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Out of Gamut: The Skinny on Scanner Color
In the days before color management, all applications displayed RGB files by simply sending the color values in the file straight to the monitor. With CMYK files, applications would do a one-size-fits-all conversion to RGB for display, since monitors have to be fed RGB signals. In either case, this made consistent color display just about […]
Continue readingOut of Gamut: ColorSync 3 Gets in your Interface
One of the most common complaints I hear from people who grapple with the complexities of color management is that each application has its own user interface, and all too often its own idiosyncratic terminology, for setting up the default profiles for the various devices in the production chain. Wouldn’t it be great if there […]
Continue readingFonts: What’s next?
If you tend to take fonts and their ease of use for granted, you may not have noticed all the impulses to change that are bubbling just beneath the surface. We’ve had a nice decade of relatively easy times as far as using fonts is concerned, but the façade is cracking as the sturdy digital […]
Continue readingQuarkXPress 4.1: Worth the Upgrade?
Perhaps it was the overwhelming number of people who complained that Quark charged too much for their 4.0 upgrade. Perhaps it was the scores of people who still found bugs in XPress even after 4.04 was released. Perhaps it was just out of the kindness of Quark’s collective heart. (Or maybe it was the fact […]
Continue readingWelcome to CreativePro.com
Allow me to introduce you to creativepro.com, a website devoted to the needs of the creative community. As editorial director of the site, I’m pleased that you’ve decided to check us out. If this is your first visit, read on to get a lay of the land. Been here before? Be sure to browse around […]
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