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Re: Epson ABW info

2006-02-16 by Tim Atherton

"4) there are two sliders that change the tone in the shadows and the
highlight separately. This control is VERY sublte. I alway have my
shadow slider at about -10, and my highlight slider at about +5, but
it is a very slight adjustment."

Thanks - that helps

"3) There is a color wheel that you can choose diferent tones from.
Either by clicking in the wheel or by entering values. Most of us
have found that equal values for verticle and horizontal work well.
My favorite setting is 4H/4V, but values such as 8H/8V, and 15H/15V
give more warmth almost to sepia at 25H/25V."

This was one I wanted more info on. For example, if I use the 
Epson "canned"
standard for warm in ABW I can pick up the magenta in the print. I 
think I'm
like Clayton in that I am very sensitive to the subtle shifts to 
magenta or
green in  print made with colour inks. It has always been one of the 
issues
with Colorbyte - people would show me a print they said was a nice 
neutral
warm done in Imageprint and I'd reply - err no  - you can see the 
magenta
tint in it. (never mind the way OBA's seem to mess with this as well -
 which
I am seing on many of the glossy/semi-gloss papers now I can print o 
them
wit the K3 inks...!) - even when this is very subtle I tend to see it

So tweaking the colour wheel in ABW so far has been a game of not 
getting a
subtle magenta or green tint in there (which has never been a big 
issue with
QTR).

tim

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