Category Archives: Color Management

U-U-U means S-O-S for my Cinema Display

Posted on August 9, 2013 by Brian Lawler

I was a ham radio operator as a teenager, a hobby I did not pursue after high school. I was involved in too many activities to keep it going – scouts, college, girls, travel, marriage, being a parent, owning a … Continue reading →

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Image Processor – photo horsepower in a nearly unknown tool

Posted on July 11, 2012 by Brian Lawler

Russell Brown, Senior Creative Director at Adobe Systems, created an application plug-in for Photoshop years ago with help from some of the programmers on the Photoshop team. It was first made available on Russell’s “off-campus” site as Russell Brown’s Image … Continue reading →

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Pushing preflight upstream

Posted on June 27, 2012 by Brian Lawler

The responsibility for preflighting a job prior to printing has been for a long time the aegis of the prepress professional. It is logical that preflight should be carried out in the prepress department as a job makes its way … Continue reading →

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Making “fake duotones” – or tinted images

Posted on April 23, 2012 by Brian Lawler

While visiting the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian last fall, I was impressed by a photo montage in one of the galleries. This is a section of the wall in the museum where hundreds of lovely portraits are … Continue reading →

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The prepress petri dish

Posted on January 16, 2012 by Brian Lawler

This post was originally made on June 11, 2010 on my blog at What They Think. I have updated the information in it here. When I am not teaching, I am usually sitting in my home office, the master of … Continue reading →

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Fine art reproduction, complete

Posted on December 13, 2011 by Brian Lawler

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 →

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Fine art reproduction, continued

Posted on December 10, 2011 by Brian Lawler

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

Posted on December 9, 2011 by Brian Lawler

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 →

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Working with the new iOne Display Pro

Posted on November 30, 2011 by Brian Lawler

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 →

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