The Light Farm

Color Separation Baseline Worksheet

Layer #1: YELLOW

  1. Saturation: +25 Master and +25 Yellow
  2. Selective Color-Whites: +35% Black
  3. Selective Color-Neutrals: +25% Black
  4. Selective Color-Blacks: -50% Black
  5. Saturation: +25 Master and +25 Yellow
  6. Selective Color-Yellows: +100% Black
  7. Selective Color-Greens: +100% Black
  8. Selective Color-Yellows: +100% Black
  9. Selective Color-Greens: +100% Black
  10. Selective Color-Blues: -100% Black
  11. Selective Color-Magentas: -100% Black
  12. Selective Color-Reds: -25% Black
  13. Selective Color-Cyans: +25% Black
  14. Saturation: +25 Magenta
  15. Selective Color-Magentas: -100% Black
  16. Selective Color-Magentas: -100% Black
  17. Selective Color-Magentas: -100% Black
  18. Invert
  19. 'Blue' Channel
  20. Curves: 0 => 30 and 255 =>165.  NOTE: This is a starting point.  The exact curve of each layer is determined by the exposure light source.
  21. Re-size negative.  NOTE: This must be determined for each different paper.  Remember to de-select 'Constrain Proportions'. Paper does not shrink the same amount along both dimensions.
  22. Record density information for each color block