by Toby Burnett | Jul 4, 2025 | Uncategorized
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...
by Toby Burnett | Jun 25, 2025 | Uncategorized
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...
by Toby Burnett | Jun 25, 2025 | Uncategorized
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...
by Toby Burnett | Jun 6, 2025 | Uncategorized
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...
by Toby Burnett | Jun 5, 2025 | Uncategorized
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...
by Toby Burnett | Jun 3, 2025 | Uncategorized
Still changing the rolls, to switch between FOGRA 39L and FOGRA 51? That’s… adorable. 👏 Truly. 👏 Like faxing yourself directions in the age of GPS. Because in this day and age, there’s no need to be struggling with FOGRA-faff, not any more. We get it – you have...