Plot Digitizer vs Beam Profiler

Plot Digitizer is an app to extract numerical data from plot images. It is often necessary to obtain original (x, y) data from graphs, e.g. from scanned scientific plots, when data values are not available. Plot Digitizer allows you to easily get the numbers in such cases. Digitizing is a nine-step process: 1. Open a picture or take a photo of the plot; 2. Crop the picture to isolate the plot; 3. Align the plot, if required; 4. Do some fine-tuning cropping, if required; 5. Set the X and Y axes anchor points using your finger or an Apple Pencil; 6. Adjust the Axes Titles and anchor points; 7. Digitize the data series using your finger or an Apple Pencil; 8. Label the data series; 9. View, export the digitized data or view fitted equations. At the end of the process, you can copy the data to the clipboard, share it with another app, view a digital plot or fitted equations from the digitized data. Disclaimer: The plot image shown in the screnshots is taken from: A. Danesh, D.-H. Xu, D.H. Tehrani, A.C. Todd. Improving predictions of equation of state by modifying its parameters for super critical components of hydrocarbon reservoir fluids. Fluid Phase Equilibria 112 (1995) 45-61.

Use a standard camera as a beam profiler. Any camera that connects via USB and presents as either a standard USB video source will work. Take your old DSLR, remove the lens, and point your beam at the sensor. It tries to control the ISO based on measured beam properties.