just finished

[Duv]

Yep, that looks like a keeper to me! Question though. When I go to View:Gamut Warning, a considerable amount of the picture is greyed out which seems to indicate that a press or ink jet printer might have difficulty capturing that color. How does your print compare to your on screen version?

Cheers

Dave

[ydelle]

I don't now I have to see when I get to work if the color has the same pop.
I had printed your version on german watercolor and it was some what muted -I am going to try summerset paper or a white mat.
by the way how to you get ti the view gamet warning from the net.
ydelle

[Duv]

Just go to View>Gamut Warning. When you turn it on, anything that shows up grey is out of gamut and may be difficult to print.

Dave

[cinderella]

So I tried a z curve on lab lightness channel on photo with lots of people in it and it did not improve the flatness. Made photo look garish.

[ydelle]

I know , but how did you get there from the picture I put in the thread.
Did you copy the pic to your desktop and take it into photoshop?

[Duv]

Cinderella, the question is why did you think a Z curve would work in the first place? No curve can work for all images. You need to understand the "numbers" in your image, determine whether it needs a global correction or specific areas and build a Curve to fix those weaknesses. Look again at Edgework's post. He built something very specific based on his analysis of the original pic. Might be interesting to see your pic and what the problem is although you should start a new post.

Dave