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Re: [Digital BW] Re: software tool for measuring matts

2010-01-18 by David Kachel

On Jan 17, 2010, at 7:16 PM, Mark Savoia wrote:

> So am I following this right? Lets say your image is 8"x10" and you want to use an 11"x14" finished matte size. This application would tell you how much the sides of the matte should be, in this case 1.5" on 8" side and 2" on 10" side???
> 
> Does it also figure optical center? That would be nice.

Yes to all. It does what you want it to do. If you want 1/4 inch margins on the sides and top, a 1 inch margin on the bottom, and the whole thing offset 2 inches towards the top, it will figure the cuts for you. 

David Kachel



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