2017-05-10 by richard@...
If you are having trouble mastering some software it might be because it isn't the best one to use in the first place. Changing approaches before mastering something can end solving a lot of problems and saving you money in the long run.
My approach with the UCK3 inks is pretty simple, and slightly different than many you will see out there. With K3 insets I treat the main three grays as the main blocking inks and use the color inks as "fillers". I do the standard LLK,LK,K gray partition, and add the color inks at a relatively low limit (like 15-20) in straight line "0:100 curves" that run underneath the three main gray inks. I then print and measure a 21 step target with the initial profile and plug the numbers into the spreadsheet. That will correct for the density of all the inks, will leave the straight line color inks alone, and only change the main K3 inks.
Now, with all that being said, I came up with some new stuff over the past few weeks that might throw all that out the window...
Hope that helps,
Richard Boutwell
http://www.richardboutwell.com/