2015-05-21 by Myron Gochnauer
QTR works well on Windows platforms, although the Mac and Win versions are not simple translations (trans-codings?) of each other. QTR was designed for B&W, I
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2015-05-21 by Mike Finley
it can be used for monochrome printing on Windows - you need qtrgui as well for printing though, as it can t be used with the native windows print drivers. See
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2015-05-21 by sunnyalanoly@...
I am sorry for not revealing more details: I am newbie here. Looking for a RIP software for printing CMYK positive film to expose screens for printing on my
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2015-05-21 by sunnyalanoly@...
Is it true that QTR works ONLY on MAC systems and not on Windows based systems? Please clarify....
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2015-05-17 by brian_downunda@...
I am indeed travelling, and typing on a tablet is tedious. I will give you my answer your questions in a few days. Others may chime in. Be warned that there
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2015-05-17 by jeff.grant@...
On the QTR site download section you ll find this: QTR Workflow by Amadou Diallo: QTRworkflow.pdf http://www.diallophotography.com/pdfs/QTRworkflow.pdf That
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2015-05-17 by jeff.grant@...
Tracy, Brian is travelling at the moment so he may not answer for a day or two. Richard Boutwell cracked what you need to do to use TXT files with i1Profiler
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2015-05-17 by tracy@...
For those on Mac s instead of trying to re-linearize K7 .quad files which is hard to do, go the ICC route. Just create a custom grayscale ICC built on top of
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2015-05-09 by paulmwhiting@...
This is a procedure I learned about from a kind member off-group and it enables linearizing a QTR curve. That s the last step in creating a curve and perhaps
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2015-05-05 by jeff.grant@...
Thanks. I ll give it give it a go.
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2015-05-05 by brian_downunda@...
Yes I have an i1, but as a K7 printer my interest is in re-linearising existing K7 curves for an ageing printer. i haven t had the need to create new ones,
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2015-05-05 by jfammartino@...
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2015-05-04 by greenier.allan@...
BBEdit, which costs. Or their their free TextWrangler http://www.barebones.com http://www.barebones.com
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2015-05-04 by jeff.grant@...
I m finding Textedit on the Mac to be a little clunky, but most text editors look like overkill when all I want to do is muck around with curves. Can anyone
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2015-04-28 by richard@...
... Not trying to argue this to death, but... The problem that needs solving is how to get from a single master curve to a finished linearized curve with
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2015-04-26 by brian_downunda@...
Upon reflection, I m not so sure about this statement. I ve compared the master curve for my printer with the curves for a couple of commonly-used paper
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2015-04-26 by brian_downunda@...
You may well be right, but we will never get confirmation. ... below is based somewhat on speculation of Jon s piezography profiler
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2015-04-25 by richard@...
I am sorry, i meant that as a response to Brian. I clearly need more coffee...
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2015-04-25 by richard@...
You were arguing that getting the ink limits correct for each paper type is important. If this is correct then how can the Cone custom curve creation process
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2015-04-25 by brian_downunda@...
... Jeff, the Piezography K6/K7 master curves have already gone through the partitioning stage, although it is much different than how QTR partitions the gray
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2015-04-25 by richard@...
Jeff, the Piezography K6/K7 master curves have already gone through the partitioning stage, although it is much different than how QTR partitions the gray
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2015-04-25 by ReD
I was thinking the same thing - that it should be a one time print and read only. I printed the second time and pasted the linearise values and checked. And it
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2015-04-25 by jeff.grant@...
The original question was sorted out a while back, so feel free to go for it. I don t dispute the need for the inksep prints, but I do wonder how K7 systems
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2015-04-25 by ReD Ognita
Apologies to the group. I tried to include the image on the replyHere s the link to the image: http://oi57.tinypic.com/5nuw5.jpg In any case, this derails the
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2015-04-25 by ReD Ognita
The RAW curves are empty. The first process was to load up, the second to linearise.I understand what you are saying - there should only one process, but this
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2015-04-25 by richard@...
ReD Ognita I recently made a few curves using the RAW curves as a baseline. PC. - You choose the closest RAW curve to the type of paper. - Rename- Print a 21x4
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2015-04-25 by richard@...
