gigi cidadi Posted October 26, 2009 Share Posted October 26, 2009 <p>Dear All,<br>I am desperate to get a Color Quartet possibly 4.0.1 or 4.4.1 or 2 as after a computer formatting I delete the only copy of the programme I had. I have a regular dongle so it should be a problem in legal terms. I tried to download from ADB scanner website the CQ version 5.3.1 but it does not reckon the scanner . If you have a spare copy I can give you my ftp address and just upload the application in it.<br>(Scanmate Scanview plus ll and MAC G3 are the devices i am working with) <br>I will be really grateful</p><p>Thanks and regards<br>Gigi Cifali</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leicaglow Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 <p>Gigi, If you don't get an answer here, go to Yahoo Groups and sign up for the Hi Resolution Scanner group (I can't remember he exact name, but it has the words Hi or High and Scanner in it). Those guys and gals are experts on this stuff and I've seen people get out of some real jams on that group.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piotr_fracala1 Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 <p>http://www.amdigital.ch/downloads/CQ/MAC/CQ_441_MACsea.sit</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piotr_fracala1 Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 <p>It's german version.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gigi cidadi Posted October 27, 2009 Author Share Posted October 27, 2009 <p>thank you Piotr</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piotr_fracala1 Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 <p>English version of CQ 4.2.1 (OS 9 ONLY version) + ColorTrio + firmware:<br> http://www.megaupload.com/?d=TWT63MNN<br> Enjoy ;)</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gigi cidadi Posted October 27, 2009 Author Share Posted October 27, 2009 <p>Dear Piotr,<br> The scanner finally moves, thank you .<br> The problem is that the final scanner looks like crap. I went in CQ preferences and changed the ICC as follows: transmission I8trm and reflection I8rfm and before thet moved these profiles ti the folder CQtiff as the image i want is tiff 16 bit. Considering that I am scanning a color negative film can you tell me what I am doing wrong?</p> <p>Regards<br> Gigi <br> Please hel as I am getting crazy here i am uploading an image showing the magenta and inverted colors</p> file:///Users/gigicifali/Desktop/Scan%202 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piotr_fracala1 Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 <p>Nice :)<br> First - calibrate scanner for transmissions.<br> Second - forget about scanning in 16 bit (later ;) )<br> Your magenta is very nice :), but it could be effect of inverting negative by scanner software - profiles for negatives are... well... very, very poor in ColorQuartet...<br> I'd like to see some positive scans, with MINIMAL correction in CQ (histogram only, no color correction). Or even try black and white negative and scan it AS COLOR POSITIVE film. Scan should be ALMOST graycale (eventually with SMALL cast, but not like on your sample. If it's NOT - it's something wrong with scanner).<br> Even without ANY changes in preferences (IT8), after clean installing and software calibrating for transmissions - you should get very good results (but in POSITIVE scanning - inverting negatives is quite another story...)</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gigi cidadi Posted October 27, 2009 Author Share Posted October 27, 2009 <p>dear Piotr,<br> how I need to calibrate the scanner for transmission.<br> I am really interest in what are you saying. I tried to use with fantastic result a copy of CQ 4.0.1 downloaded from a link offered by a fellow at High scan group, and the color negatives images scanned at 16 bits without calibration were great, for unlucky circumstances the application starts to crush after a successful 3 scans at dpi 2600. Why I could not use the same setting with the later version that you gave me ?<br> Anyway I would like to receive your imoprtant help and how it is possible to calibrate color negative?