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Re: Roy's working space blocks up shadow detail? Why use it?

2006-06-05 by John Vitollo

--- In QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com, "edrudolpho" <erudolph@...> wrote:
>
> Ken,....
> The third thing is, did you read the Eye-One read me in the Curve
> Design folder that comes in the QTR 2.4.1 download. It describes two
> parts to the process.  Linearizing a curve for your printer, and
> building an ICC profile for printing and soft-proofing.
> 
> Ed

I agree with Ed...Ken there is something not right with your workflow.

Firstly strip the linearization out of the stock profiles you would like to use, then reinstall 
them.

Open the 21 step ramp – do not convert to any space in Photoshop. In Print with Preview 
use Same as Source (Do not color manage).

Print the 21 step ramp with QTR and selected paper profile.

Read the 21 patches and place linearization results back into the stripped profiles. (You 
have to drop the text file into one of the QTR scripts for linearization results...forgot which 
script...not at my main computer.) Reinstall this new profile using the install script.

To build ICC profiles...

Print the 21 step ramp with all settings same as above using the new linearized QTR 
profile. Do not color manage...yet!

Read the 21 step ramp, drop text file into QTR-ICC "builder."...now that new file becomes 
your ICC profile to soft proof and print with color management.

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