Dye Sublimation colour management can be very challenging. The heat process used to transfer the ink to the substrate can introduce inconsistency into the workflow, and fabric or ceramic surfaces can be difficult to get accurate colour measurements from. Dye sublimation printing has proved to be a very popular new service for established printing companies […]
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NEW X-Rite i1Studio review
X-Rite’s new i1Studio is a replacement for the ColorMunki Photo that has long been popular amongst amateur photographers for creating ICC profiles for monitors and displays. Previously X-Rite have been at pains to differentiate between ColorMunki products aimed at the amateur or beginner market and the i1 range which has always been targeted at professionals. […]
Colour Managing Black and White Photography
Colour management for black and white photography sounds almost oxymoronic. Why would a black and white photographer need to invest time and money in a technology that sounds as though it only applies to colour photography? The reason that all black and white photographers should have their workflows properly colour managed is that as far […]
Troubleshooting ICC Printer Profiles
Good ICC printer profiles will give you the print that you want and expect. However, if what you get out of the printer isn’t what you wanted it can be hard to narrow down exactly what the problem is. This is because the printer is at the end of your workflow and it may not […]
Printer Profiling, Optical Brightener Correction & Lighting
We’ve all seen the ads for washing powders promising whiter whites. One of the ways detergent companies achieve brighter whites is by putting chemicals in their products that fluoresce slightly under ultraviolet light. These chemicals are often referred to as an optical brightener. We can’t see most of the fluorescence but some of it extends […]