QTR-Quadtone RIP

Hello,
I'm running Leopard.
A quick question. What is the application QTR Curve View used for?
Thanks
Joel Conison

Hi Joel,

It's mainly for people designing their own curves/profiles.  If you
Open one of the
.quad files under /Library/Printers/QTR/quadtone/...  you'll see how
the inks are
being used.  If you are simply a regular user of existing profiles it's not much
more that just mildly interesting.

Roy

On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 2:55 PM, jconison77 <jcon77@...> wrote:
> Hello,
>  I'm running Leopard.
>  A quick question. What is the application QTR Curve View used for?
>  Thanks
>  Joel Conison
>
>
>  ------------------------------------
>
>  Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>

Hi Roy,
No, I like to understand the software I'm using. Even though I Hahn.  
Photo Rag is my paper of choice there are other fine papers out there  
& I need to build curves that weren't included.
So I went through the steps of building one for the Hahnemuhl. Made an  
ink descriptor file, dropped it into Drop Quad Profile, printed the 21  
step gary scale, read it with the I1, put the density readings into my  
descriptor file (linearize), & dropped it into the Drop- Quad-Profile  
& it created a Hahn.quad & put it into my profile folder (just like it  
should).
Now, am I missing a step with QTR Curve View application?
Thanks,
Joel
On Mar 24, 2008, at 5:52 PM, Roy Harrington wrote:

> Hi Joel,
>
> It's mainly for people designing their own curves/profiles. If you
> Open one of the
> .quad files under /Library/Printers/QTR/quadtone/... you'll see how
> the inks are
> being used. If you are simply a regular user of existing profiles  
> it's not much
> more that just mildly interesting.
>
> Roy
>
> On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 2:55 PM, jconison77 <jcon77@...>  
> wrote:
> > Hello,
> > I'm running Leopard.
> > A quick question. What is the application QTR Curve View used for?
> > Thanks
> > Joel Conison
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------------
> >
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
> 



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Hi Joel,

It sounds like you are well on your way.  CurveView is only for looking at what
you made -- not for actually making the profile.  This way you can see the old
profile and the new one and see the difference.  It's a great way to be curious
about the changes you make and the effects they have.

Roy

On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 9:20 AM, Joel Conison <jcon77@...> wrote:
> Hi Roy,
>  No, I like to understand the software I'm using. Even though I Hahn.
>  Photo Rag is my paper of choice there are other fine papers out there
>  & I need to build curves that weren't included.
>  So I went through the steps of building one for the Hahnemuhl. Made an
>  ink descriptor file, dropped it into Drop Quad Profile, printed the 21
>  step gary scale, read it with the I1, put the density readings into my
>  descriptor file (linearize), & dropped it into the Drop- Quad-Profile
>  & it created a Hahn.quad & put it into my profile folder (just like it
>  should).
>  Now, am I missing a step with QTR Curve View application?
>  Thanks,
>  Joel
>
> On Mar 24, 2008, at 5:52 PM, Roy Harrington wrote:
>
>  > Hi Joel,
>  >
>  > It's mainly for people designing their own curves/profiles. If you
>  > Open one of the
>  > .quad files under /Library/Printers/QTR/quadtone/... you'll see how
>  > the inks are
>  > being used. If you are simply a regular user of existing profiles
>  > it's not much
>  > more that just mildly interesting.
>  >
>  > Roy
>  >
>  > On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 2:55 PM, jconison77 <jcon77@...>
>  > wrote:
>  > > Hello,
>  > > I'm running Leopard.
>  > > A quick question. What is the application QTR Curve View used for?
>  > > Thanks
>  > > Joel Conison
>  > >
>  > >
>  > > ------------------------------------
>  > >
>  > > Yahoo! Groups Links
>  > >
>  > >
>  > >
>  > >
>  >
>  >
>
>
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>
>
>
>  ------------------------------------
>
>  Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>

But what is it we're seeing? What do the up and down scale and scale
across the bottom mean? 

Thanks, David. 

--- In QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com, "Roy Harrington" <roy@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Joel,
> 
> It sounds like you are well on your way.  CurveView is only for
looking at what
> you made -- not for actually making the profile.  This way you can
see the old
> profile and the new one and see the difference.  It's a great way to
be curious

> about the changes you make and the effects they have.
> 
> Roy
>

Horizontally you have gray values from white (left) to black (right)
-- i.e. the grayscale
value in your image.  Vertically is how much of each ink that is used
at the gray value.

Roy

On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 10:47 PM, David <dkfreed@...> wrote:
> But what is it we're seeing? What do the up and down scale and scale
>  across the bottom mean?
>
>  Thanks, David.
>
>
>  --- In QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com, "Roy Harrington" <roy@...> wrote:
>  >
>  > Hi Joel,
>  >
>  > It sounds like you are well on your way.  CurveView is only for
>  looking at what
>  > you made -- not for actually making the profile.  This way you can
>  see the old
>  > profile and the new one and see the difference.  It's a great way to
>  be curious
>  > about the changes you make and the effects they have.
>  >
>  > Roy
>  >
>
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------
>
>  Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>

Just installed 2.6.0.0 Win XP. How do I get to the Curve viewer? I 
can't find it on the GUI nor the program launch, is it a separate 
utility?

Thx
Dario

Hello -

The Curve Viewer is in the Tools/Curve Creation window: Show Curve.

Dyke.


met.graphix wrote:
> 
> 
> Just installed 2.6.0.0 Win XP. How do I get to the Curve viewer? I
> can't find it on the GUI nor the program launch, is it a separate
> utility?
> 
> Thx
> Dario



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Dyke Stiles			               Reply to: dyke.stiles@...
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Right click on one of the curves in the curve setup box and you will get a
pop-up menu allowing you to view the curve. 


- Stephen
stephen.sbillard.org

-----Original Message-----
From: QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com [mailto:QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com] On
Behalf Of met.graphix
Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2008 8:50 AM
To: QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [QuadtoneRIP] QTR Curve View

Just installed 2.6.0.0 Win XP. How do I get to the Curve viewer? I can't
find it on the GUI nor the program launch, is it a separate utility?

Thx
Dario


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Yahoo! Groups Links

Got Ya. Neat, thanks

Dario

--- In QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com, "Stephen Billard" <stephen@...> 
wrote:
>
> Right click on one of the curves in the curve setup box and you 
will get a
> pop-up menu allowing you to view the curve. 
> 
> 
> - Stephen
> stephen.sbillard.org
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com 
[mailto:QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com] On
> Behalf Of met.graphix
> Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2008 8:50 AM
> To: QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [QuadtoneRIP] QTR Curve View
> 
> Just installed 2.6.0.0 Win XP. How do I get to the Curve viewer? I 
can't

> find it on the GUI nor the program launch, is it a separate utility?
> 
> Thx
> Dario
> 
> 
> ------------------------------------
> 
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>