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Re: A heads-up for QTR3 users

2004-08-20 by Bailey Donnally

Yes, I had the same problem and found the same answer ( see 
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint/message/475
060 ).  Roy should probably put a warning about alpha channels in his 
instructions.

Bailey

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "njfranknj" 
<njfranknj@y...> wrote:
> I struggled for half a day yesterday trying to run down a 
QTR3/Windows
> problem only to find out that the "flattened" grayscale image file
> from Photoshop6 wasn't really as flat as I thought, it still had an
> alpha channel (a mask) open and that screwed-up the QTR output 
really
> badly.
> 
> So, keep in mind that QTR/Win is very sensitive to the kinds of 
files
> you send it. Nevertheless, it and the GUI Stephen Billard made
> available do give excellent variable-tone prints and are worth
> checking out for your workflow.
> 
> Frank

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