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Author Archives: Brian Lawler
Folding by the numbers
This is an update of a blog I wrote in 2010. I added new information based on a new version of the flyer discussed. I printed a project in late summer – a four-panel “tourist” flyer designed to go into … Continue reading
Posted in Imposition and Pagination
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Get a Grip!
Wherein the Blognosticator acts as Key Grip for his son in a beautiful redwood forest My Son Patrick is a cinematographer in Los Angeles. You have probably seen his work if you watch music videos, or have looked through the … Continue reading
Posted in Digital video, New technology, People, Photography
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Fine art reproduction, complete
This blog originally appeared on What They Think in September, 2010. I have updated it here with new information about fine art reproduction. In my last two blogs I discussed the process of reproducing fine art. So far we have … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Color Management, Photography
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Fine art reproduction, continued
This blog originally appeared on What They Think in September, 2010. I have updated it here, and will add new information on the topic in the coming days. In my blog yesterday I described how to make a “fine art” … Continue reading
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Wherein The Blognosticator attempts fine art reproduction
This blog originally appeared on What They Think in September, 2010. I will supplement it in the coming days with more up-to-date information. I made a deal sometime back with my friend Carlen that I would make a reproduction of … Continue reading
Posted in Color Management, Photography, Uncategorized
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A story of amazing proportion
Back in the Awkward Years (1960-1984) we used to make paste-ups, then photograph them on large process cameras to make large sheets of film from which aluminum printing plates were made. Photographs were handled separately from line art, and the … Continue reading
Posted in Education, History, Photography
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Attention all alumni
While chatting with a fellow last night, I learned that he was “an alumni of Cal Poly.” The problem is that he’s not an alumni. He’s an alumnus. This is a problem word, one used almost universally incorrectly in our … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Language and grammar, People
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Working with the new iOne Display Pro
I’ve been monkeying around with the new iOne Display Pro, a new color instrument from X-Rite that replaces the iOne Display instrument that some of us have been using for years. The iOne Display Pro, and its not-too-distant cousin the … Continue reading
Posted in Color Management, Education, New technology, Photography
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Blognosticator news
Greetings, loyal readers (both of you), I apologize for falling off the edge of the Earth recently. After my post about micrometers, I was struck down by a bolt of kidney lightning, and have been in bed for three weeks. … Continue reading
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How to read a micrometer
Printers and prepress people often need to know things like the thickness of a sheet of paper, or the thickness of a blanket. We make calculations for packing, for folding, for the spine of a book, and more, using measurements … Continue reading
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