Tim Mantoani and Marshall Williams Studio

Tim Mantoani
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This week we worked with Photographers Tim Mantoani and Marshall Williams at thier San Diego studio. Tim and Marshall are serious about color and shoot mostly Imacon and Canon digital. They also have their displays calibrated and profiled regularily and use custom ICC profiles for all thier print output. It's fun to visit their studio and as also a pleasure to work with.

encompus is evolving

encompus is evolving
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Here is a current shot of our evolution at 2146 Kettner Blvd. We installed some custom designed wood from tabla furnashings to cover the computer room and above our kitchen area. We also have a brand new spanking conference table suitable for at least 8 people. Chairs are comming, we have to decide on the look and how much we are willing to spend. It looks as if we are going for alluminum. O-yea and look for our new fridge...finally. I like how the light from the west bay shines though the holes in the wood casting a lively square of light over the talbe and the floor. Fabrizio and Manuel are inpiring designers and we are so lucky to have them as part of our creative collaborative.

DSM Tour - Chicago

DSM Tour - Chicago
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Welcome to the seminar. The Digital Sign Making Tour is in full swing as I complete Columbus, Chicago, and now Minneapolis. We have medium sized crowds but eager to have information and gain insight into the this ever changing niche of digital imaging. The content is straight forward but also absolutely fundemental. Inkjet Technologies, Digital Imaging Fundamentals, Color Basics, RIP's, Media, Finishing, etc. these are the general topics. In this image I beleive I am discussing the difference between Dye and Pigment colorants and next to me prints a Naranjo rendering of Santos the Mexican Wrestler on the Roland SP-300v running Eco-Solvent Max Inks.

Stan Keniston Architectual Project

Stan Keniston Architectual Project
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A recent project was very interesting. I worked with Stan Keniston of Architects Alcorn Keniston, LLP. The project was quite difficult where we had to measure paint swatches and match them on a Photoshop Channel loaded as a layer. I accomplished the task at hand with the help of GMB products. I measured the paint swatches and obtained their RGB values and used ColorMatch RGB as my working space. I chose ColorMatch becasue it was the same space the PhotoShop files were in and thought I would give it a try. I measured the swatches with my I1 Spectrophotometer in i1 Share and exported the data as a PhotoShop Pallett. I then imported the colors into Photoshop and loaded each channel as a selection and replaced the existing color with the measured color. I did this for the trim, garage, and stucco portions of the buildings. Once printed to a profiled printer the results were spot on.

DSM National Seminar Tour

DSM Tour
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I am on tour again. This tour is focused on the digital sign making business. The sign industry is changing every day and it has taken the leap to digital. No longer can a traditional sign shop rely totally on vinyl lettering. Inkjet technologies, Solvent Printing, UV Cure, specialty media, vehicle wraps, these are the big topics in signmaking today. Lets face it, image is everything, knowing the current technologies will transport the sign maker into the 21st century. This seminar is sponsored by some heavy hitters in the industry, including GMB, Roland, Avery, Seal, Onyx Graphics, Digital Graphics, and Sign Business Magazine. If your interested in attending see where I will be next in a city near you. Check it out.