I’m not really sure why one would want to go through the hassle of converting Bill’s targets for MeasureTool to work in ColorPort (the two produce the same net results), but it is doable.
Pros/cons to both programs. I find it somewhat easier to build custom charts in ColorPort since you simply have to import a CSV file to create the reference values. Measure Tool is a bit fussier in this regard.
Colorport exports more file formats with different data types. If you use MonacoPROFILER like I do, ColorPort is about the only game in town if you want to import into that profiling app.
On the other hand, there's one thing I like about Measure Tool with the iSis specifically is that it allows you to capture both "No Filter" and "UVcut" measurements with a single pass of the chart through the iSis. I use that feature quite a bit. And, of course, Measure Tool lets you look at the measurement data in different ways (density, dot gain, gradation, etc.) which ColorPort doesn't do....yet.
You can also "hack" ColorPort a bit if you want to push the chart layout (patch sizes, chart length, etc.) past the default limits. I've never found a way to do that in Measure Tool. It's REAL ANNOYING to have an iSis XL and to be restricted to roughly 2,450 patches per page (about 18" long as I recall) whereas ColorPort, even "un-hacked", will allow more than that. For a good example of what can be done, check out Bill Atkinson's "bowling alley" ramp he set up for his DTP70 and those crazy-long charts he's used. I've not tested the limit of the iSisXL but I've done 24" long charts with it without an issue. The risk of going longer is you start running into alignment issues....it's no fun getting into about 32" of a 36" long chart only to have it fail!
You’ll need ColorThink. You have to take Bill’s target, ideally on one page and crop out everything but the patches. Then you can resample, using Nearest Neighbor such that you end up with a file in Photoshop where one color patch is one pixel. So if the target were 30x100 patches, you’d resample to 30x100 pixels. Then you can import into ColorThink and build a Color List. That list can be imported into ColorPort to build a target and of course it will measure that target if you do everything correctly.
Nah....just take the Measure Tool reference text file, open it in Excel, delete all but the CMYK or RGB device value columns and export it as a CSV file. In ColorPort, just go to "Create Target", create a new target name and import the CSV file. Bingo!
By using Photoshop, you're also taking a chance that the device values may get rounded or otherwise come out different than the original reference/device values. I've had that happen before.
Regards,
Terry