Keep the good work!
Jacques
Le 2014-11-14 à 16:19, richard@... [QuadtoneRIP] <QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com> a écrit :
Not exactly lost at sea, just a bit of an extended cruise. An end of summer timeline was really ambitious...As I started with it I realized that there were a few difference ways I needed to go about approaching the subject, and then create more detailed explanations and workflows for taking the confusion out of the process. Part of that includes integrating the newer measurement devices and software that can be used with current operating systems. I am including new reference files and spreadsheet templates that take make the curve creation process more exacting and without needing to scratch down density measurements and plug them in by hand.I am not sure if I will be able to include information on digital negatives, since I am losing my current darkroom space at the end of the year and will be a bit at drift for my own platinum/palladium work (I might end up back washing prints in the bathtub...)Tentatively, there will be detailed explanations on all the inputs for every aspect of the profile creation process, with special attention paid to ink limits and cross overs, overlaps and linearization. Then I will have an updated methods for making OEM K3 Profiles with toner inks, and completely different section on creating K4-K7 profiles using all or some Cone inks or MIS EB-6 inks, which is more time consuming to do, but is completely possible to easily create smooth linear profiles without banding or posterization—these are not piezography profiles but approach the tonal separation and smoothness of them. There might be a different section of the book geared toward people who want to experiment with different inks and blending different grey toning inks or mixes of two different quad inksets, etc.Like I said in another thread, the more I got into it, the more it became a full on book rather than just an updated workflow for creating custom profiles (that I could writing in an week) but I am focusing the next few months on the larger, expanded version.I'll keep you all updated with the progress.Richard Boutwell
Jacques Caron