User manual

8 • Scanning color negatives

ColorQuartet 5.0 Pro

2 • When the pr

eview appears on screen, draw a crop frame and double-click inside it. This

will open the S

can Setup window and feedback window for that crop.

3 • In the Color Deﬁnition section of the Scan Setup window, choose the most relevant Nega-

tive Proﬁle from the menu.

Continue with “

Adjusting the image and scanning it,” below.

Adjusting the image and scanning it

1 • If the positive image in the feedback window looks the way you want it to, click on Ready to

Scan. Then choose Do Jobs from the tool bar or the Scan menu, and the image will be

scanned to disk.

If you want to change the image before scanning, go to the Color Deﬁnition section of the

Scan Setup window and set the Negative Proﬁle to Custom....

2 • In the Negative Proﬁle window that appears, set the Proﬁle to Uncalibrated.

3 • If the image in the feedback window is now ok, click on Ready to Scan. Then choose Do Jobs

from the tool bar or the Scan menu to scan it. If the image is not the way you want it, you

can make additional changes before scanning. There are two steps to carry out: gradation

(lightness/darkness) and gray balance (color neutrality).

4 • Start by adjusting the gradation. Hold down the Alt and Command keys (Mac) or Alt and Ctrl

keys (PC) of your computer. This lets you use the mouse to move all three Reversal Curves

at the same time. By changing the shape and placement of the curves, you can achieve a

The image will be displayed negative in the Preview window, but positive

in the feedback window. The conversion in the feedback window is

based on the Negative Proﬁle that is active in the Scan Setup window.

Choose the profile that corresponds most closely to the type of film the

image was exposed on, or a custom profile that you think will fit the

film and the way it was exposed.

This will also set the Full Exposure and No Exposure modes to Auto,

which means that ColorQuartet automatically sets the highlight and

shadow points to the most extreme values it finds in the image.

At the same time, the Reversal Curves will be set to give an even grada-

tion throughout that specific image.