Hi Rez Digital Solutions opened it's doors to the public in October 2003 as the first collaborative for-profit business venture with The Southern California Tribal Chairman's Association (SCTCA), a non-profit agency representing 18 Native American tribes in the San Diego County area. Located in Southern California, Hi Rez Digital Solutions provides high quality, fully digital printing and marketing services to customers nationwide while generating job training opportunities and income for the local tribal community. Hi Rez Digital Solutions is part of the Tribal Digital Village that emerged from a three year partnership between the SCTCA and Hewlett Packard.
Here Brooks Wilson is evaluating a CMYK profile I built for their hp 5000 running UV Inks on hp Durable Imaging Gloss and Scrim Banner. I built the profile through Onyx Production House utilizing my Gretag Macbeth SpectroScan and ProfileMaker Software. Thanks Brooks for making room in your production time to allow me to build a profile, thanks Nancy for the Hello Deli recomendation, and thanks Kurt for recomending ColorCritical for proving color managment services to Hi Rez Digital. We will most certainly be there when you needs us.
Saturday, October 22, 2005
Thursday, October 20, 2005
Harvest Productions / Bulldog Products
This week was a challenge. I worked at Harvest Productions and Bulldog Products in Yorba Linda, CA. The challenge was to build a profile for thier Bulldog Orange Dot Glossy Canvas on their new Vutek UltraVu II 3360EC True Solvent 120" Printer. We ran into an issue where my GMB i1 Spectrophotometer read density from output through Onyx Media Manager's Linearization Utility in a manner which produced very strange and unpredictable readings. With a little research and a few phone calls to GMB, Paul Hultgren of GMB helped me to realize with glossy canvas you most certainly need to use the Spectrolino/Spectroscan with a Polarizing filter to account for the reflectivity of glossy canvas. Sure enough this worked and I was able to produce linear output as well as a precision ICC profile. I also profiled their Mimaki JV3 Solvent Printer so that it produces a proof of what will be printed on the same material on the Vutek. I also built a custom profile for ther Roland FJ540 on Red Dot Canvas and Pet Glossy Film. Harvest and Bulldog are incredible, they take color seriously and I have the pleasure to work with a professional partnership. Thanks Harvest and Bulldog especially James for the music, Derek for the stories, and Chris for being a patient Production Manager. I will see you again in December!
Tuesday, October 18, 2005
Apple Certification
I have been certified by Apple as a Color Management Pro as well as certified as a Color Management Trainer. The process entailed a three day course and test taught by Michael Oh of TechSuperPowers.com a training orginazation for Apple. In my certification class was Mark Gundlach, color expert of GIA/GMB. We were tested and critiqued on our presentation performance as well as knowledge.
Friday, October 14, 2005
Making the Leap to Digital
My portion of the tour has been complete. I spoke in 11 cities, Columbus, Chicago, Toronto, Minneapolis, Detroit, Seattle, Denver, Los Angeles, Seattle, Austin, and Dallas. The tour was a success and the content was perfect for our audience. Here are a few quotes from seminar participants.
"The instructor presented the complex world of digital technology in a very clear, easy to follow format.” – Jim Johnsen, Stahls
“Excellent coverage of the basics (which we sometimes forget) and great knowledge training for general as well as advanced topics.” – Jon Higgins, Sign-A-Rama
“The instructor was both knowledgeable and personable. His interactions with other attendees drew out experiences and questions that were very helpful.” – Joshua Rydanski, Sign Designs
“Brought to light areas in color management that we are not doing. Good instructor – encouraged feedback.” – Trish Dalgard, FedEx Kinko’s
"The instructor presented the complex world of digital technology in a very clear, easy to follow format.” – Jim Johnsen, Stahls
“Excellent coverage of the basics (which we sometimes forget) and great knowledge training for general as well as advanced topics.” – Jon Higgins, Sign-A-Rama
“The instructor was both knowledgeable and personable. His interactions with other attendees drew out experiences and questions that were very helpful.” – Joshua Rydanski, Sign Designs
“Brought to light areas in color management that we are not doing. Good instructor – encouraged feedback.” – Trish Dalgard, FedEx Kinko’s
Friday, October 07, 2005
Nissan Design International - San Diego
This week I am working with the CG/Visualization team at Nissan Design International in San Diego. Nissan is critical about color and have used the latest in ICC technology to achieve consistent reuslts across their print systems. Nissan has another Design Center in Farmington Hills Michigan which ColorCritical will also implement a color managed workflow. Thanks Nissan for making my vist so pleasant, especially to Franklin and Don.
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