G7 Implementation: What You Need to Know
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The G7 method is a new approach to press and/or proofing color calibration. In this two-part Webinar series, Don Hutcheson, inventor of the G7 method, provides a definitive step-by-step "how to" instructions for calibrating any proofing or printing system to the G7 specification.
- improve proof-to-press color matching
- reduce make-ready times
- simplify file exchange, and
- lower production costs.
Based
on the ISO 12647-2 printing standard, G7 departs from traditional
TVI-based calibration to achieve more consistent visual
appearance in neutral gray tones with RIP curves alone.
When used as part of a total color management approach,
G7 extends the value of new technologies like CTP, ICC and
digital proofing.
Topics to be covered in this 2-part series include:
- A review of the basic G7 concepts and terminology
- When and why you should (and shouldn’t) use G7
- Getting ready to calibrate a press or proofing system
- Making the first test proof or press run
- Measuring the P2P target
- Plotting NPDC curves via the free graph paper method
- Calculating curve corrections manually
- Using the automated IDEAlink™ Curve software
- Confirming results with a second proof or press run
- Using G7 calibration in an ICC workflow
- Why G7 is valuable even if you use DLPs
- G7 process control methods, tools, and aim points
- Validating a G7 proof or press sheet
- Dealing with metamerism and other issues
G7, GRACoL, and SWOP are registered trademarks of IDEAlliance
About The Presenter:
With over 38 years of production and R&D experience in photography, pre-press and printing, Don Hutcheson offers a unique level of color management training to anyone who needs accurate color, like ad agencies, art galleries, movie studios, photographers, publishers, separators, printers, and software developers. All training is customized to the customer's specific requirements.
As chair of IDEAlliance GRACoL Working Group, Don Hutcheson brings his innovative "shared appearance" concept to international printing standards, whereby all printing methods can share a similar gray scale appearance, simply through common calibration goals.