I still haven't found a better tool than PS to edit the .acv curves I use in QTR.
I hate those tiny curve windows and inaccurate graphs.
My profiles (for negatives) use only four channels and one shade of ink at a time, and one same curve driving those channels (I'm simplifying a bit). No partition, no crossover points.
I don't use a densitometer, don't linearize or anything like that. I look at my carbon print, I modify the PS curve and reprint...
I'm rather happy with it but would like to have a better control on either fine tuning the curves or my profiles.
No way I will edit 256x4 numbers in a .quad files, but I'm OK with manually editing 21 values.
For the moment I put anchoring points on the PS curves and move those I want to modify.
With the eyedropper tool (16-bit) I check the values on the stepwedge that is opened in PS. 5% is now 642, etc…
Please, would anyone think of a better way to fine tune .acv curves (on mac)?
You understand I'm not familiar with linearization, but could the Drop-Quad-Profile script help me?
What kind of .txt file should I use? Would it be possible to convert PS's eyedropper readings into appropriate values? For exemple, I would like my 5% patch to have a 720 value instead of 642. Is this something I could use somehow with the droplet?
Thank you very much for your attention and help.
Best regards,
Stefan Christiansen