Printer Profiling QA – X-Rite i1Photo Pro

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Embedded in the i1Photo Pro program are no nonsense instructional videos that walk you through the software step by step.
i1Profiler Printer Quality Assurance, or Printer QA can help you determine whether your printer or digital press is within tolerance of defined print standards. You can also use this tool to validate that the printer is staying in tolerance for proofing or production.
Read more in my digital photography ebooks here.
View more in my color management DVD.
Learn more in my digital photography and digital printing workshops.

Advanced Printer Profiling Options – X-Rite i1Photo Pro

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Embedded in the i1Photo Pro program are no nonsense instructional videos that walk you through the software step by step.
X-Rite’s i1Photo Pro offers four advanced printer profiling options.
Linearization
OBC Correction
Profile Optimization
ColorChecker Proof.
Read more in my digital photography ebooks here.
View more in my color management DVD.
Learn more in my digital photography and digital printing workshops.

Printing Printer Profiling Targets – X-Rite i1Photo Pro

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Embedded in the i1Photo Pro program are no nonsense instructional videos that walk you through the software step by step.
Print targets directly out of i1Photo Pro – not CS5.
When producing printer profiles it’s important to set the print driver properly.
1 Set media type
2 Set resolution
3 Turn off all color management in the print driver
Read more in my digital photography and digital printing ebooks here.
Learn more in my digital photography and digital printing workshops.

How to Layout and Design Your Book Like a Pro

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How to Sequence and Design Your Next Book Like a Pro from Blurb Books on Vimeo.

“Pro photographer and book designer Mat Thorne presents an introduction to book design principals. This webinar covers an overview of typography, essentials of cover design, and laying out front & back matter. Mat also shares examples and offers inspiration from published photography books.”
Find more bookmaking resources here.
Learn more in my digital printing and digital photography workshops here.

Get More From Smart Objects

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“Any “object” that needs the ability to adjust size and rotation without the normal limitations of layered images is an excellent candidate for Smart Objects … When doing a traditional multilayer composite, the resizing and rotation of a layer can cause image degradation. Positioning and sizing an object has to be a precise operation because if you use Free Transform to make a layer smaller and then find out you actually need it back at the original size (or bigger), you basically have to start over. The way to deal with this situation when doing a complex composite is to make those layers into Smart Objects. Smart Objects are embedded image objects that allow resizing, rotation and other select editing without changing the pixels in the object. The image layers are actually treated as a separate file embedded within the master file. You can’t do all editing on the Smart Object, but you can open the original layers as a temporary file and do pixel-level editing there and then save the changes back into the Smart Object; the changes will auto-update in the image in which the objects are embedded.” – Jeff Schewe
Read more about Smart Objects at Digital Photo Pro.
Get Schewe & Evening’s book CS5 for Photographers: The Ultimate Workshop.
Learn more with my online resources.
Learn more in my digital photography and digital printing workshops.

Evaluate Your Monitors' Performance – X-Rite i1Photo Pro

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Now there’s a quick and easy way to evaluate what your monitor can do with the Q&A functions in X-Rite’s latest version of i1Photo Pro. Calibrating and profiling your monitor is the first step.  After that, you can identify which colors are displaying well and which have issues. You can use this information to identify the your best monitor for critical color work and even when it’s time to replace a monitor.
Read more in my digital photography ebooks here.
Learn more in my digital printing and digital photography workshops here.
 

New Book – Landscapes Within

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“Landscapes Within presents selected images highlighting John Paul Caponigro’s many collaborations with nature.
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The artist’s life’s work is a call to connection. It’s a call to connection with nature – the matrix from which we are born, which sustains us while we are alive, and to which we return when we die. It’s a call to incite conscientious creative interaction with our environment. It’s a call to connection with us – with ourselves, with each other, and with the larger world surrounding us.
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These images function simultaneously as windows onto exterior landscapes and mirrors into interior landscapes. Pointing beyond objectivity and subjectivity towards intersubjectivity, it reveals how deeply involved we are in our experiences of the world. This work presents a series of invitations to look, to look again, and to look at looking.”
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Landscapes Within is a catalog for a traveling exhibit.
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