Wet gate printing came from optical printers

[Daniel D. Teoli Jr.]

I thought the scanning companies invented it, but it is old school. 

[Tyler Purcell]

Wet gate has been around forever. It's the only way to fix damaged film. 

[Perry Paolantonio]

6 hours ago, Tyler Purcell said:

It's the only way to fix damaged film. 

sigh. No, it's not. 

Wet gate will help with some things. It will do nothing to "fix" the film, but it will make for a better duplicate on certain scanners, or on photochemical printers. It does absolutely nothing for 50% of the film, though (the emulsion side). 

[Frank Wylie]

"https://cool.culturalheritage.org/byform/mailing-lists/cdl/1991/0156.html

Wet printing (which has been turned into the generic "wet gate" term) was developed by Technicolor to extend the lives of their printing matrices  during production of 3 color Technicolor prints.

 

Edited March 4, 2022 by Frank Wylie

[Robert Houllahan]

10 hours ago, Tyler Purcell said:

Wet gate has been around forever. It's the only way to fix damaged film. 

I think you meant to say it was the only way before we had digital scanners and tools.

Liquid gate is like any other tool it has it's applications benefits and drawbacks.

And yes it only fixes base scratches.

[Daniel D. Teoli Jr.]

My title should have been...

Wet gate scanning came from optical printers. As in, optical printers invented or used the process before scanners did.