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Pre-photographic

Intaglio
Planographic
Relief

Photomechanical

Collotype
Letterpress
Offset Lithography
Photogravure
Rotogravure
Woodburytype

Photographic

Albumen
Ambrotype
Bromoil
Bromoil Transfer
Carbon
Carbro
Chromogenic
Collodion POP
Cyanotype
Daguerreotype
Direct Carbon (Fresson)
Dye Imbibition
Gelatin Dry Plate
Gelatin POP
Gum Dichromate
Instant (Diffusion Transfer)
Instant (Dye Diffusion Transfer)
Instant (Internal Dye Diffusion Transfer)
Matte Collodion
Platinum
Salted Paper
Screen Plate
Silver Dye Bleach
Silver Gelatin DOP
Tintype
Wet Plate Collodion

Digital

Electrophotography
Inkjet
Thermal

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Notes on this view:

Kodachrome was the first commercially successful subtractive three-color chromogenic photographic process. It was originally introduced as a reversal (transparency) film in 1935. In 1941 Kodak introduced the Minicolor printing process, which is exactly the same as Kodachrome film, but on a white pigmented acetate film base. In 1946 Minicolor was renamed Kodachrome print, which was available until 1955. The print, like the film, is composed of three emulsion layers on a plastic support. The bottom layer contains a cyan dye image, the middle layer contains a magenta dye image, and the top layer contains a yellow dye image. The result is a positive image on an opaque support

This print is possibly a professional, rather than amateur, photograph. Typical of the Kodachrome process, this print exhibits excellent dye stability with little to no fading as well as high contrast and color saturation.