Dot Curves: changing dot distribution

The dot distribution can be changed by altering the curves of each dot size by pulling the curves and changing Max amount and Dot weight values

Changing the dot distribution by dragging each dot curve

In case where you wish to e.g. eliminate the use of certain drop sizes or to change the drop size entry point, you can drag each dot size line on the graph selecting the dots on the graphs

In the below example only Large dots are used.

Max Amount

 This is the dot% which is found in the ink settings window.  
                                    
                                It defines the distribution between S, M and L dots. 1 represents 100%.  The default value of dot% is 60% -> 0.6 Max amount
                                Basically, the higher the dot % or Max amount the more Small dots are used compared to Large.  Explained in charts below.

Left chart has Max dot: 0.6 and Right Max dot: 0.9

Looking at the orange dotted line:  with Max dot 0.9, the M dot only starts when the S is at almost 100%.  The transition is small, but the dot count of S dots is higher than in Max dot 0.6, where the M dot is introduced earlier and more gradual and ink usage builds up. 

When would you change the dot %? 

IN general: not. The default of 0.6 max dot is a good setting and works in 99% of cases. In extreme cases of noise/ banding in certain dots/ areas, you could experiment with dot %.

Dot weight

The dot weight is the % of each dot size at which value this particular dot size needs to be at the max value of the dot %

In teh exmaple below we set the Max amount to 1 to clearly isolate the effect of the Dot weight. 

If S is set to 0.5, that means that from 0 to 50% o fink usage: only S dots are used. With M set to 0.6 => the M dot is built up starting at 50% and reaching 100% at 60% of ink usage. From 60% onwards, the L is being introduced.

This setting shows lots of S dot usage with a short transition and rapid introduction of Medium dot over 10% whereafter L dot starts. 

The default dot weight distribution of 0.33, 0.67 and 1 guarantees an equal weight distribution between the dots. 

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