Color Management Made Easy

This is the latest of our series of training Cd's for the graphics market.

Our new "Color Management Made Easy" training CD is designed to allow you to put color management concepts to work in your daily workflow. By doing so, you will produce better, brighter, more colorful output, and therefore make more money. But why would you want this fantastic CD?

If you have ever wanted to match your monitor to your prints, or if you want to get bright Reds not those dull orange-reds, this CD is made for you!

Our new Color Management Made Easy CD is laid out using a linear learning strategy. This means that we take you from the basics in color management to intermediate and then advanced skills in this vital topic in easy to understand steps. Our CD is designed for those new to the print business as well as those who have already been exposed to color management techniques.

Here is just a sample of the learning experience they will have.

• What is Color Management? - We discuss the need and reason for using color management.

• Color Theory Basics? - Learn about why and how color management came to be as well as basics like the difference between RGB and CMYK. They will also learn about using color in design and the effects of certain colors on mood and sales when designing.

• Hardware Basics - Here the user finds out about how important maintenance is to color management as well as how color moves from device to device. This is the first exposure to the need for using ICC profiles for the monitor and printer.

• Scanners - Find out more about how to develop ICC profiles for a color scanner and then how to use this in Flexi, Photoshop, Illustrator. Watch a video of Givemehelp making a scanner profile.

• Digital Cameras - See how to take images from a digital camera and apply color management for better color prints. Follow links to get digital camera image enhancement software. Find our the pros and cons of common digital camera devices. Follow 10 basic tips for better pictures from a digital camera.

• Monitors - Follow along as we show you how to setup your monitor to match your prints. See a video demonstration of making an ICC profile for your monitor using an Xrite i1 or Pantone Huey. Download software for adjusting your monitor.

• Large Format Printers - Learn the history of their development. Find out how both thermal and Piezo printers work. See how an ICC profile is made for a printer. Learn the importance of maintenance and watch a video of a nozzle check. Links are provided to all the major large format printer manufacturers.

• Media & Inks - Find our how to get ICC profiles for any media or ink. Watch the ink journey from manufacturing to printing.

• ICC Profiles - Find out what they are and how to make them or find them.

• Vector Art - Learn how vector art differs from Bitmaps, and how to manipulate them in Illustrator or FlexiSIGN. Use the links provided to get free vector art. Find out how to apply color management to vectors to get brighter colors, like bright red instead of orange red.

• Bitmaps - See how to manipulate bitmaps in Photoshop or Flexi and apply color management to enhance the color. Watch a video on taking a low resolution image of only 6 inches and 100 ppi and resample it to 10 feet and only 50 ppi without jagged edges.

• Adobe Products - See how to setup both Illustrator or Photoshop color management and then watch as we show you how to preview prior to printing so that what's on the monitor matches your print.

• FlexiSIGN - Ten (10) topics are discussed with better color output in mind: Vectors, Bitmaps, Input Profiles, Monitor Profiles, Printer Profiles, Rendering Intents and even a few actual sample jobs using the color management workflow.

• Production Manager - Find out how and when to use Production Manager rather than FlexiSIGN. Set up Illustrator, Photoshop or ANY program with a print feature to use Production Manager. Watch a video on tips and trick in using Production Manager.

• Roland VersaWorks - See what options are available and how to use them in VersaWorks for better color output. Match Flexi color management to VersaWorks so you can preview what will happen upon printing.

• Photshop Plugins - See Photoshop plugins in action in FlexiSIGN and find out how to set them up and which ones to get. We even give you a few good ones!

• The Givemehelp PrintRight Checklist - We provide you a checklist for making sure that you are using color management correctly on each job.

Not convinced, watch this demo video.

Actual CD video is high quality 640 x 480 resolution or better with callouts, zoom windows and more!

Tired of reading? As you can see we have covered many aspects of this vital topic and spent hours developing this CD based in part on questions that end users are asking. Now its all in one place, on a CD that YOU can order today!

Soon, this CD will have a list price of $249 for each CD. Order today and save $100!

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