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Re: Is this possible? .... QRT curve points/point list

2008-01-24 by pr_roark

When you open the curve in the Curve Creator you can hit "Show Curve" 
and see the graph of the various ink curves.  From this you can 
simply transfer the graph plots to the point list.  You can use a 
screen grabber to capture the curve and print it. 

The curves in the final "Show Curve" graph are shown after the ink 
limits are applied.  You can change those ink limits to 100 to expand 
the curve and get a better idea of the points.  You can still apply 
the previous ink limits to the Point List curve when done.

I tend to always use the Points List so that I and others can see 
what is going on and easily transfer the curve to another profile or 
ink, or make small changes.  Although the linearization step is 
wonderful, I still think a fairly smooth curve going into that step 
results in a better profile.

Hope this helps.

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com 


- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "evanj1969" 
<evanj69@...> wrote:
>
> i posted this question on the QRT forum, but have received no 
> response.
> i was hoping someone here may be able to help.
> 
> 
> Is this possible?
> 
> when working in the "curve creation" mode, if you select "load
> curve" as opposed to "gray ink" or "toner" you get a curve tab where
> you would normally enter the ink density.
> from that point, you can open up the "curve points/point list". it
> appears the only way to get information there is to enter it 
manually.
> is it possible to load or display the information (points) from a
> curve that has been created with the "toner/density/limit" method.
> 
> in other words, if I where to open up a UCpk-raw-neut curve (on a
> 3800), could I display the curve in the point list that was created
> for the light magenta channel when it was selected as a toner 2 with
> a density @ 25 and limit @ 6 originally?
> 
> I hope to take that toner curve, and make very small adjustments to
> it, but I want to use the current curve as my starting point as
> opposed to creating one totally from scratch.
> 
> any help would be greatly appreciated.
> Evan
>

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