I read the linked article about "Split Printing" And it occurred to me there may be another way of doing such procedures. that will retain the best qualities of analog, and make them better using a hybrid procedure integrating analog and digital together. Working in harmony to produce something better than either could do by itself... This was my response: Not to sound like a heretic, but at some point printing manipulation by hand, can be superceded more accurately by digital manipulation. I would suggest an alternate option, at least to experiment with. With a complex negative that requires varying contrast, and complex burning and dodging, one might consider getting an excellent digital scan of the negative. Using masking very fine divisions can be made of the image, with exposure and contrast variances tightly composed and controlled. With the added advantage of having the privilege of playing until you get it exactly the way you wish, without having to go through a box o
