User manual

28 • Here’s How! A QuickGuide for ColorQuartet
ColorQuartet 5.0 Pro
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General information about working with the color tools
• The color tools are accessed from the Color menu or the tool bar.
• Highlight/Shadow
( – see page 159) should always be applied (automatically, semi-automati-
cally or manually).
• The other tools are optional.
• The Corr
ection History ( – see page 108) shows a record of all the changes made to an image.
• The feedback windo
w ( – see page 102) interactively shows the results of your changes.
• The Densitometer
window ( – see page 103) gives numerical feedback and can be used for
numerical input.
• To cancel a change while the color tool window is still open, click on Reset.
• To cancel a change and close the window, click on Cancel.
• To cancel a change after closing a color tool, click on the relevant entry in the Correction His-
tory window (which can be opened from the Color menu) and then press the Delete key (PC)
or Command and X keys (Macintosh).
• Revert to Original cancels all the changes that have been made to the image via the color tools.
• Modifications you make to one image crop can be transferred to another crop by copying and
pasting the crop frame in the Preview window and dragging it to a new position (then resize it
if necessary).
• Settings that you create in a color tool can be saved for future use by choosing Save... from the
Saved <XXX> menu at the top of the color tool window and assigning a name and location to
the setting. After doing this, you will be able to view, change or use the setting by choosing it
from the Saved <XXX> menu.
For best results, apply image changes in the following order
1 • Tonal range via Highlight/Shadow.
2 • Gradation via Gr
adation, RGB Curves or CMYK Curves.
3 • Gray balance via Highlight/Shadow
, Gray Balance, Introduce Cast, RGB Curves and/or CMYK
Curves.
4 • Color intensity via Satur
ation.
5 • Selective color changes via Selective Color
and/or Selective Hue.
6 • Removal of background color via Burn Out Backgr
ound.