Eastman-kodak Company

Richard Allen Carmack

Paul L Zengerle

John W Boettcher

John B Rieger

The invention provides a photographic element comprising a polyester support bearing a light-sensitive silver halide photographic emulsion layer, the support having adjacent thereto a polymer-containing subbing layer, the subbing layer having adjacent thereto a layer comprising a hydrophilic binder containing dispersed droplets of a high boiling hydrophobic organic liquid, said liquid having a logarithm of its octanol/water partition coefficient (log P) value greater than 7.7. The invention also includes a process for preparing a photographic element of the invention and a process for forming an image in an element of the invention. The invention further includes a photographic element comprising a polyester support bearing a hydrophilic layer containing an antihalation agent, such as elemental silver, with or without an intervening subbing layer.

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Fairport, NY, United States of America

Richard Allen Carmack