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Chapter 5: Color Correction in the CMYK Color Space: Expert Mode 5-7
Controlling Dot Gain
PowerColor’s dot gain controls are accessed by selecting Dot Gain in the
Correction menu. The Dot Gain window that appears (see Figure 5–4) contains a
table of values with dot percentages for the Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Black
inks.
Setting Dot Gain
Presses vary widely in terms of the dot percentages at which they experience maxi-
mum dot gain. The four color plates also tend to gain differently from each other.
PowerColor’s Dot Gain window allows you to take a given press’s gain characteris-
tics into account in preparing your image for output.
Figure 5–4
Dot Gain window