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8 • Scanning color negatives

ColorQuartet 5.0 Pro

darker or lighter image in the highlights, midtones and/or shadows. During this step, don’t

worry if the image has a color cast.

5 • When the gradation is the way you want it, check and, if necessary, adjust the gray balance

as explained in the following steps. This time, you will be moving the red, green and blue

Reversal Curves individually to change the relationship between them. The goal is to put

equal amounts of red, green and blue color into the parts of the image that should be neu-

tral.

6 • In the feedback window, choose 5 pixel average or 9 pixel average as the measurement

size, click on a part of the image that should be white or very light neutral gray, and check

the RGB values that appear in the densitomer window. The three values should be the same

or very close to each other.

7 • If the R, G and B values are not close enough to each other, adjust the Reversal Curves indi-

vidually until they are. Before starting, note the positions of the three small red, green and

• It may be easier to work with the curves if you enlarge them by making the

Negative Proﬁle window larger.

• To ensure good contrast (separation of color tones) in the major part of the

image, make the curve steep under the part of the Histogram where the

highest columns are seen.

• You will often find that a curve shaped like a reverse “S” (flat at the left top,

steep in the middle, and flat at the right bottom) will give the best results.

• You may want to check more than one point.

• To keep a point for repeated reference, double-click on it. A cross will

appear. At any given time, the cross that is red is the point that is being dis-

played on the densitometer.

• To delete a point, click on it to make it red, and then press the backspace key

of your computer.

• To find the absolute lightest and darkest points of the image, click on the

white and black fields, respectively, in the densitometer window.