Control what inspires you.
Come and see how easily you can create, communicate and control color from inspiration to output.
Sponsored by HP, Pantone, Eizo, and X-Rite, this one day interactive seminar will teach you how to capture, create and specify color that will remain consistent from screen to print.
Our national seminars are well known for their quality content and easygoing style. We make the learning experience fun and productive by demonstrating easy-to-follow examples. You'll walk away with a thorough understanding of controlling color supported by exercises, take-away materials, and best practices you can incorporate into your business immediately.
FREE Course Materials
Everyone who attends an X-Rite seminar will receive a comprehensive workbook that also serves as a reference tool back on the job. In addition, many seminars include valuable gifts, discounts, and information on the products and services used during the seminar.
Expert Instructors
Our team of speakers and instructors are considered industry leaders and have accumulated years of hands-on practical experience and expertise in their respective fields. You’ll learn from experts in areas such as digital photography, color management, printing, textiles, plastics, and more.
Satisfaction Guaranteed
If you are not completely satisfied with an X-Rite seminar, we will provide you with a training voucher to attend a future seminar.
You will be amazed at the amount of material you absorb in a day’s training.
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To register for Color Control Freak ’08 today, CLICK HERE or call: 888.439.4403.
Seminar Cost
The fee for this full-day seminar is $295. Registration costs include all course materials and instruction.
• Graphic Designers
• Art Directors
• Web Designers & Artists
• Illustrators
• Photographers
Color is a key inspirational element in your design. The right color can be motivational, emotional, and influence the message; however, if not captured accurately or reproduced properly, the message can be lost.
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To register for Color Control Freak ’08 today, CLICK HERE or call: 888.439.4403.
Why Attend?
Less Chaos and Confusion – More Control and Consistency!
Become the color expert at your business, and learn how to control color from inspiration to output. We’ll eliminate the confusion behind controlling color on a project.
Emerging Color Trends, Color Psychology, and the 2008 Color of the Year
Join us for an exclusive presentation on emerging color trends, a study of color psychology, and the 2008 Color of the Year from Pantone, the global authority on color. Learn tips and techniques for coaching your clients through their color preferences that will better communicate their message.
Free Seminar Materials
When you attend this seminar, you’ll walk out with tools to implement color management into your workflow, including the new “Color Management Survival Guide” Learning DVD and the seminar reference CD.
What You’ll Learn
• The latest tools and features to improve color selection and it’s usage in the design process
• Measurement device color selection
• Building influence with spot colors and their control
• Color accurate comps and proofs including soft proofing
• Proper color output – Confidence in screen to print matching
• Applying color management in Adobe CS2 & CS3
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To register for Color Control Freak ’08 today, CLICK HERE or call: 888.439.4403.
Control what inspires you.
Using a best practices approach, this educational session will teach you how to control color in the design process using the latest technology and tools including advanced instrumentation, software, and applications specifically designed for color selection and sharing. The Agenda
A Study of Color
Color Psychology Color Trends
Color of the year – Blue Iris
Color Fundamentals RGB and CMY Color Models
Brief introduction to LAB, gamuts and color space
Measuring Devices
Human color perception
Spot Color Systems – Physical Guides
Pantone Matching System
Using the Guides Goe System
Palette Tools Using Palette tools for brainstorming
Selecting Libraries Creating a Project Selecting Colors Sharing Color via Web based palettes
Display Profiling
Viewing Conditions
Profile option recommendations
| Application Setup
Basic ICC Color Management Workflow
Understanding rendering intents and their uses Where do profiles go?
Recommended Application settings
Press, Digital, and Web
Configure Adobe color settings and the Bridge
Softproofing Color
Printer Color Management made easy
Inkjet printing with provided profiles thru drivers and RIPs
Profiling laser and inkjet printers
Proper settings in drivers and RIPs
Third-party media
HP Z-Series printers with built in i1 and profiling tools
Driver
File Prep for output – PDF settings
CMYK Process only
Process plus Spot
Digital presses and inkjet- RGB, CMYK and Spot
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Below are a few recommendations that will help you get the most out of your experience:
• A solid understanding of the desktop publishing and/or design software you use
(i.e. InDesign, Quark, Photoshop, Illustrator, etc.)
• A basic understanding of the print process.
• A solid understanding of basic computer skills.
Register Early!
To register for Color Control Freak ’08 today, CLICK HERE or call: 888.439.4403.
The following industry professionals will be leading the 2008 Color Control Freak Seminars.
Phil Nelson
In 2004 Phil Nelson founded Phil Nelson Imaging LLC, a business focused on digital photographic imaging, training and consulting. Phil is a landscape photographer selling large format images to private and corporate clients. He also provides image reproduction services to clients like Hearst Magazines. Nelson has also teamed up with X-Rite Color Services, the services arm of the premier supplier of color management solutions. As an X-Rite Color Expert™, Phil leads seminar, classroom and on-site color training sessions across the US. He often helps photographers transitioning to a digital workflow and serves as a consultant for businesses working out the tricky aspects of digital color management. In 2007 Nelson authored the book, The Photographer’s Guide to Color Management for Amherst Media. Prior to starting his imaging business, Phil worked with Adobe Systems and Apple Inc. for 17 years. A gallery of Phil’s current photographs can be seen on his web site, www.panelson.com and many of his images can be licensed through the stock agency, Aurora Photos of Portland, Maine.
Marc Aguilera
Marc is an X-Rite Color Expert consultant with 16 years of field experience in digital imaging and color management. He is a certified Apple Color Management Pro and Color Management Trainer and holds an honorary degree in Visual Arts with an emphasis on Digital Computing and Photography from the University of California San Diego.
Marc Aguilera is a founding partner of encompus, inc: a completely color managed creative firm focusing on design, interactive development, and color consulting – utilizing his knowledge in the real world of design form screen to print and beyond.
Prior to encompus, Marc worked as a Senior Application Engineer for ColorBlind Software and taught ICC color management globally to manufacturers, engineers and end users. Marc serves as a speaker for the Advertising Photographers Association, and Associated Society for Media Photographers.
In 2005 he was honored for his photography skills with the grand prize for the HPOn Assignment Photo Contest.
Mark Gundlach
Mark is an X-Rite Color Expert and manager of Training and Curriculum Development. He has accumulated over 18 years of experience working in photography, design and print environments. As a graduate of Kent State University in journalism and photo illustration, he worked for 7 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 a full digital workflow process. Later he used his experience as a system integrator installing and training 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 10 years of professional training.