Color Management Inside Fiery XF & Fiery proServer...– Fiery XF’s Color Management is very comprehensive, the correct settings for the job type and expected result is key – Knowing

Color Management InsideFiery XF & Fiery proServer

Kerry Moloney Field & Channel Marketing Manager – Fiery Wide Format

John NateWW Technical Product Training Manager – Fiery Wide Format

Wide Format Series

Session overview

• Understanding RIP level color management will ensure the best possible color results in the least amount of time

• Fiery XF settings that impact color, plus, which settings to apply for a job type and end product

• Linearizing, profiling and optimizing and working with spot colors

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Today’s topics

• Traditional color management options– Proofing– Production

• Calibration & profiling• Adjusting color• Spot color handling• G7• Verification

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Traditional color management options

Proofing vs. production

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System Manager

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ICC profiles & rendering intents

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Turning color management off

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…and back on

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Honoring embedded profiles

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Production

Overriding embedded profiles

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Proofing

RGB ICC Profiles

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CMYK ICC Profiles

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Grayscale ICC Profiles

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Multicolor ICC Profiles

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Color management panel

Rendering intents

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Rendering intents

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Black point compensation

Production

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Black point compensation

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Dynamic rendering intent

Production

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Dynamic rendering intent

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Dynamic rendering intent

Relative Colorimetric

used

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Dynamic rendering intent

Perceptual used

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Dynamic rendering intent

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Color management panel

Simulation - CMYK ICC Profiles

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Improving RGB file reproduction

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Use media profile

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Production

Media selection

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Improving color reproduction

It’s just a matter of opinion…

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L*a*b* optimization

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Reducing process Delta-E values

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Proofing

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Spot color optimization

Reducing spotcolor Delta-E values

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Proofing

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Color optimization

Clean colors

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Production

Off – Simulate reference/source profile

Clean colors

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On – No “contaminant” color added

Clean colors

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Clean Colors on Clean Colors off

Black as inkjet black

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Production

Proofing

Clean colors and black vector

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Production

Clean colors and black vector & raster

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Production

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Tolerances

Plate compensation

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Affects contone and screened CMYK

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Light Adaption

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Production

Defaults to D50

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Light Adaption

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D-50 Incandescent Store Light

Light Adaption

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D-50 Incandescent Store Light

Custom values

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Spot color handling

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Input handling

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Spot color input handling

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CyanMagentaYellowBlackOrangeGreen

MultichannelCMYK Process

Two Spot Colors

Spot color libraries

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Spot color libraries

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Search priority

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Search priority

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Search priority

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Color adjustments

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RGB, CMYK, but no spot colors!

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Production

Color adjustments

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Color adjustments

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Visual feedback

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Visual feedback

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PS/EPS/PDF options

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In-Rip separation

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Pantone bridge book

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PS/EPS/PDF options

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Working color space

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Color management panel

PDF print engine

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PostScript or PDF?

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PostScript Engine automatically used if:

•More than 31 color channels (including CMYK)•Cut paths present

PDF, PostScript, & raster, file handling

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Building the files

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Color Tools – visual correction

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Production

Proofing

Visual Correction

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Add a point…

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…modify the curve

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Isolate individual curves…

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…add additional points…

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…and modify individual curves

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Visual Correction

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Color Tools – re-linearization

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Production

Proofing

Relinearization

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Color Tools – optimization

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Production

Proofing

Optimization

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Select your workflow…

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Files are automatically loaded

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Print/measure/optimize

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Delta-E values improved

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You determine what is acceptable

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Saving the optimization file

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Selecting the optimization file

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Production

Proofing

Calibration and profiling

Creating the ideal starting point

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Color Tools - linearization

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Production

Proofing

Set the desired variables…

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…print/measure/next x4

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VUTEk 6.1 Advanced Linearization

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VUTEk pre-6.1 Advanced Linearization

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Color Tools - profiling

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Production

Proofing

ICC Profile device & target selection

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ICC Profile settings

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Black generation settings

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Color Tools - editing

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Production

Proofing

ICC Profile Editor interface

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Global edits

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Curve editing

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ICC Profile Editor interface

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Hue editing

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ICC Profile Editor interface

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Selective color edits

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ICC Profile Editor interface

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3rd party tools

G7 and Fiery XF & Fiery proServer

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Fiery XF/proServer and G7

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Select EFI.vcc option

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Save your G7 curve…

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…into the Balance folder

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On the device/media panel…

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…select the curve

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Fiery XF/proServer and G7

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Production

Proofing

Expanded gamut printing

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Production

Use ICC Profiles Use G7 Curve only

Verification

How did we do?

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Verification - setup

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Production

Proofing

The Dynamic Wedge

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Production

Proofing

Standard Wedge

Dynamic Wedge• Process Colors• Spot Colors• Process and Spot Colors

Dynamic Wedge

The Dynamic Wedge

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Production

Proofing

Verification – specifications,aims, and tolerances

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Production

Proofing

Verification – label printing

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Session summary

• We learned – Fiery XF’s Color Management is very comprehensive, the correct

settings for the job type and expected result is key– Knowing which settings are applicable to Production printing

versus Proofing is also a must– Tools to check your results are essential for quality control,

regardless of the kind of work you produce– Unique color features of Fiery XF, the Dynamic Rendering

Intent, the Light Adaption feature and the Dynamic Wedge

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Additional resources

• efi.com– Fiery XF & Fiery proServer Color Management – Color Editor Technote– Black Separation Settings Guide

• Fiery XF in a Nutshell– Overview tutorial video of the capabilities and

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Additional World of Fiery sessions

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• Color Series– May 27 – Color Management Fundamentals– June 17 – Color Standards & Specifications– July 8 – Color Management Inside Fiery XF & Fiery proServer

• Production Series– September 30 – File Preparation for Specialty Printing– October 21 - Cutting Options & Job Layout using Fiery XF– November 11 - Fiery XF's Layout OptionRegister today!

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Questions?

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Thank you!