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Re: [QuadtoneRIP] Re: Which software for measuring?

2007-12-16 by Michael King

On 16/12/2007, ferdinand_paris <ferdinand_paris@...> wrote:
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> Qu1: I have had real trouble getting the MeasureTool to read the
> Step-21x4-random.tif in strip mode. First time round I kept getting
> too many errors. Second time (with the tif file printed with the
> linearised curves) I had some success, but there were some rows where
> I kept being told that the software could not recognise the boundary
> strips. Does this sort of thing happen a lot? Are there any tips of
> avoiding it? I tried just about everything.
>

You have to be careful to start and stop after the strip. I marked up my i1
ruler to show where I need to start and stop.
after that reading was much more reliable. Also run the i1 smoothly and not
too fast across the strip.


   Qu2: I realise that you can convert the L values to density, but is
> there any easy way to get the MeasureTool with the i1 to give density
> readouts? I'd like to be able to measure dMax directly, and some
> posts that I've read here imply that you can using the MeasureTool and
> the i1.
>

Yes use spot measurement and select densitometric.

Mike




   Ferdinand
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