<br> Thank you again for your help</p> <p>Gigi </p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gigi cidadi Posted October 27, 2009 Author Share Posted October 27, 2009 <p>Also Piotr,<br> The scanner works with color trio well , so I don t think is the scanner<br> Ciao</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gigi cidadi Posted October 27, 2009 Author Share Posted October 27, 2009 <p>Also Piotr,<br> The scanner works with color trio well , so I don t think is the scanner<br> Ciao</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piotr_fracala1 Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 <p>If you're sure, that scanner is OK, and positive film scans are also ok, and the only problem is scanning negatives AS NEGATIVES - then welcome to the club: in my opinion after 14 or 15 years scanning on ALL models of Scanview scanners (drum and flatbed) - CQ negative profiles are useless. I always scan my negatives as positives, and invert them in Photoshop. Results ALWAYS were much, much better than using CQ negative profiles.<br> I'll try to find pdf with full CQ manual - you'll find there everything about calibrating (and much, much more - CQ is rather complicated piece of software...)</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gigi cidadi Posted October 28, 2009 Author Share Posted October 28, 2009 <p>The situation looks a bit confusing but close to the right set up. When I am trying CQ 4.0.1 version, the picture preview is positive, clicking the feedback preview window the image is negative (as it should be) great but I can t use it as a dongle ( lines on It). Now when I am trying CQ 4.4.2 and 4.2.1 the image looks in densitometer mode ( like I showed to you) or black with dots, I manage to scan and again it is terrible both in positive and negative transmission mode. Now What could be the error and why in a CQ version looks ok and not in another one.<br> Answering to your question both positive and negative the pictures in preview are like I showed you, colored like magenta white black green <br> What should I ?do </p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrea_gazzoni Posted August 6, 2010 Share Posted August 6, 2010 <p>Gigi, Piotr, same problem here, but the link to Megaupload is not working anymore.<br> Can you point me to an english copy of CQ or Color Trio? thanks<br> Andre</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piotr_fracala1 Posted August 6, 2010 Share Posted August 6, 2010 <p>Mac or PC? If Mac – OS 9... or OSX? If OSX - what version? :)<br> Do you have any dongles for CQ?</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piotr_fracala1 Posted August 6, 2010 Share Posted August 6, 2010 <p>http://www.abc-scan.dk/International/Downloads/download.htm</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrea_gazzoni Posted August 6, 2010 Share Posted August 6, 2010 <p>mac OS9, thank you Piotr.<br> no I have no dongles, so I guess I'd better search for Color Trio, right?</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piotr_fracala1 Posted August 6, 2010 Share Posted August 6, 2010 <p>Send mi your e-mail, ColorTrio it's only 2,5 MB. I don't now how to attach an attachment from here ;)</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrea_gazzoni Posted August 6, 2010 Share Posted August 6, 2010 <p>email sent<br />will it be enough to run the scanner and have simple control over the scans?<br />thank you again<br />andrea</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piotr_fracala1 Posted August 6, 2010 Share Posted August 6, 2010 <p>Yes - under os 9.x.x, it's classic application...</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gigi cidadi Posted August 7, 2010 Author Share Posted August 7, 2010 <p>didi you find out Andrea?</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gigi cidadi Posted August 7, 2010 Author Share Posted August 7, 2010 <p>didi you find out Andrea?</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrea_gazzoni Posted August 9, 2010 Share Posted August 9, 2010 <p>Gigi, what I've found since far is a ColorTrio installer for windows and a Mac version of the same software.<br />Both are less than 2,5mb and I have no chance to know if they're the right choice until I get the scanner linked to my pc...and I am in the process of buying one.<br />Anyone here have a second hand Color Quartet + dongle to sell? thank you</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrea_gazzoni Posted August 12, 2010 Share Posted August 12, 2010 <p>hello, I am still looking for a working copy of ColorTrio for Mac Os 9...or a copy of Colorquartet with proper dongle for Mac or Pc.<br> thanks anyone</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gigi cidadi Posted August 16, 2010 Author Share Posted August 16, 2010 <p>Dear Andrea,<br> Sorry but I sold my little scanmate with the entire computer, <br />I was serching for a copy of the CQ application, that I remember I had on floppy disk called color trio, but I could not found it. <br> I am so sorry I wish I could be more helpful.<br> but in this days I will look again.<br> Ciao Gigi</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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