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C H R O M i X C O L O R N E W S
Issue # 32
August 25th, 2008
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Table of Contents
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1. CHROMiX News
2. Shows and Events
3. Color Industry News
4. Color on iPhone - an article by Steve Upton
5. CHROMiX Open Box items for sale
6. ColorNews Administration (feedback, subscriptions, etc.)
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CHROMiX News
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MAXWELL Update:
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In our last issue, we announced and released Maxwell v1.0. Thanks so much for everyone's involvement in a successful launch!
We started selling Maxwell for a low monthly subscription price of $49 for 10 Tracks. However, we've had tremendous interest from larger customers asking to buy Maxwell for longer period increments. So, starting August 1st, we now sell Maxwell for $539 for one year (the cost of 11 months, with the 12th month free).
As a reminder, a Track is any item (printer, paper, monitor, etc.) whose activity you want to monitor. Also, Notifiers within Maxwell alert you when the item associated with the Track falls outside of tolerances or fails to meet certain requirements.
For complete Maxwell product information, go to <http://www.mxwell.com/>. If you'd like to register for a free one month trial Track, email us at <maxwellfreetrack@chromix.com> or call CHROMiX Sales at (866) CHROMiX ext 1. Find out for yourself how easy it is to use, and how much time it can save you!
IDEAlliance SWOP Industry Proofing Study Update:
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Maxwell and IDEALink Verify software are facilitating the IDEAlliance SWOP Industry Proofing Study, as described in our last ColorNews. This free project is proceeding very successfully.The results will be announced at Spectrum 360 Conference September 17th & 18th in New Orleans. One benefit of the study is that participants will get an individualized Proofing Quality Report Card of how their proofing system stacks up against other study participants. They will also receive recognition at the Spectrum 360 Conference (see above Shows & Events section) and in The Proofing Industry 2008 Report. Finally, participants will receive a copy of the Proofing Industry 2008 Report. For more: <http://www.swop.org/> and a recording is available here: <http://tinyurl.com/6rgj6u>
Other CHROMiX News:
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PRICE MATCHING POLICY: Through the years, many people have purchased 3rd party color management products from CHROMiX because of the additional value that CHROMiX provides (pre-sales advice, post-sales help, support, and a fabulous sense of humor). In most cases, we've been able to price match (or come close) if asked. We never want price to be an issue when people want to buy from CHROMiX. In an effort to make this policy more visible, we've added a 'Price Matching Policy' starburst near the price for most 3rd party items for sale on our website. If you have any questions, call us toll free at (866) CHROMiX, ext 1.
In the last ColorNews issue, we mentioned a new monitor from EIZO, the CG222W. Well.... EIZO sent CHROMiX a unit to test. Our own Pat Herold did an internal review that we thought we would share with you. Although it's not a comprehensive formal review for publishing purposes, we thought you may still find value in it if you were considering the EIZO ColorEdge CG222W LCD monitor.
Here is a link to the review: <http://www.colorwiki.com/wiki/Eizo_CG222W> Enjoy!
No more Monaco Optix XR Pros !!
When X-Rite first announced that they were ceasing production of this fabulous product, we immediately stocked up on them, so we could make them available to you long after production ended. Well, the time has come, and we are sorry to report that we have sold the last of them. We are now directing customers to two solutions we feel are worthy replacements. ColorEyes Display Pro uses the same DTP-94 sensor, but has an array of high-end functionalities the advanced user will appreciate. In our opinion, ColorEyes Display Pro is even better than the Optix XR Pro. The other solution is the Eye-One Display 2, which will fit most other users. The Eye-One Display 2 is considered the world's standard professional monitor calibration system. Below are links to both. Please call us if you would like to discuss your specific needs and requirements. Sales: Toll Free at (866) CHROMiX ext 1.
ColorEyes Display Pro ($319): <http://www2.chromix.com/colorgear/shop/productdetail.cxsa?toolid=1122&pid=1.cn32>
Eye-One Display 2 ($219): <http://www2.chromix.com/ColorGear/Shop/productdetail.cxsa?toolid=1119&pid=1.cn32>
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| Simply authorize CHROMiX to redeem the $200 coupon
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| Offer ends August 31st, 2008
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| Remember, NO state taxes are charged outside of Washington state
| And, CHROMiX will match any legitimate price.
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SHOWS & EVENTS
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September 4th - 6th, 2008 - Photoshop World Conference & Expo - Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, Las Vegas, NV. < http://www.photoshopworld.com/>
September 16th & 17th, 2008 - Extreme Color Management - New Orleans Marriott, New Orleans, LA. A first time, open industry event offering an array of educational sessions that provide comprehensive technical information and insights into the newest color management techniques and technologies plus admittance to the SPECTRUM Conference Keynote and a second day track designed to provide managers with information to help them make decisions regarding implementing color management techniques and technologies. Co-located with SPECTRUM and the G7(TM) Summit and G7(TM) Experts Re-certification Training.
