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28 • Here’s How! A QuickGuide for ColorQuartet
ColorQuartet 5.0 Pro
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If you cannot achieve the desired effect with the Highlight/Shadow tool
The Highlight/Shadow tool mostly affects the lightest and darkest parts of the image. If you want
to adjust the mid-tones, you may need to use the Gradation tool.
• You can adjust the gradation automatically as follows:
• You can adjust the gradation manually as follows:
NOTE: To keep gradation changes from lowering the intensity of saturated colors, the Saturation
Limit function in the Gradation window should be on.
To learn more about gradation – see page 171.
For more information about highlight setting options – see page 159.
For general information about working with the color tools – see page 242.
• EITHER: activate Gradation in the Auto Functions section of the Magic Touch
window.
• OR: open the Gradation window, set the Guide menu at 100% and observe
the effect in the feedback window. If the image is not the way you want it,
click on Reset, set the Guide menu to a higher or lower value and check the
result again.
1 • Open the Gradation window.
2 • Check that the Guide menu is set at None.
3 • Drag the gradation curve and observe the effect in the feedback window.
Even small changes will have a noticeable effect on the image. You can
make new “handles” on the curve by clicking.
4 • When the image is the way you want it, click on OK or open another color
tool.
• The Saturation Limit ensures that colors above a given chroma value (color
intensity) are not affected by the gradation curve. The default setting is 70.
• To change the Saturation Limit, move the slider and observe the effect in the
feedback window.