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Color Management Color Management Doesn't Cost -- It Saves: Why Print Providers can be More Profitable and Efficient  An article on how color management can make a print provider more efficient and profitable by reducing waste while providing a superior product. Published January 2004 Quark CMS - How to Survive  Presentation on Quark XPress v4 - v6 CMS. Details on what works and what is broken in the color management options of the different Quark XPress versions v4 and higher. 2004 The Color Evolution: Color management has come a long way in the last decade  A historical review of color management technologies, products, and educational materials for learning color reproduction. Published March 2003 Effective Color Communication with Print Providers  Presentation on how to effectively communicate color and job specifications with a print provider to minimize surprises and errors. 2002 What Everyone Should Know about Working with Digital Imaging Devices  An introductory outline of how imaging devices function and how color management can corral color into being predictable and confident of color reproduction. 2002 Digital Fine Art Magazine An Artist's Guide to Color Management: What an artist needs to know about color management.  What an artist needs to know about color management to obtain predictable color output. Published September 2001	Hexachrome 6 Colors Hit the Spot  An article discussing the advantages of Hexachrome for print providers. Published October 2005 Hexachrome Proofing Resolved  A presentation that explains the Hexachrome print process and setting up a proofing system for it. 2005 Hexachrome Print Process  Primary Considerations for Implementing Hexachrome Printing, and A Look at Hexachrome Proofing Options. Published 2005 Extended Gamut Printing, Pantone Hexachrome  Presentation on Pantone's Hexachrome print processes for the Flexographic Technical Association (FTA) conference. Details the history of Pantone, why Hexachrome is a cost effective process, and technical overview of printing Hexachrome for the flexographic and packaging industries. 2004 Hexachrome Printing: The whys and hows of separating for HIFI print jobs  A quick overview of HIFI and Hexachrome printing. Published March 2003	Proofing Proofing: The Future and the Road to Get There  Presentation explaining the future of proofing and its importance in the print process. 2005 Mac Attack for RIPs? Mac OS X Jaguar has Removed the Barriers  A review of Mac OS X (10.2) Jaguar RIPs available. Published January 2004 Calibration in RIPs  Presentation on how calibration works in RIPs and how to validate if the calibration (linearization) routine was successful. December 2003 Color Proofing Options: There's More Than One Way to "Color" a Cat  A review of proofing options for computer screen to print output comparison. Published March 2003 Monitor to Print Agreement  Presentation on the elements of soft proofing print conditions on screen and comparing to hard copy output. In depth report of ISO standards and challenges of soft proofing. December 2001 Digital Proofing Options: What are You Proofing?  Presentation on proofing methods and options. December 2001 Digital Proofing Options: How to Evaluate the Level of ColorSync Savvy  Presentation on Postscript history, PDF, and evaluating a RIP's compatibility with color management ICC profiles. December 2000
Lighting Color Science 101  A presentation going over the importance of lighting, light sources and the various tools presently available. 2005 Color Viewing Booths Provide: Critical Color Evaluation Environment  An overview of graphic art standards for viewing prints. Contains a review of light booths. Published March 2002 Light under the hood  Discussion of ISO standards for viewing prints in graphic arts and review of color viewing booths. Published March 2002	Digital Video Controlling Color Rendering with ColorSync and Quicktime  A technical overview of using ICC color profiles in Quicktime architecture to color manage digital video. Published in Apple's Colorsync technology section. Published 2001 Case of the pixilated pixels: Square versus Rectangle pixels in Digital Video  An article on how digital video cameras record rectangular pixels while most graphic arts software works in square pixels. Published February 1999 Using ICC profiles with Video: ColorSync and Quicktime  1.5MB file Applying ICC profiles using Apple ColorSync and Quicktime technologies together. Presentation lists the challenges and elements needed to color manage video. Referenced Quicktime movie files are available to broadband users only. 1999 Digital Video Revolutionizing: The Digital Revolution Rages On, But It's No Longer About Still Cameras  Introduction to Digital Video camera technology. Published March 1998	Color Profiling Calibration and Profiling Monitors  Presentation explaining the process of calibrating and profiling a monitor. Includes details on color managing monitors and the Monitor to Print Agreement. 2005 Taking Measure  GMB and X-Rite duel for your profiling dollar. Who's got the right product for you? Published 2005 A Closer Look at Monitors, Calibration, and Profiling  Key differences between ColorVision Spyder 2, GretagMacbeth Eye-One, Monaco Optix XR, and ColorEyes Display. Published 2005