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Re: Larger Square patch

Re: Larger Square patch

2006-08-04 by Bill Hansen

Ed - Have you thought of printing the target on a larger sized sheet of 
paper? You could then upsize the target in PS or in Qimage (be careful not 
to use any sharpening if you upsize in Qimage!) and your patches should be 
as big as you like.

Alternatively, you could divide the target into two parts in PS, upsize 
each part, and print each upsized part on a separate sheet of paper. This 
sounds complex, and it is, a little. You'd be less likely to make reading 
errors (read the wrong patch) if you trimmed each of the two parts and 
tapen the two together, so you'd have one very large target, with all its 
numbers and letters in the same order as the original.

Best of all, IMO, is to just persist with the targets as they are. As 
others have written, they're not that difficult to read once you get a 
little bit of practice.

Bill Hansen

Re: Larger Square patch

2006-08-05 by ed_limmy

Hi Bill,
I"m not too keen on going outside of PFP to print the patches in case i 
make a mistake in some settings some where........

I think the most important thing to have when you're measuring is the 
attitude - do not rush it. Take your time and use whatever methodology 
you can like paper or rulers to keep the other patches out of sight 
during the measurements. If you're too impatient -definitely will make 
mistake.

I don't think its too much of an issue as I don't make my living from 
profiling - its just a passion/hobby and you can call it labour of love 
in a way.....

But it would be nice to have choices in the size of the square. As 
mentioned, although the margins have been reduced the patches don't 
grow that much bigger.

Ed.

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