How To Perform Easy Color Adjustments

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1. In the SmartBar, click the Color Adjust button.
2. Confirm the Easy Color Adjustments dialog opens.

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1. Select a job to apply color adjustments to that job only.
2. Deselect all jobs to apply color adjustments to all jobs received under the active Q tab.

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1. Review the layers listed in the Easy Color Adjustments dialog.
2. Confirm the layers correspond to those shown in the Q Properties dialog.
3. Note that the layer order indicates print order.
4. Verify that the Underbase layer prints before the Color layer.

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1. Adjust Maximum Ink Percent to set the upper limit of white underbase ink.
2. Use the Set Maximum White Ink wizard to determine the correct value.
3. Adjust White Choke to prevent white underbase peeking at edges.
4. Use the Set White Choke wizard for guidance.
5. Adjust Underbase Strength for colored or black garments.
6. Use the Set White Under Black wizard to determine the correct strength.

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1. Adjust the CMYK sliders to change the proportion of CMYK inks.
2. Adjust Max Ink to regulate total CMYK ink volume.
3. Set Max Ink to a value such as 200 to limit the combined CMYK total to that value.
4. Adjust Brightness to lighten or darken the entire job evenly.
5. Adjust Saturation to increase or decrease overall color vibrancy.
6. Adjust Chroma to subtly affect vibrancy while preserving natural skin tones.

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1. Locate the Merge slider and related options.
2. Understand that rendering intents are normally set in the ICC Profile tab.
3. Use the Merge slider to blend two rendering intents when different intents are set.
4. Set Merge to 50 for an even blend of both intents.
5. Set Merge to 0 to use only the first rendering intent.
6. Increase the slider to blend in more of the second rendering intent.
7. Set Merge to 100 to use only the second rendering intent.

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1. Select Photo to use rendering intents from the ICC Profile tab.
2. Confirm this forces Relative and Perceptual rendering intents.
3. Set Merge to 100 to use only Perceptual rendering, best for photographs.
4. Move the Merge slider left to blend in more Relative rendering for improved accuracy in vectors and text.
5. Select Graphics to override the job with Absolute rendering intent.
6. Use Absolute rendering for closest color matching, especially for spot colors.
7. Note that Absolute rendering may reduce photographic quality.

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1. Adjust Highlight Strength to add additional white ink.
2. Apply this setting to areas that are already white.
3. Use this control to make white areas more prominent.