PHOTOMONTAGE OF ALBUM PAGE Russian patent published in 2000 - IPC

FIELD: method for production of posters, camera ready pages for printing, pages of photo albums, and so on. SUBSTANCE: method involves production of negative images of each person that belong to joint montage group, inserting mask between lens of enlarger and its table, placing black montage group pattern with white ovals in position of pictures onto table of enlarger along direction of light beam, switching enlarger on, moving pattern over table until negative projection of face, which belongs to design of album page, matches a white oval, changing distance from negative image to pattern and from mask to negative image in order to achieve fuzzy boundaries and to match size of negative projection to size of white oval on pattern. Then method involves fixing pattern in this position, switching enlarger off, placing photographic paper sheet of same size of pattern and fixing it, switching enlarger on for specific interval depending on sensitivity of photographic paper and density of negative image. After this, method involves sequence of printings of photo images of all persons on design of album page according to given design, which is carried by pattern. Sheet of photographic paper is developed and dried. Said sheet of photographic paper with photo images is covered by grid, images are circumscribed and labeled by handwriting. Produced outline of album page is reproduced, its negative image is made and used for production of album page. EFFECT: possibility to produce outlines of album pages, conducting photomontage using modern color photographic paper, which requires complete darkness. 2 cl, 3 dwg, 1 ex