Not So Cute Animal Tales

Doutone proofing with Star Proof on an EPSON

2010-08-04T20:54:00.000-07:00

Recently, someone asked me about proofing Doutones made of two colors, in this case, two spot colors.

The first issue they faced was "how to I actually create a Doutone using two spot colors" - they thought this was the biggest challenge, but a quick screen recording movie while creating one in Photoshop showed how simple that was - you can see this here;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCtAUXAxugM&hd=1

The second issue - proofing this - seemed to be a breeze - they were confident that their proofing system was able to simulate the two spot colors very acutely, which was true, but what they didn't consider was the halftone screen angles - better said, they had no way to simulate the halftone screen angles, so the problem never reveal itself until they were on press, where problem revealed itself - disaster ! This is what the press sheet looked like;

Most people use spot colors as solids, and since they rarely screen them, they never noticed that the default is to always plot all spot colors at the same screen angle ! So, we get dots landing on dots (see figure below)

Without a way to proof with halftone dots and screen angles, you could not see things like this on your proof;

So - what to do !?

Well, first, we helped them navigate to where they would go to set the screen angles in their RIP;

Then they went back to the owners to discuss with the team why halftone dot proof simulation would have avoided downtime on press.

One more happy Star Proof customer - might you be next ?

A is for Amazon - J is for Jahn, which rhymes with Moron

2010-06-11T07:09:00.000-07:00

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For Mary

2009-11-03T13:56:00.000-08:00

Somtimes when you blog it is useful to embed a ULR under some text so that people can then click and read more about what you are speaking about.

You mentioned a book in you blog post, and this is what that might look like;

So this is blogging. It occurred to me one night while reading Dreams, Evolution, and Value Fulfillment --a most excellent Seth and Jane Roberts (and not to forget Rob Butts) book, that I wanted my loved ones to be exposed to the overwhelmingly positive, evocative and useful information I was gorging on. Alas, the tomes are large--a daunting task for the tome non-reader.

VerticalResponse Support tst

2009-10-28T15:10:00.000-07:00

The linked article below, An Epiphany of Color, contains the logic Bonnard was talking about. In fact, it may help you to truly understand how color really works for the very first time. And as soon as you’re done reading, you can begin applying this knowledge to your work right away!

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2009-04-29T13:48:00.000-07:00

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Its a Wonderful Life !

2009-03-09T15:37:00.001-07:00

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The Cynthia, Gina and Michelle show !

2009-02-16T12:57:00.001-08:00

Michaels Astrological fate !

2009-01-19T10:32:00.000-08:00


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Man takes apart pet with screwdriver

2008-12-08T06:44:00.000-08:00

From Bre Pettis at Thingverse

Dog shoots man while fishing

2008-12-08T06:29:00.000-08:00

PORTLAND, Oregon, November 25th, 2008
from http://www.worldscutestanimals.com/

A man who was accidentally shot by a 12-gauge shotgun on Saturday after his dog jumped into a boat is recovering. Matthew Marcum’s legs and buttocks were injured in the bizarre incident and he was taken to Legacy Emanuel Hospital & Health Center in Portland.

Marcum’s father, Henry, said his 23-year-old son was about to tie up an 11-foot open aluminum boat, when his 3-year-old Labrador, Drake, jumped into the boat.

Matthew Marcum said his dog, Drake, is a good dog and he isn’t upset with him.