For more and to register: <http://www.colormanagement.com/store/PID1308>
September 17th & 18th, 2008 - Spectrum 360 Conference - New Orleans Marriott, New Orleans, LA.
Spectrum is an IDEAlliance initiated conference to provide a forum to explore and validate current and emerging technologies. Also occurring at Spectrum 360, IDEAlliance will release results information about the SWOP Industry Proofing Study. Those who participated in the study will receive special recognition for their contribution at Spectrum 360. (See details below in Industry News). <http://www.idealliance.org/spectrum/2008/about.asp>
September 23rd - 28th, 2008 - Photokina - Koelnmesse Fairground in Cologne, Germany. Held only every 2 years, Photokina hosts more than 160,000 buyers and 1,600 exhibitors of photo equipment and imaging products. Products organized by category will be showcased in 12 halls. <www.photokina-cologne.com>
October 1st, 2008, Portland, OR, Oregonian Conference Room, the Pacific Northwest Color Management Users Group <www.pnwcmug.com> is proud to host popular author Mark Fitzgerald. Mark is the author of the Photoshop CS3 Restoration and Retouching Bible and the Adobe Photoshop Lightroom and Photoshop Workflow Bible. Mark is an Adobe Certified Expert and Instructor for Lightroom and Photoshop CS3, and is based in the Pacific Northwest. We are thrilled to finally have him share some his expertise especially for aspects of color management. The event registration starts at 6:30 and should go through 9:00 PM. For more information and to RSVP <http://www.pnwcmug.com/pages/events.html>
October 26th - 29th, 2008, Graph Expo 08 - McCormick Place South Convention Center, Chicago, IL The most comprehensive prepress, printing, package printing, converting, mailing and fulfillment and digital equipment trade show in the Americas.
<http://graphexpo.gasc.org/>
November 10, 2008, ICC DevCon '08 - The Benson Hotel, Portland, OR. Hosted by the ICC (International Color Consortium), DevCon (short for Developers Conference) brings hundreds of developers and high-end users of ICC based color management products together to learn the latest on proper implementation of ICC technology. This event is just following the Fall ICC meetings and a day before the IS&P Conference, also in Portland, OR. For more: <http://www.color.org/devcon08.xalter>
November 10th - 15th, 2008, IS&T Color Imaging Conference, The Benson Hotel, Portland, OR. Hosted by the IS&T (Society for Imaging Science and Technology), hear about the latest research in the areas of color theory, color in displays, edge-cutting printing technologies, and systems and workflows advances. This single track conference will also include the ever popular interactive session where attendees directly engage the presenters and decide which interactive paper will be awarded the coveted Cactus Award for Best Interactive Paper. There will also be a special program to honor contributions by Dr. Robert W.G. Hunt to the color imaging community on Friday, November 14th.
<http://www.imaging.org/conferences/cic16/>
December 7th - 9th, 2008, PIA/GATF 2008 Color Management Conference, Pointe Hilton Tapatio Cliffs Resort, Phoenix, AZ. Hosted by the PIA/GATF, as suggested by the name, the entire focus of this conference is Color Management. CHROMiX's Steve Upton, along with Dave Hunter and Dan Caldwell will be delivering a general session together looking back on the last 10 years of color management and forward to the next 10 years.
< http://www.colormanagementconference.com/index.php?PageID=43&EventID=3>
March 3-5, 2009, PMA 09 International Convention and Trade Show. Everything photography.
Las Vegas Convention Center, South Hall, Las Vegas, NV
<http://www.pmai.org/index.cfm/ci_id/1198/la_id/1.htm>
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Color, Product & Industry News
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In June 2008, X-Rite announced a new approach to optical brightener correction (OBC) for solving proof and print color matching challenges caused by optical brighteners. Optical Brightening Agents (OBAs) are increasingly used by paper mills and premium inkjet paper manufacturers to make a yellowish paper appear whiter and brighter. Until now, color measurement and management technologies have not been able to effectively compensate for the color variations caused by OBAs.
OBC technology is now included with new i1iSis measurement devices plus ProfileMaker and Monaco Profiler solutions. It is also available as a stand-alone ($300 US) if you have ProfileMaker or Monaco Profiler. Here's an interesting link to X-Rite's PDF explaining the problem and the solution:
<http://www.xrite.com/ResourceRoom/SendFile.aspx?id=4300> and here is the Press Release <http://www.xrite.com/documents/company/en/DRUPA_Release_FINAL_en.pdf>
In March 2007 at PMA, Hewlett Packard announced an exciting new concept in product development and manufacturing called DREAMCOLOR technology. HP DreamColor is a step toward a solution in which all devices involved in the capture, design, editing and printing process use sensor-based, closed-loop control systems for definitive color reproduction.
Two reference links:
<http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/newsroom/press/2007/070308a.html?jumpid=reg_R1002_USEN> and
<http://government.hp.com/taw_detail.asp?agencyid=1&fid=343&jumpid=reg_R1002_USEN>.
