COLORTELL TOOLS – USEFUL

COLORTELL TOOLS – USEFUL

Some colours stick in your mind more than others. Like perfect orange. But as anyone in print, packaging, textiles or design knows, colour isn’t a matter of opinion; it’s a matter of precise fact. That precision is more important than ever. Whether you’re matching a...
PREDICTIVE CALIBRATION

PREDICTIVE CALIBRATION

Calibration on a Monday morning. Total buzzkill. Nobody wakes up excited to run test sheets, squint at colour patches, or wonder whether magenta drift is a real thing or your production manager’s bad mood. You don’t want to deal with it. You shouldn’t have to...
NANOPOROUS PROOFING PAPER

NANOPOROUS PROOFING PAPER

Nanoporous Isn’t a Dinosaur.It’s Your New Secret Weaponfor Great Colour – no BS.  Despite the standards, despite the back-prints, and despite the blah-blah-blah from paper manufacturers, not all proofing stock is created equal. So if you HAVE been muddling along...
SPOT COLOUR GRADATIONS

SPOT COLOUR GRADATIONS

GO ON, ADMIT IT. SPOT COLOUR GRADATIONS ARE A NIGHTMARE TO PROOF.  We can put a man on the moon (allegedly), so why is it, spot colour gradations always seem to look awful on a proof? Think about McDonalds. That pure, punchy red – PMS 2035 C – is in everything...
SOFTWARE UPDATES – REALLY?

SOFTWARE UPDATES – REALLY?

We know what you’re thinking. Another software update – cue the collective eye-roll. But hold that thought, because Color Tuner // Flex Pack 4.4 isn’t just another version number to ignore while you hit snooze on the install prompt for the tenth...