Color Correction
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I'm going today for the press check. So that's not the problem if I can make moves on press.
One of our other designers just replied to her email with this. Nicely done:
Hmm...
Let me just say, as someone who’s done their due diligence in the printing industry, designers (and clients) by and large grossly underestimate, misunderstand and misuse terms like “color correction” and the like. While there are certainly some “tricks of the trade” as far as retouching and adjusting photography, please don’t make the mistake of assuming we have a controlled color management system in place, or even the means to do so.
Color accuracy is not about a technique or a trick, but rather it’s about having the tools needed to do the job. We have some of the best computer displays you can buy, but they shift and have variations that need to be calibrated to out put correctly. Plus they’re LCD displays which are not capable of displaying a full color spectrum like the high end CRT displays color correction and production professionals use.
And our printer...well I don’t think I need to go into that. ;-)
Bottom line: We’re ALL doing our best with what we have and we get pretty lucky most of the time, but let’s not act too shocked when minor adjustments are needed from time to time on some jobs. Let’s all be on the lookout and go out of our way to help share knowledge, constantly be learning new stuff and help (not criticize) our fellow team members. Remember, to a client a less than favorable outcome reflects badly on Adrenaline – not just one employee...