User manual

18 • Gradation (tonal distribution)
ColorQuartet 5.0 Pro
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• Even if you adjust gradation automatically, you can still check the result in the feedback win-
dow and make any manual changes
you want to.
Choosing a default mode for Auto Gradation
Click on the Auto Setup... button in the Gradation window to open the Auto Gradation Setup
window. You can now choose among several modes for adjusting the gradation. Once you have
set up the desired mode, ColorQuartet will remember it and use it each time you make a crop,
until you change the setup. Before closing the window, remember to check that the Guide menu is
set the way you want it. The following modes are available:
Manually changing an automatic or semi-automatic gradation adjustment
If the image shown in the feedback window after using automatic or semi-automatic gradation
adjustment is not the way you want it, you can readjust it manually:
1 • Undo the automatic or semi-automatic gradation adjustment:
2 • If the Gradation window is not already open, open it from the Color menu or tool bar.
3 • Adjust the gradation as desired, as explained under Changing gr
adation manually in the
“Gradation” window. You can also try the effect of setting the Guide menu at different lev-
els.
4 • Click on OK in the Gradation window or open another color tool.
• Automatic (Open, Auto & Close): Each time you define a crop, the Gradation
window opens momentarily, the gradation of the image is adjusted, and the
window closes again.
• Semi-automatic (Open & Auto): When you define a crop, the Gradation win-
dow opens and gradation is adjusted, but the window stays open so you can
make any checks or further adjustments you desire.
• Manual (Open): When you define a crop, the Gradation window opens, and
you can make any adjustments you desire.
• Off: The Gradation window does not open when you define a crop, and no
changes are made to the image.
• Automatic: Delete the change from the image’s Co
rrection History by click-
ing on the relevant entry and then pressing Command-X (Macintosh) or the
Delete key (PC).
• Semi-automatic: Click on the Reset button in the Gradation window.