Re: QTR Calibration
2005-04-08 by Richard Ayres
... Peter; I did that and still only found inkseparation.tif and inkseparation.psd. To quote from QuadToneRIP 2.0 Calibration (for MacOSX): The Ink Pattern
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Which Curve Blend Do I Choose?
2005-04-08 by Steve
I m doing a series of step wedges tonight using the QTR and a 2200 printer. I ve done Epson enhanced matte and about to try Epson Premium Luster. What curves
Re: QTR Calibration
2005-04-07 by zonepeter
Rich, For QTRgui in the gui go to option calibration mode. That will open the file. Peter
QTR Calibration
2005-04-07 by Richard Ayres
The QuadToneRip 2.0 Calibration instructions tell us to use inkpatern.psd , a CYMK file, as our calibration file yet I cannot find it in either the MacOsX or
Bluish Shadow tones
2005-04-07 by Johnny Eades
I find that the shadows in QTR using EEM neutral, are quite blue and detract from the neutral tone of the other areas. In examining the curve, I see the toner
RE: [QuadtoneRIP] Re: printing with Qimage
2005-04-05 by Stephen Billard
Qimage gives you all the page layout controls you could ever want. It also does smart sharpening for printer output. You can do all these things in Photoshop,
Re: [QuadtoneRIP] Re: printing with Qimage
2005-04-05 by Diane Fields
Bernie--I like it somewhat better than sharpening in PS with USM. If you do a lot of other twists to sharpening or use something like PKS--the sharpening may
Re: [QuadtoneRIP] Re: printing with Qimage
2005-04-05 by Diane Fields
Bernard, The reason I considered it is because I jump through hoops to sharpen with PKS in PS (though I really like the plugin--but it will only work in RGB).
Re: [QuadtoneRIP] Re: printing with Qimage
2005-04-05 by Diane Fields
I agree with you LOL. I did the same--opened the file saved from Qimage (with the profile) and used smart sharpening as usual. It worked out great. I love
Re: Problem with QTRGui
2005-04-05 by Steve
Yes, thanks Stephen, I now have the correct version and my curve graphs are working fine. I must have downloaded the wrong version from Roy Harrington s QTR
Re: Color settings for Photoshop 7
2005-04-05 by Scott Graham
actually you should read the instructions that came with the Beta9 version (2.1 beta 9 I think) Just don t take them too literally cuz the install and some of
Color settings for Photoshop 7
2005-04-05 by abqrich
I run QTR with an iMac in MacOS10.2.8 and Photoshop 7. I print with an Epson 2200 using enhanced matte. What should my settings be in Photoshop? If this
RE: [QuadtoneRIP] Problem with QTRGui
2005-04-05 by Stephen Billard
Are you running version 2.2b? If not please update to this latest version. QTRgui will show version 2.2.1 in its title bar if you have this version. -Stephen
Re: printing with Qimage
2005-04-05 by John Lill
I think Qimage s interpolation is superior. As far as sharpening goes, Photoshop does not offer Smart Sharpening, which is output sharpening. Initially I was
RE: [QuadtoneRIP] Re: printing with Qimage
2005-04-05 by Bernie Raffe
Yes, that makes sense, but I tend to do that kind of processing in Photoshop. I wonder whether Qimage’s interpolation and sharpening is an improvement on
Re: printing with Qimage
2005-04-05 by John Lill
Bernie, I use Qimage rather than just QTR for 2 reasons: 1) Qimage s great interpolation for resizing. 2) Qimage s Smart Sharpening John ... b&w, ... The ...
RE: [QuadtoneRIP] Re: printing with Qimage
2005-04-05 by Bernie Raffe
This is curious! I also use Qimage, it’s a great product – but now I only use it for colour prints and use QTR for b&w. Why bother going via Qimage for
Re: printing with Qimage
2005-04-05 by John Lill
Diane, That s how I print, and I believe most others do, also. When I print to file in Qimage, I set the printer ICC to QTR-RGB Gray Matte and leave Smart
To Diane -- Re: The Advantages of QTR Are?
2005-04-05 by Steve
Diane, the other day you offered to to do a print screen offlist to show me how step wedging is done. That would be a great help to me if you could provide
Re: Problem with QTRGui
2005-04-05 by Steve
Steve, it s quite possible that is whats happen. I will have to download and install the newer version. ... error in that ... Before 2.1 the ... curve graph
RE: [QuadtoneRIP] Problem with QTRGui
2005-04-05 by Stephen Billard
Could be you are running version 2.1 (or earlier)? There was an error in that version 2.1, the right hand curve was not properly displayed. Before 2.1 the
Re: Problem with QTRGui
2005-04-04 by Steve
I m not sure either, perhaps I have an older QTR version? ... graph and I click on that (I m using a Wacom pen), the curve is shown. Not sure why you would
Re: [QuadtoneRIP] Problem with QTRGui
2005-04-04 by Diane Fields
Steve, when I right click over the curve title, it says, show curve graph and I click on that (I m using a Wacom pen), the curve is shown. Not sure why you
Problem with QTRGui
2005-04-04 by Steve
When I right click on the on the curve in the QTRgui it doesn t show a graph,is there a reason for this? I ve been told that it s suppose to.
printing with Qimage
2005-04-04 by Diane Fields
I know there are RGB ICC profiles for QTR gray-matte and gray-photo. I also know these are to be used for printing from Qimage. I have and have used Qimage
Message topics
2005-04-04 by Scott Graham
Please change the message subjects when you change topics. the advantages of QTR has gone down the tubes and will soon start being deleted, unless of course
Re: [QuadtoneRIP] After a full day I think I have everything loaded correctly but.......
