Hi Lou,
Yes, If I'm doing grayscale I'll work on the image
in Photoshop using Gray-Lab as the working space if doing an RGB image it will
be Adobe RGB. Then when I'm ready to print to file in Qimage I'll use
rgb-matte.icc as the printer icc in Qimage. I'll also save resampling and
final sharpening for Qimage as I think it does a better job than just about
anything else. Interpolation is Pyramid and the Smart Sharpen setting is
at the default or lower depending the image. It would be nice to have a
preview on that.
I think Qimage converts the grayscale to RGB when
you print to file. It converts, resamples and sharpens in that order I
believe.
I wish Qimage was able to work with grayscale all
the way through and it's been discussed in the Qimage Yahoo group but the author
doesn't see the need so, I think, that's why Roy made
rgb-matte.icc.
Lately I've become a little better at making my own
QTR curves ; and the other day made a profile with QTR-Create-ICC. I
really like the results. Now I'm unsure how I can fit Qimage into my
workflow so I've been forced to use Photoshop for printing.
Does anybody know if the image has to be grayscale
when printing with a QTR-Create-ICC made profile?
Tom
----- Original Message -----From: Louis DinaSent: Sunday, November 13, 2005 7:34 AMSubject: [QuadtoneRIP] Re: printing multiple images on one sheetThanks, Tom.
So, let's say I have some saved grayscale tiffs in a gamma 2.2
space. I can open those images in Qimage, arrange them as I like,
set up Qimage to print to file using the QTR-RGB Matte profile, and
that will give me an accurate print from QTR?
Or, would it be better to convert to some other space before bringing
into Qiamge?
Since Qimage supposedly only works in RGB mode, I as assuning Qimage
is doing some sort of invisible conversion the RGB, though I do
recall the program showed the embedded gamma 2.2 profile in the
queue. So, maybe it leaves the image along until it is either
printed to file or to my inkjet.
Any thoughts on getting the most out of Qimage would be appreciated.
Do most people find that using Qimage for resampling and sharpening
gives better results in QTR than just printing a straight PS image in
QTR?
Regards,
Lou Dina