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Re: [QuadtoneRIP] Re: Will Mac curves work on a PC?

2005-10-11 by Carl Schofield

Yes, I think it is that simple, but check with another PC user to be  
sure.  In fact I don't think you even need to use the .txt (.qidf)  
files unless you intend to edit or re-linearize.  If you just want to  
print just put the .quad files where they belong on the PC.

On Oct 11, 2005, at 12:00 PM, elitephotolv wrote:

> I'm a little confused here. So I just find them on my Mac hard disk
> and copy them over?  Then I find the *.txt files and simply re-name
> them as *.qdif then I can use them?
>
> Surely it can't be that simple!
>
> Thanks Carl,
> Randy
>
> --- In QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com, Carl Schofield <scho@m...> wrote:
>
>>
>> You can use the same curves on both Mac and PC.  The .quad files
>>
> are
>
>> the same for both platforms, but the curve descriptor files have
>>
> a
>
>> special suffix on a PC (.qidf) and are just simple .txt files on a
>>
> Mac.
>
>>
>> On Oct 10, 2005, at 6:10 PM, elitephotolv wrote:
>>
>>
>>> I use a Mac at work and a PC at home and have QTR on both.  The
>>>
> Mac
>
>>> has Hahnemuhle
>>> curves on it but the PC version doesn't.  Is it possible to use
>>>
> the
>
>>> Mac curves on the PC?  I
>>> expect not since thr program works very differently between the
>>>
> two
>
>>> platforms, not to
>>> mention the differing OS's.
>>>
>>> Just wondering.
>>>
>>> Randy

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