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MAKING A FADEOUT BY AFTER TREATMENT 43
(1) The Belitzski, one-bath Farmer, or Iodine-Cyanide reducing solution should be placed in a tank or tray large enough to accommodate the full length of the fade-out. Lead the strip into the bath at a rate which will give to each frame time of treatment found necessary in previous trials. Allow the end which is to receive the least time of treatment to enter the bath last. Keep the liquid moving during use to assure uniformity of treatment. This is especially advisable in a shallow tray where natural circulation is very little.
When the treatment is complete, draw the strip quickly, preferably through a squeegee, and place it in running water. Agitate thoroughly during the first minute of the wash to remove the reducer uniformly.
(2) When the two-bath Farmer reducer is used, the treatment in the first bath is carried out as described under method No. 1 above. When the film is removed from this solution, it is placed in the second bath where it should be agitated for 1 minute and then allowed to remain for about 10 minutes.
(3) The following directions apply for the bleach and redevelop process. Bathe the whole fade-out in the bleaching solution for a time somewhat longer than that required to show the pale yellowish white color through the film support. When bleaching is complete remove the film and wash. (If the permanganate bleach has been used, the dark brown stain should be removed before washing by a short treatment with a 1 per cent solution of sodium bisulfite.) When washing is complete the fade-out is produced by lowering the film, end first, into an ordinary developing solution which may be diluted for convenience in timing.
The end of the fade-out which is to have the greatest density should enter the developer first. When all portions of the fade have received the proper times of development as determined in previous trials, the fade is removed quickly to an acid fixing bath where it is agitated for about 1 minute and then allowed to remain for 10 minutes. Fixation is followed by washing and drying after which the fade-out is ready to be spliced to the negative.
It is advisable, before any of the above operations on negatives are undertaken, to harden the gelatin by 5 minutes' treatment in the following hardening solution.
Hardening Solution (Formula SH-2)
Formalin (40% solution) 5.0 c. c.
Sodium carbonate (anhydrous) 5.0 grams
Water to ._.-.. 1.0 liter
If the negative has not been properly hardened, reticulation and frilling of the gelatin are liable to occur in the after process.
Timing the Treatment
Although it would appear that the motion of the treated strip of film should be stepwise so that all portions of a single frame receive the same treatment, this is not necessary. In a fade of the usual