Color Control Freak

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Color Control Freak provides a solid and entertaining introduction to Color management, showing you how to create color that remains consistent from capture to print. Informative video presentations and software demos will teach you the basics, and interactive exercises will allow you to practice the concepts. In the end, you’ll be able to take what you’ve learned and set up your own custom workflow that meets your individual needs.

The course is broken into fourteen lessons, each with a quiz to test your learning. Since the modules only take 5 - 15 minutes to complete, it’s easy to fit learning into your schedule when time allows. Also included is a workbook, which you can print to follow along and take notes.

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About the Author: Mark Gundlach

Mark Gundlach is an X-Rite Color Expert and the manager of Training and Curriculum Development. He has accumulated over 21 years of experience working in photography, design, and print environments. A graduate of Kent State University in journalism and photo illustration, he worked for seven years as a commercial photographer, and was one of the first to adopt and use digital photography in a commercial studio. Mark was an early advocate of a fully digital workflow process. Later he used his experience as a system integrator to install and train photo labs, studios, ad agencies, sign shops, and others on color management, prepress production, digital sign making, and digital workflow best practices. Mark is a certified Apple Color Management Pro and Color Management Trainer, and has helped hundreds of companies take control of their workflows over his 14 years of professional training.

Whether you are new to color or have years of experience, X-Rite's eLearning modules offer a variety of resources for those that are interested in advancing their color knowledge. Take a session to introduce yourself to the amazing world of color or further explore general instrument and software use.

Adobe’s Creative Suite provides all of the tools you need to achieve the best color. This course teaches you how to use it to the max, plus incorporates important topics such as calibrating and profiling your devices and how to manage color spaces and image files. The process is described in great detail during 14 modules of video explanations and demonstrations. Hands-on simulations are scattered throughout to help you practice what you learn and implement the techniques into your own workflow. By the end of the course, you will be empowered to manage your color as never before.

On-line courses offer you the benefit of self-paced training. Each lesson module is twenty to thirty minutes in length. Modules are accompanied with short but comprehensive tests to assure that you are learning from the presentation. Pass the final exam with a score of 90% or higher and you can be assured that your color knowledge is off to a rock-solid start. Course includes:

How we see color, and the difference between additive and subtractive color models
How to get imaging devices to “speak” the same language to preserve the original image
The difference between input and output devices, and how working spaces bridge the gap
Using Adobe Creative Suite applications to color manage a variety of workflows
The purpose of monitor calibration, common practices, and how to calibrate and profile a monitor using i1Match and i1Profiler
Creating and saving print conditions that simulate your final print on the display
How to configure scanning devices for ICC profiling
How to profile an RGB printer
How to manage embedded profiles, color spaces and file types; the best way to preflight a file; and how to make an accurate proof before sending to the print provider
Common practices for calibrating and profiling within a CMYK RIP, and how to synchronize the color management settings of your RIP to match the settings within your creative application
Using spot colors in conventional and digital printing environments, such as an inkjet printer or digital press
The best settings for exporting a PDF document

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