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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