2005-04-04 by Will
Epson s photo black is a very warm almost brown black and used with QTR will print exactly that way. The photo black (pk) curves supplied with QTR don t use
Re: After a full day I think I have everything loaded correctly but.......
2005-04-04 by Carl Schofield
... did..but ... Try the NoK profile with luster paper. It doesn t use any black ink, but it does produce a neutral/cool print using only the neutralized
Re: [QuadtoneRIP] Re: The Advantages of QTR Are?
2005-04-04 by Diane Fields
Steve, the following is the text from Lou Dina s post: Here is a step by step for Windows XP Users. First, download Roy s Lab profiles and unzip them to your
After a full day I think I have everything loaded correctly but.......
2005-04-04 by montauklady
I finally figured out how to get it to work...especially with your help Diane...but my prints are still too warm pc epson 2200 epson inks epson luster paper.
Re: The Advantages of QTR Are?
2005-04-03 by Steve
Thanks, Diane, I m going to have to do some experimenting based on what you ve described here. I m sure I ll be back with more questions for you. Could you
Re: [QuadtoneRIP] Re: The Advantages of QTR Are?
2005-04-03 by Diane Fields
Bernie, that s about it. I don t think you can assign a grayscale profile until you convert to grayscale, but I could be wrong. Nonetheless, you do need to
Re: [QuadtoneRIP] Re: QTR EEnh matte cool Se curve
2005-04-03 by Diane Fields
Thank you Carl. I just happened to try that with the CoolSe--without understanding what the curve was. Found a blend I liked and made it a preset. Diane ...
Re: [QuadtoneRIP] Re: The Advantages of QTR Are?
2005-04-03 by Diane Fields
Steve, I m a newbie too at QTR but maybe because I ve read the other list for several years (and have been printing b/w for a good while, first with the 1280
Re: QTR EEnh matte cool Se curve
2005-04-03 by Carl Schofield
The CoolSe curve uses slightly more light magenta than light cyan, whereas a Cool curve uses equal amounts of light magenta and light cyan to cool the warm
RE: [QuadtoneRIP] Re: The Advantages of QTR Are?
2005-04-03 by Bernie Raffe
Hi Steve and Diane I’ve been following this carefully, because I’ve been using QTR for my black and whites with reasonable success for the last couple of
Re: The Advantages of QTR Are?
2005-04-03 by Steve
Thanks, Diane, I m really struggling with the understanding of this QTR stuff and you ve been very helpful by answering many of my questions on this forum. I m
Re: [QuadtoneRIP] I made a print in QTR I think I did something wrong
2005-04-03 by Diane Fields
Just sent this to digitalb/w list too. Okay, Ann. Hope this will help. First of all---the ICC profiles should be (for windows) in the windows folder (should
I made a print in QTR I think I did something wrong
2005-04-03 by montauklady
I made a print in QTR..print looked good..a little warm..then I re-read the instructions and saw I was supposed to first change the image in photoshop to grey
Re: [QuadtoneRIP] The Advantages of QTR Are?
2005-04-03 by Diane Fields
Steve, the BIG advantage of using QTR over PS is the lack of metamerism in monotones. I ve printed b/w or monotones for years with first a 1280 and then my
The Advantages of QTR Are?
2005-04-03 by Steve
I m a new member of the QTR community and fairly new to digital b & w photography. I wanted to know what advantages are offered by this system versus others
Re: [QuadtoneRIP] Dumb questions
2005-04-02 by Diane Fields
I ll let someone else explain the technical aspects of a curve and an ICC profile, but for one thing--you cannot use a curve in place of a profile. An ICC
Dumb questions
2005-04-02 by abqrich
Do you print greyscale or RGB? QTR seems to do it s thing the same regardless of what mode you are in, so it would be better to use the smaller file. And,
Re: [QuadtoneRIP] QuadTone RIP tutorial or FAQ
2005-04-02 by Diane Fields
1. Ah--thanks. I never had a darkroom though I would have loved to in my film days--all I could think of with a roundabout was the auto roundabouts --which
QuadTone RIP tutorial or FAQ
2005-04-02 by photoian@comcast.net
Diane, 1. Printing a roundabout is not a British practice but a technique used in printing color photos to assess color balance. I don t think anybody does
QTR EEnh matte cool Se curve
2005-04-02 by Diane Fields
Could anyone tell me just what this curve is---is it a blend of Sepia and cool for EEnhMatte? I saw a post not long ago about the use of this curve--with
tutorial or FAQ
2005-04-02 by Diane Fields
As I sit here and print step wedges on a variety of papers with my 2200/QTR, I ve been thinking about the numerous posts on the Digital B/W list (where most
Re: [QuadtoneRIP] QTR 'alternate' curves
2005-04-02 by Diane Fields
Shorthand for laughing out loud , but basically is a way to add some body language (IMO) to posts that could be read in many ways. For those of us that
Re: [QuadtoneRIP] QTR 'alternate' curves
2005-04-02 by Guy Pierno
Diane: I think I finally got it...boy am I slow..I ll let you know how I m doing...by the way what does LOL mean?...best, Ann ... From: Diane Fields Date:
Re: [QuadtoneRIP] QTR 'alternate' curves
2005-04-02 by Diane Fields
Someone suggested starting with the HPR cool/warm curves for 2200 and increase the ink limit. I m printing a series of step wedges on each paper from 100% warm