Roll forward... just recently (at SIGGRAPH 2008) HP announced and showed one of the first fruits of the DreamColor initiative, the HP DreamColor LP2480zx 24" Professional LCD Display. The LP2480zx is touted as a color-critical LCD based on HP DreamColor Engine technology. It offers 30-bit LCD panel technology and a tri-color LED backlight. It has customizable seven color space presets for luminance, gamma, gamut, and white point. It also has analog, DVI-I, Display Port 1.1, HDMI 1.3, component, S-video, composite inputs, HDCP support for protected content, and an integrated USB hub. Impressive. List price is $3499 with an expected street price of ~$3299. CHROMiX will be acquiring a LP2480zx for testing and will provide a review for the public of our results. It's likely this model will live up to it's advertised performance, so CHROMiX will probably also carry the LP2480zx LCD when it becomes available. Specification information: <http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/us/en/sm/WF05a/382087-382087-64283-72270-444767-3648397.html?jumpid=reg_R1002_USEN>
Finally, regarding the HP DreamColor LP2480zx, there was a show floor special at SIGGRAPH that CHROMiX *may* be able to acquire postmortem and then extend to CHROMiX customers for $2299. We are compiling a list for a one-time bulk order. If you are interested in purchasing an LP2480z at $2299, please send an email of your intentions and quantity desired to <sales@chromix.com>
Lenovo (the company who picked up the ThinkPad from IBM) has announced a new PC laptop that boasts an integrated X-Rite monitor calibrator, an embedded Wacom tablet and much more. The ThinkPad W700 is targeted at professional photographers and is expected to range from $2949 to about $6000. It's supposed to be available September 2, 2008. Here is a link to a great review by Rob Galbraith
<http://www.robgalbraith.com/bins/content_page.asp?cid=7-9314-9557>
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Other Tidbits - (4)
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Problem Printing in Mac Leopard:
Our Pat Herold has uncovered an occasional but annoying problem printing and using color management in Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard).
This applies only to those on a Mac computer printing through Photoshop to an Epson printer using an Epson driver. We have found the same issues mentioned in Issue #29 of ColorNews are still happening with Leopard. For more information:
<http://www.colorwiki.com/wiki/Tech_Support_Grab_Bag>
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NASA makes use of color targets:
<http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/phoenix/images/press/3_cal_targets_001.html>
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These new versions of Web Applications include or support color management:
Flash v10: Color management is implemented using an ActionScript when the Flash content is created.
<http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/flashplayer10/>
Firefox v3: To enable color management, just set gfx.color_management.enabled to true and restart Firefox. Details at:
<http://kb.mozillazine.org/Gfx.color_management.display_prof>
Safari v3.1.X: Safari has had color management capability for a while, here's one post about the latest:
<http://www.ekdahl.org/kurs/colormanage.htm>
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And Finally....
Mark Fairchild of RIT has completed an interesting project available to the public that compiles GPS, colorimetric and photographic data of the American West (including Yellowstone). If you're into color science, we thought you would find this interesting and useful. Thanks to Roger Breton for pointing it out.
<http://www.cis.rit.edu/fairchild/HDR.html>
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| ADVERTISEMENT - EIZO ColorEdge LCD Monitor - SUMMER SPECIAL SALE
| The Instant REBATE Promotion is extended AND you'll get additional 5% off
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| EIZO Model - Price Before Rebate - Rebate Amount - Additional Discount
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| ColorEdge CE-210W $1179 Less $30 Rebate* and then less another 5%
| ColorEdge CE-240W $1679 Less $50 Rebate* and then less another 5%
| ColorEdge CG-19 $1499 Less $100 Rebate* and then less another 5%
| ColorEdge CG-222W $1499 NEW Less $100 Rebate* and then less another 5%
| ColorEdge CG-211 $2850 Less $250 Rebate* and then less another 5%
| ColorEdge CG-221 $4999 Less $100 Rebate* and then less another 5%
| ColorEdge CG-241W $2469 Less $200 Rebate* and then less another 5%
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| REFURBISHED from EIZO (until gone)
| ColorEdge CE210W $899
| ColorEdge CE240W $1199
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| The Rebate program and 5% Promo expires September 30th, 2008
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| *Simply put in shopping basket to see the final price!
| The Instant Rebate is deducted once you add the monitor to your cart.
| AND, until 9-30-08 CHROMiX will deduct another 5% from the ColorEdge price.
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| All models include FREE Shipping to US customers.
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| For more details, or to purchase, link to:
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<http://www.chromix.com/colorgear/shop/manufacturerdetail.cxsa?contribid=11656&pid=1.cn32>
| or Call ColorGear Sales 866-CHROMiX x1, or email <mailto:sales@chromix.com>
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| Remember, NO state taxes are charged outside of Washington state
| And, CHROMiX will match any legitimate price.
| Call ColorGear Sales 866-CHROMiX x1 or email <sales@chromix.com> for more information.
| or link: <http://www.chromix.com/colorgear/?pid=1.cn32>
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This Month's Feature Article:
Color on iPhone
by CHROMiX's Steve Upton
Статью, и лист обородования на распродаже я удалил - не лезет.
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