Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/06/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi George, My process will no doubt seem pretty unsophisticated by your standards! But here's what I do: 1) Crop and adjust levels to achieve a good color original 2) Image | Adjustments | Channel Mixer 3) I usually start off with: Red 70%, Green 20%, Blue 10%, Constant 0% 4) Check Monochrome 5) Image | Mode | Grayscale 6) Image | Mode | Duotone 7) Select "Quadtone" in Duotone Options 8) Select your 4 inks. Photoshop comes with some predefined Quadtones, which can be accessed with the "Load" command. There are "Gray Quadtones", "Pantone Quadtones", and "Process Quadtones". I use those as starting points and adjust the colors to get the look I want. 9) Finally, if you want to save the image in JPG or TIFF format (really any format besides PSD), you will have to convert the image to RGB using the following command: Image | Mode | RGB The main reason I use Quadtones is that I seem to be able to get a look that appears contrasty, and yet has a wider dynamic range with better shadow detail. George, you could probably explain why Quadtones and Duotones produce this effect. I'd surely like to learn more from you on this point. Cheers - Jim Laurel -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+jplaurel=spectare.com@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+jplaurel=spectare.com@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of George Lottermoser Sent: Friday, June 17, 2005 10:13 AM To: lug@leica-users.org Subject: [Leica] Quadtone? > then converted to Quadtone. Can you be more specific re: "converted to Quadtone?" Do you convert to CMYK and assign "solid" colors or? TIA Fond regards, G e o r g e L o t t e r m o s e r, imagist ----------------------------------------------------------