services
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bringing colour management to you
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I can help with a complete, partial or with a step by step introduction of colour management to your workflow. It is totally fine to take this a step at a time.
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colour management training
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I provide training on a one to one basis, or for small groups, in general colour management inc. profiles & rendering intents, Capture, Scanning, Image Integrity, Image Optimization for CMYK Print and on the necessary software to help you get all this right.
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on site survey
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During a site visit, I will assess your equipment and talk over how colour management can work for you, taking into account your own working methods. I will help assess your needs, and any need new equipment, properly taking into account your work.
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colour management health check
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I recommend a periodical health check to ensure that good practices are being followed.
I am often asked to check and, perhaps, to recalibrate monitors to ensure optimal performance, maybe also provide a little training on existing or new procedures. Is the printer is working right? are printer profiles still accurately describing the machine and are they being used properly.Has print or proof output quality slipped? Unfortunately, it's pretty easy for quality to silently creep and it can be valuable to have an "MOT" to check it out.
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inkjet profiling
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Do your prints look as good as they might? There are inevitably variations in display screens and printers, even from the same production line.
ICC profiles can correct for these idiosyncracies. -
proofer set-up
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Designer? Photographer? Publisher? In-house prepress?
When working with certified proofing, it's simply a matter of get the proof right and the print will be right on a standard press.
The big advantage is that this brings the decision making process back from press-side to the prepress or retouching or colour correction area. -
camera profiling and scanner profiling
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An ICC input profile is used by software such as Photoshop to adapt incoming images on the basis of accurate assessment of the input device's characteristics. Accuracy in the reproduction of colour and tone can often be significantly improved.
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prepress and press optimisation
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I can offer many services, ranging from training to implementation of colour management, CtP adaptation and press optimisation.
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charges
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Rather than providing a one size fits all menu of charges, I prefer to talk to clients about what they hope to achieve and how I might help, that advice is sometimes the most important part of working with a new client.