...s-in-the-world

    Paupers might be interested in a mere 99.5 per cent absorbance from KoPro.
    I ordered some from them recently....but I couldn't find their office.

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    Re: 99.965 per cent absorption - the New Black

    Or simply zero out the output on a levels adjustment. That will produce as black a background as your monitor or printer can produce, no?

    The only difficulty is that this cheaper option requires making a selection, but I've found that's often not hard.

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    Re: 99.965 per cent absorption - the New Black

    Quote Originally Posted by DanK View Post
    Or simply zero out the output on a levels adjustment. That will produce as black a background as your monitor or printer can produce, no?
    sí.

    The only difficulty is that this cheaper option requires making a selection, but I've found that's often not hard.
    If I'm making a mask with the GIMP's "threshold" option, the "jet" black comes ready-made ...
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