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Re: When to convert to Gray LAB

2006-10-16 by lulalake_1999

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "thacker_paul" 
<thacker@...> wrote:
>
> I have been happily working with QTR for over a year.  In spite of 
creating a 
> beautiful 100 step gray scale and optimizing color management, 
bringing 
> images in from Flexcolor and immendiately converting to 
Harrington's 
> gray.LAB always pushed my highlights higher and compressed the 
range 
> from 90-100%.  Recently, I discovered that making all my photoshop 
> corrections in the orginal flexcolor-gray.icm before I converted to 
gray.LAB 
> retained the original scanned desities.  The problem with blocking 
highlights 
> and compressed shadows resovled itself.  Has any else had a 
experience?


Paul,

Where's the "flexcolor-gray.icm" I can't find it in either CS2 or QTR.

Thanks

Jules

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