Epson Print Academy – Larry Kaufmann

– The videos in the Epson Print Academy are packed with information. Epson’s Larry Kauffmann, a source with over a decade of direct real world insider experience, quickly dispels many myths and provides clear information. Here’s one tip. Epson printers provide both USB2 and Ethernet....

Robert Hoekman – Stupid User Syndrome

Robert Hoekman talks about Stupid User Syndrome: Why We Become Idiots Online (And What Web Designers Can Do About It) in his excellent book Designing the Moment: Web Interface Design Concepts in Action. “Whether we like to admit it or not, we’ve all been victims...

Metamerism / Metameric Failure

It’s often called metamerism, but the correct term is metameric failure. Metameric failure is the tendency of an object to change appearance under different light sources. Different light sources, even of the same color temperature, are often comprised of differing amounts of spectral frequencies (i.e....

Digital Exposure

The histogram on the back of your camera is generated by a processed JPEG version of your Raw files. Your Raw files are unprocessed / uncooked, high resolution, uncompressed, wide-gamut, 12-14 bit, and so have more information in them, particularly in the highlights. This means...

How The Camera Sees

Like the human eye, film has a nonlinear response to light. For film, we adjust the EV to fit the amount and contrast ratio of the available light into the most useful area of its curve response. Using film, you expose generally, and when compromises...

Print Proofs To See Undisplayable Colors

You softproof (constrain a monitor with an ICC profile) to see what colors are out of gamut of an ink and paper combination before you print. You proof (print) to see colors out of gamut of the monitor. What? Yes! Today’s inksets exceed the gamut...

Win A Free Epson Printer – Learn More With Versace

Win a free Epson R1900 or R2880 printer. Learn more their features and using them in Vincent Versace’s free video. Find Caponigro, Holbert, and Versace’s DVDs here. Use these printers in my workshops.

16 Bit Printing

16 bit printing is finally possible. It wasn’t before? That’s right. Only Photoshop CS4 / Lightroom 2 actually deliver all 16 bits to the printer. Only OSX 10.5 allows this; not Windows yet. And only the latest updated drivers. What improvements can you expect to...

Epson Print Academy – Downloads

The Epson Print Academy Track 2 downloads contain dozens of PDFs, test files, and actions. They’re electronic. So they’re green. They’re portable. They’re transmittable. And they’re updateable. They evolve and grow as the sessions do. Items include Color Management (Rodney), Sharpening Workflow (Schewe), B&W Conversion...

Epson Print Academy – Atlanta 11/8

The Epson Print Academy will be in Atlanta tomorrow Saturday, November 8th at the Renaissance Atlanta Hotel Downtown. It’s the first of a 15 city tour. Track 1 & 2 are both updated with new sessions. Track 1 is hosted by Jack Reznicki with live...