User manual

21 • Selective color changes
ColorQuartet 5.0 Pro
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• If you want to change a given color or range of colors throughout the entire lightness scale, use
the Selective Hue function.
Practical tips for selective color changes
• You can repeat Selective Color and/or Selective Hue as many times as you want, to change dif-
ferent parts of the image.
• While one point is selected in the feedback window, you can click on other points and check
their densitometer
readings before deciding what adjustments to make.
• If you want to use a different point in the feedback window as the basis for a color change,
click on it and then click on Reset in the color tool window. This will also cancel any changes
you made using the previous point.
Burning out the background
The Burn Out Background tool lets you mask a motif at the time of scanning by digitally remov-
ing the background. This saves work later in the image manipulation process. Burn Out Back-
ground works best when the image’s background consists of one or more fairly consistent
colors.
1 • To burn away a given color, double-click on an appropriate reference point in the feedback
window, or click on an existing reference point so that it turns red.
2 • Click on Add in the Burn Out Background window.
3 • In the color bar that appears in the Burn-Away Thresholds list, click to set the slider so the
desired burn-away level is achieved in the feedback window.
4 • Repeat with additional colors if necessary, until the desired effect has been achieved.
To remove a color from the Burn-Away Thresholds list, click on its color bar and then on the
Remove button.
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