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Re: linearization and Quadtone RIP

2003-10-02 by Roy Harrington

Thanks, Peter, that's correct.  You can use anything that measures
density -- the calc-density script is just a simple way to use the i1
output.

Roy

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Peter Baumbach" <
info@p...> wrote:
> I think that Calc-Density is only necessary to calculate the density 
> from the xyz values captured by the I1. If you have a densitometer 
> you just have to measure the densities of all steps and enter these 
> values into the curve file (e.g. LINEARIZE="0.036 0.137 0.260 0.382 
> 0.505 0.616 0.744 0.858 0.963 1.054 1.133 1.213 1.287 1.357 1.418 
> 1.467 1.519 1.559 1.587 1.627 1.666 ").
> 
> Hope that's right.
> Peter
> 
> peter baumbach - fine art photography
> http://www.pb-photo.com
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "ejohn182002" 
> <ejohn182002@y...> wrote:
> > Apparently QTR can automatically linearize a curve using eye-one or 
> a densitometer. I 
> > want to do this using a densitmeter but the instructions seem to 
> only be for eye-one 
> > as far as I can decipher. So, can I in fact linearize with a 
> densitometer and, if yes, then 
> > does anyone know how to enter the data so Calc-Density can do its 
> work? Thanks in 
> > advance for any advice.
> > John Eckenrode

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