Starting with those raw ink descriptor files is an option, but here are two points of caution with just linearizing the raw curves: 1: Most papers will respond
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2015-04-25 by jeff.grant@...
I m using K7 inks now but I did make curves for K3 for a 3880 without the Inksep step. They were nice and linear and looked good to my untrained eye.
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2015-04-25 by ReD Ognita
I recently made a few curves using the RAW curves as a baseline. PC. - You choose the closest RAW curve to the type of paper. - Rename- Print a 21x4 Random
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2015-04-24 by brian_downunda@...
That was my understanding too, but I ve recently read some instructions that offer a simpler approach. There are some (but not all) printers for which QTR
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2015-04-24 by donsbryant@...
Perhaps I am confused by your post but if you create your own curves then you must print an ink separation test as your first test to properly define the ink
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2015-04-23 by brian_downunda@...
The only Canson paper I m really familiar with is Rag Photographique. I quite like it. It s a little on the warm side. Others may have wider experience that
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2015-04-23 by Rudy Ternbach
Thank you for your informative post. As an aside, Canson has a large facility in the town where I live. I m thinking about approaching them for a pro bono
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2015-04-23 by jeff.grant@...
Problem solved, thanks, and I meant no disrespect to Tom, having seen that it was written 10 years ago.
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2015-04-23 by jeff.grant@...
I ve just been reading Tom Moore s guide on creating curves in Windows. After the Mac way, it s like fingers on a blackboard. The profiles that I have created
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2015-04-23 by brian_downunda@...
As I said, I don t intend to split hairs in a post intended to be a general, non-technical introduction to a new user. I am not a frequent Mac user, but from
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2015-04-23 by richard@...
I left a post on the luminous landscape thread, but want to add a few things here as well. Media Settings: You are correct in that the epson driver is black
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2015-04-23 by brian_downunda@...
Michael I also saw your Lula thread. I was concerned because I thought that the responses were a mix of helpful information, information that was too advanced
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2015-04-21 by jeff.grant@...
Leave me a message on jeff-grant.com with your number and we can talk tomorrow.
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2015-04-21 by Michael Zavattaro
Hi Jeff, That would be fantastic. What would you need from me?I m in NSW. I m happy to post to you what you require. Michael On Tuesday, April 21, 2015 9:54
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2015-04-20 by jeff.grant@...
Michael, I gather from your LuLa post that you are in Oz. I can make a profile for you if you wish.
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2015-04-20 by jeff.grant@...
My Australian 1430 K6 experiment is at an end. So far, I have been through 4 sets of carts. Two have been from Inkbank in Canberra, one came from HK as
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2015-04-20 by mzava202@...
I m new to the QuadToneRIP and would like to get into it. My favourite paper; Canson Infinity Platine doesn t have it s own dedicated curve within the Windows
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2015-04-16 by tracy@...
Kirk - first, thanks for the time and effort you put into this. I see that I should have looked more closely when I popped into ColorThink, and it looks to me
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2015-04-16 by tracy@...
Thanks for that. You are likely entirely correct in that. What confused me was that I could switch between Perct and RC using other profiles (Epson, my own,
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2015-04-16 by tyler@...
aside from whether or not there is something wrong with your profile.. the default intent sometimes built in shouldn t really be a problem. It s questionable
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2015-04-15 by Kirk Thibault
I opened your ICC profile in ColorThink and made a 3D graph of the gamut volume. There is definitely some funkiness going on in the magenta region - view it
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2015-04-15 by jeff.grant@...
Using i1Profiler, it isn t an option, unless I ve missed something. I wonder what they used to build your profile. I checked a few profiles and they are all
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2015-04-14 by tracy@...
I agree, Jeff - I ve never seen it before either, and I m well over a decade into this stuff. I ve intentionally not mentioned who supplied the profiles to me,
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2015-04-14 by jeff.grant@...
That s news to me and beyond my understanding. I use RelCol or Perceptual on a case by case basis and have never seen a dramatic difference like that. Why not
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