QTR-Quadtone RIP

--- In QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com, "Louis Dina" <lbdina@c...> wrote:
> Hi Tyler.
> 
> I'm a little less proficient in QTR than I am with IJC/OPM, but I am 
> pretty sure they work the same way in regards to linearization.  RIPs 
> like StudioPrint allow you to multiple linearizations, one after 
> another,

Right, I can start out with something pretty wacky, and bring it into
line after a coarse initial linearization. But then one would hope so,
for the price.

> but I know IJC doesn't work that way, and I am reasonably sure 
> QTR doesn't either.

I didn't really think so, but it was worth asking.

> When you linearize, you are always doing it based on the raw curves 
> built into the profile.  So relinearizing always goes back to raw data, 
> or native state.

Got it.

> The gamma is a bit more arcane to me.  In IJC, I know you can set a 
> gamma target point using a slider during profile creation to lighten or 
> darken the midpoint of your grayscale.  I am assuming the gamma in QTR 
> does the same thing.

I'll play with that a bit, thanks.
Tyler