Re: Any Apogee users running Sublima??
It's great to read such positive results from using Sublima. (er, :Sublima).
I'm a bit surprised that no one bit on Gordon's comment that comparing :Sublima to Spekta
would be an apples to oranges comparison.
Gordon's right! (No, hell hasn't frozen-over.)
Ah, the old confusion surrounding AM, FM and
the implication that FM denotes random or
stochastic. (Sometimes FM is stochastic,
and with Spekta, sometimes AM is random.)
To clarify a comment here, the highlight and
shadow dot modulation is not stochastic
(implying randon). Rather, we control ("M"odulate)
the "F"requency ("FM") of the same-sized dots (in
sheetfed - typically 21 microns - a 2x2 pixel).
Those dots in the highlights and shadows are
not scattered (stochastic), but kept on the same screening angle/grid for that color as in the midtones which are basically ABS angles/dots. This is the XM
(cross modulation) genre.
So, :Sublima combines ABS (AM) in the mid-tones, with FM tone control in the highlights and shadows, with the remaing dots still aligned as AM placement on
a grid, but with an FM frequency for correct tonal value.
Now, with regards to Spekta (which I'm sure is
a fine screening choice), they tend to use a stochastic
(scattered) distribution of AM dots, where the dots grow for tonal rendering throughout, but like FM, the
scattered dot size remains fixed in the highlights and shadows.
Each screening controls the minimum dot in the highlights and shadows. Sublima places the dots
along a grid, Spekta scatters the growing dots in a random fashion. (Actually, placement is carefully calculated, but the effect is random).
Regards,