Digital BW, The Print

Is there any user documentation for QTR?  As a new user this will be important
as I make my decisions.


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>To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
>From: "Louis Dina" <lbdina@...>
>Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2005 14:03:52 -0000
>Subject: [Digital BW] Re: QTR versus IJC/OPM
>Reply-To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
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>Steve,
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>Both products are fantastic and give the same high quality output.  
>They use the same gimp engine for output, so if you have identical 
>profiles, you should get identical output.  
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>I settled on IJC/OPM because I prefer the flexibility, power and user 
>interface for profile creation.  It has some neat features that I 
>love.  Here is a link to the tutorial if you want more information.
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>http://www.bowhaus.com/contributors/contributor.htm
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>IJC/OPM works with 8 and 16 bit grayscale and RGB images, in TIF, JPG 
>and PSD formats.  QTR may also, but I don't remember.  IJC/OPM also 
>has a set of sliders, similar to Photoshop's channel mixer, which 
>allows you to adjust RGB images on the fly so you can blend channels 
>for final output.  Unlike PS, this feature also has a checkbox that 
>maintains overall luminosity when moving sliders, which is very 
>handy.  You can also apply different profiles to different portions 
>of the image using alpha channels, so one part of the image could be 
>neutral B&W, while other portions are cool, warm, sepia, etc.  You 
>can apply 7 profiles in a single image using alpha channels.
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>Both programs are excellent.  It just depends on how you want to work 
>and the feature set you need.
>
>Lou
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>--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "steveh0607" 
><steveh060758@m...> wrote:
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>> Hello Everyone,
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>> For those who have used both QTR and IJC/OPM: What are the Pro's 
>and Con's of each 
>> beyond cost?
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>> Thanks,
>> 
>> Steve
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