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Re: tweak quad file, high tones a bit too hot
2014-09-29 by paulmwhiting@...
I printed out the 51-step file and compared it to my photo, and actually I don't have any blown out areas... it's just that I'm trying to get more texture in the highlights. Perhaps I didn't explain that sufficiently, sorry. The brightest patch on my photo is about 242 pixels and that seems to correspond to about 6 or 8 % on the 51 step file.
I'll work on that area in PhotoShop, as you suggest, and not alter the profile.
A couple of months ago a member (perhaps you?!) here was working on a manual for QTR beginners and said he would concentrate on the linearization part of the process - that seemed to be the area where most people had difficulty.
Another member here gave me some great help off-group, using a 20 step Kodak strip as a reference, then comparing those RGB values with the actual RGB values on a print of that file using my paper and my inkset. Then we interpolated between the files and entered the actual (not the Kodak scale's) Density values in the 21 empty boxes at the final step of creating the profile.
Nevertheless, a detailed manual would be quite welcome. And I thank you for your help as well.
Regards,
Paul