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I see where you are headed, but a cog in the wheel is that the dot size of a 1% in a 35lpi is very close in size to the dot size of a 2% in the next jump up such as a 2% in a 40 lpi So I don't foresee an easy or smooth drop off or fade.
Pierre awesome glad some one understood where I was going with that. And I did wonder if FM had something available since it is what I use.QuoteI see where you are headed, but a cog in the wheel is that the dot size of a 1% in a 35lpi is very close in size to the dot size of a 2% in the next jump up such as a 2% in a 40 lpi So I don't foresee an easy or smooth drop off or fade.Dan you missed my point, the dots would have to stop at 5% just the line count would have to diminish each line like Pierre posted above.
Does FilmMaker work with Canon Printers? I think I read they only work with Epsons?
That drawing reminds me of the bottom of a flapper dress or maybe I watch too much Boardwalk Empire.This is one thing I have never grasped about RIPS. If I set it to "X" lpi, then the dots should go no smaller than that specific size, thene they should be spaced to give the effect of a smaller dot. Sort of like spreading your peas out on your plate makes it look like you ate more.
Ghostscript with Ghostview takes all of about 10 minutes to get setup and working. And this is if you are taking breaks to watch some TV while setting it up.
Dan your discussion makes my head hurt!All I am trying to say is if you can only hold a certain size dot lets forget percentages just a very specific certain size dot. At some point when you develop a screen all the dots below that size will not develop or actually some might come through looking really splotchy, I see this when I print something like a grey scaled photo. Look at the image below I used a dot and spread it to 50 dot in an inch. Lets call those dots 5% black. The next line is only 48 dots. Then the next is 46 etc. What i would find cool is a software that can stop shrinking dots at a certain size and just maintain that certain size till it fades out to nothing on the line count.Does this make sense?