Color Management Training and Consulting
Recently, we sent out an email newsletter and opened up a Q&A with our community. We invited them to send us some color questions and we were happily surprised at the number of responses we received. While we can't answer every question, we chose ones that we thought would help our community the most. We hope you find the topics interesting and invite you to contact us with questions of your own. Topic 1: Color …
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When we're doing color management consulting and training, we frequently print test images like the one shown with this post. We print a test image when we are in the process of establishing a baseline for color quality. The goal is to know if we've achieved a known good print condition by assessing the images visually and the control targets by measuring and evaluating against industry specifications. Which came first - …
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If you follow us on social media, you've probably noticed that we like to share cool color content from others in our community. But it's been awhile since we've put some of them in a roundup and explained why we share this content. We've also found some new ones. So here are some of our favorites: Colorschemer Network: Twitter Handle: @colorschemez What it is: While we aren't usually fans of bots, this …
One of the most powerful yet, misunderstood and under-utilized features of most inkjet RIP software is the named spot color matching functionality. To see just how easy this feature can be to use, take a few minutes to check out this SGIA Tech Tip by Ray Weiss before reading further. In the video, Ray discusses creating "Thanksgiving Orange" as a custom spot color. In order for future prints to match that color, the …
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