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8 • Scanning color negatives

ColorQuartet 5.0 Pro

blue triangles at the left side of the Reversal Curves grid. Your goal will be to get all three tri-

angles into the same position.

8 • Now repeat steps 6 and 7, but with reference to the parts of the image that should be black

or a very dark neutral gray. When the three small triangles are on top of each other and the

R, G and B values in the densitometer are the same or almost the same, the shadow part of

the image is neutral.

9 • After adjusting the gray balance, you may want to fine-tune the gradation as explained in

step 4. You may also want to fine-tune the color strength of the image with ColorQuartet’s

Satur

ation function, which can be accessed from the Color menu or the tool bar.

10 • When you are satisfied with the image in the feedback window, you may want to save the

curves you created as a custom profile so you can quickly apply the same adjustments to

other images from the same film or similar films. Choose Save... from the Proﬁle menu in

the Negative Proﬁle window, assign a name to the profile, and save it in the Negative Pro-

• Choose the desired curve by clicking directly on it or by clicking on the red,

green or blue stripe to the right of the curves.

• To change the shape of a curve, click on an anchor point and drag it to the

desired position. Or click on it and use the arrow keys of your computer key-

board to move the point. For an even finer adjustment, hold down the Alt

key while using the arrow keys.

• New points can be inserted by clicking with the mouse on the curve.

• To move a whole curve, hold down the Alt key (Mac) or Ctrl key (PC) and

drag the curve with the mouse.

• Try to keep the shape of the curves smooth.

• You can toggle a change on and off by using the Undo/Redo command in the

Edit menu.