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11 • Modifying an image

ColorQuartet 5.0 Pro

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Using a Correction History for repeated or global image adjustments

The Correction History function lets you save a complete set of image corrections as a profile

and apply it to other images at a single touch. A saved Correction Proﬁle can be accessed in two

ways:

• By choosing it from the Correction Proﬁle menu in the Scan Setup window. In this case, the

entire Correction Proﬁle will be applied to the image after any other corrections you make

manually (such as Highlight/Shadow adjustment). Since Highlight/Shadow adjustment

depends on the exact image content, it is usually best not to include this parameter in the Cor-

rection Proﬁle. Instead, you can set up the Highlight/Shadow function for automatic or semi-

automatic highlight adjustment.

• By choosing Load Correction Proﬁle... from the Color menu when working with a specific

image. In this case, you can access and readjust each individual setting, if desired.

Typical reasons for reusing a Correction History

• Scanning a series of images that were created under the same circumstances, such as various

shots of a product or product line that were photographed in the same session. After setting

up the desired corrections for one of the images, the Correction History can be saved as a pro-

file and easily applied to the other images in the series.

• If you have saved the Correction History for a scan, any corrections required by the person who

ordered the scan can easily be made when rescanning by reloading the Correction Proﬁle and

changing only the necessary parameters. The settings for the other parameters will be sure to

remain as they were.

• In some cases, you may find it useful to have a standard Correction Proﬁle that compensates

for a certain type of original, such as underexposed originals or images with a certain color

cast.

• If you have difficulty getting the exact results you want on a specific output device with an

GB output proﬁle, and if the desired corrections are of a general nature, you can use the color

tools to make the corrections once and for all and save them as a Correction Proﬁle. (This can

also be done for CMYK output, but here you also have the option of modifying the CMYK pr

ﬁle directly. Generally speaking, the Correction Proﬁle function should be used to compensate

for characteristics of the originals, and modified CMYK profiles should be used to compensate

for characteristics of the output device or press.)

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