QTR-Quadtone RIP

I'm trying to get a closer match between my monitor and a printed
image using QTR, a calibrated apple 23" HD cinema display and the
default curves for Epson Enhanced Matte. I've looked at the board, but
there's so much information it gets a little confusing. Plus I'm a
little new to the digital darkroom (wetguy).

My Settings
In PS view menu - Proof setup QTR-Gray Matte Paper
                  Proof Colors
      edit menu - assign profile - QTR-Ray Matte Paper
Print with Preview
      Document - (Profile: QTR-Gray Matte Paper)
      Color Handeling-Let Photoshop Determine Colors      
      Printer Profile-QTR-Gray Matte Paper
      Rendering - perceptual and Black Point Compensation
I'm using the QTR preset given in the tutorial using all 3 curves.

The image looks pretty nice, but as I said .... it's lacking a little
"punch" that is clearly visible on the monitor.

Any tips or advice would be greatly appreciated.

Pat

Hello All,

	Has anyone been using Aperture?  If so, has anyone come up with a  
basis of settings to use?

	Roy?  HAve you any hands on with this app yet?

	Thanks All,
		Skip

Hi Skip,

I did purchase this recently but haven't much experience yet.
But it does appear that both Apple's Aperture and Adobe's Lightroom are
less flexible than Photoshop for color management and grayscale.   You 
need
to use RGB files with R=G=B for grayscale and some of the ICC printing 
is not
as flexible.

Roy

On Friday, May 4, 2007, at 02:46  AM, Skip Sorrentino wrote:

> Hello All,
>
> 	Has anyone been using Aperture?  If so, has anyone come up with a
> basis of settings to use?
>
> 	Roy?  HAve you any hands on with this app yet?
>
> 	Thanks All,
> 		Skip
>
-
Roy Harrington
roy@...
Black & White Photo Gallery
http://www.harrington.com

Pat:
   
  I've found that if I check "preserve RGB numbers" in the proof setup in Photoshop I get a very accurate preview of what my prints look like.
   
  Nick

Pat <patrick.t@...> wrote:
          I'm trying to get a closer match between my monitor and a printed
image using QTR, a calibrated apple 23" HD cinema display and the
default curves for Epson Enhanced Matte. I've looked at the board, but
there's so much information it gets a little confusing. Plus I'm a
little new to the digital darkroom (wetguy).

My Settings
In PS view menu - Proof setup QTR-Gray Matte Paper
Proof Colors
edit menu - assign profile - QTR-Ray Matte Paper
Print with Preview
Document - (Profile: QTR-Gray Matte Paper)
Color Handeling-Let Photoshop Determine Colors 
Printer Profile-QTR-Gray Matte Paper
Rendering - perceptual and Black Point Compensation
I'm using the QTR preset given in the tutorial using all 3 curves.

The image looks pretty nice, but as I said .... it's lacking a little
"punch" that is clearly visible on the monitor.

Any tips or advice would be greatly appreciated.

Pat



         

       
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