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Re: [Digital BW] software tool for measuring matts

2010-01-18 by Mark Savoia

Sam? Did you say something? I see no comment.

Mark
http://www.stillrivereditions.com

On Jan 17, 2010, at 6:58 PM, Sam McCandless wrote:

> 
> On Jan 17, 2010, at 3:28 PM, Mark Savoia wrote:
> 
>> I don't get it. It gives you what, the size of the matte board?
>> 
>> Mark
>> http://www.stillrivereditions.com
>> 
>> On Jan 17, 2010, at 3:55 PM, David Kachel wrote:
>> 
>>> i got tired of using pencil and paper for each and every print/matt  
>>> combination and spent the last couple of days writing a software  
>>> program that does all the work for me. All I have to do is input  
>>> the dimensions of the image area, the offsets I want on each side  
>>> and the size of the matt board. It spits out the numbers I want in  
>>> inches and fractional (1/4, 12, etc.) inches.
>>> 
>>> Did I just reinvent the wheel? Is there something else out there  
>>> that already does this? I ask because I am wondering if I should  
>>> slap a pretty face on the software and sell it for a small fee.
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> David Kachel
>>

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