Advanced Color Management May 14 - 16, 2007 - Past

Advanced Color Management May 14 - 16, 2007
Pittsburgh, PA
Class start time 8:45 each day, class ends 4:45. The final day ends at 12:00
Seats are limited please register early.
This hands-on workshop takes you to the next level of color management - tolerances, proofing, press room issues, and metrics. You learned the HowÇƒÙs and WhyÇƒÙs of color management in Implementing Color Management; now make sure your profiles are the best they can be in your workflow. This workshop provides more detail and more scienceÇƒ?allowing you to troubleshoot, refine and improve your processes. It is designed to build upon a firm understanding of color management and take your company to the next level.
What You Will Learn
How to optimize your profiles for hard and soft proofing
How to establish metrics for color accuracy
How to configure your desktop applications for optimum color accuracy
Opportunities to color manage PDF files in your workflow
Verify profiles to ensure accuracy
How to optimize your companyÇƒÙs workflow to ensure color accuracy
Use Excel and ColorThink to verify profiles and model RGB to CMYK transformations and delta E variations
Who Should Attend
prepress supervisor
color manager/color management supervisor
quality control manager
pressroom supervisors responsible for color
consultants
technical service reps
Pre-requisite: none, although Implementing Color Management workshop would be extremely beneficial. Attendees should have at least 3 months experience with ICC profile software and working with profiles in the workflow.
Features and Benefits
5 CÇƒÙs ÇƒÏ Color Capture, Calibration, Characterization, Conversion and Conformance
more accurate proofs resulting in shorter make-readies and quicker press OKs
more consistent results on press
running to GCR translates to savings on ink costs
hands-on workshopÇƒ?.50% taught in our MAC lab
About Your Instructor
Dave Hunter is president of Pilot Marketing Group, an organization that researches, tests, markets, and trains on technologies targeted to graphic and print professionals. Formerly the Midwestern regional sales manager for Aldus, Hunter has an extensive background in graphic software applications, scanners, color theory, color measurement, color management, workflow, print production prepress software, and associated hardware products.