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Pro Photographer and Author Chris Orwig Featured in X-Rite Webinars

X-Rite Photo Marketing just announced its schedule of February 2013 Webinars designed to address specific color management topics for both professional and serious amateur photographers and videographers…

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Keith Malloy by Chris Orwig Photography.

Tuesday, Feb. 5, 1 p.m. ET and 3 p.m. ET, Creating Compelling Photographs with X-Rite Coloratti Chris Orwig: X-Rite and Nik Software team up for this live webinar with celebrated photographer, author and teacher Chris Orwig as he shares some of his photographic insight on how to create more compelling photographs. Chris teaches the importance of ensuring that camera, monitor, projector, and printers are calibrated and profiled to ensure accurate color across the entire workflow using the latest X-Rite i1Display Pro, ColorMunki Photo, and ColorChecker Passport. He will demonstrate how to add dimension, drama, emotion and mood to photographs using Photoshop, Nik Color Efex Pro 4, and Silver Efex Pro 2.

To register for this webinar at 1 p.m. ET, visit:  https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/416245282

To register for this webinar at 3 p.m. ET, visit:  https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/311625138

Wednesday, Feb. 13, 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. ET, Professional Monitor Calibration for Still & Video: As more still photographers move into videography with DSLR cameras the need for color management solutions specific to those output environments has become more common. This brief webinar will review how to access and utilize the video presets in i1Profiler software and will briefly look at use of ColorCheckers in the video footage as a visual reference. For those shooting, editing, and preparing video for output this webinar will provide the insight into X-Rite color management solutions that can streamline color control in video. 

To register for this webinar at 11 a.m. ET, visit: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/888211298  

To register for this webinar at 1 p.m. ET, visit:  https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/802315346

Wednesday, Feb. 20, 11 a.m. ET and 1 p.m. ET, Simply Amazing Color. Take control of your monitor, printer and camera! This webinar will review the individual ColorMunki solutions including software demonstrations and discussions of how each solution is used. This live webinar gives users the opportunity to ask questions and understand each solution in detail so they can make the right decision on what ColorMunki family solution is for them. Attendees will also enjoy special discounts.

To register for this webinar at 11 a.m. ET, visit: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/502969490

To register for this webinar at 1 p.m. ET, visit: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/752447826

For more information on all X-Rite Photo webinars visit the Webinar page found under the Learning section on XritePhoto.com. All webinars are also archived for online viewing any time.

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X-Rite Announces June Slate of Color Management Webinars

X-Rite Photo Marketing announced its schedule of June 2012 webinars developed to address specific color management topics and designed to appeal to both professional and serious amateur photographers. Webinar attendees will also have the opportunity to ask questions to the live trainers. The webinars kick off this Thursday, June 7. Here’s the scoop…

Color management webinarsThursday, June 7, 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. ET, Beyond Monitor Calibration – Get Prints That Match Your Display!: Perfect for wedding, portrait and landscape photographers, as well as photo lab professionals and photo enthusiasts doing their own printing, this webinar, featuring the award-winning X-Rite ColorMunki Photo, will teach attendees how to put a color-managed workflow in place from image capture through printer output, including creating custom profiles and learning how to use them correctly to produce prints that match a display every time.

Topics that will be covered include:

  • Monitor to print matching (calibration and profiling)
  • Obtaining consistent color in camera
  • Benefits of creating and using custom printer profiles
  • Soft-proofing in Adobe Photoshop
  • Applying printer profiles in Photoshop
  • Digital projector profiling

To register for this webinar, visit: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/757396178

Thursday, June 14, 3 p.m. ET, Get to Know X-Rite, Wacom, and OnOne Software Webinar – Part II: This webinar is Part 2 of last month’s gear head webinar co-sponsored by X-Rite, Wacom and onOne. In this webinar X-Rite’s Brenda Hipsher will talk about some of the amazing advanced features in i1Profiler software for i1Display Pro and briefly talk about the enhancements to the new i1Pro 2 spectrophotometer. There will also be a brief look at the ColorChecker Passport as the webinar moves a bit more in-depth into X-Rite color management solutions for digital photographers and filmmakers. In an expanded review of the Intuos5 pen tablet, Wes Maggio and Joe Sliger of Wacom will share some tips for increasing productivity by customizing tablets for use in popular image editing apps, which apply to Cintiq users as well, Additionally, they’ll demonstrate the practical application of these tips in a creative workflow. Brian Matiash will finish things off by sharing how he uses the X-Rite ColorChecker Passport in the field, along with how he customizes his Wacom Intuos5 Tablet and onOne Software’s Perfect Photo Suite 6.1 to give him the most effective imaging workflow both behind the camera and in front of the computer.

To register for this webinar, visit: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/938402808

Wednesday, June 20, 1 p.m. ET, The New i1Photo Pro 2 | A New Standard for Color Management: Join X-Rite for an in depth look at the new i1Pro 2 spectrophotometer and the three new professional solutions, including the i1Photo Pro 2, featuring this new hardware device. This webinar will discuss how and why the new device is different and what makes it a more accurate instrument. Also discussed will be the new hardware/software configurations available to give photographers the most advanced options for color management in digital photography. Attendees will learn about upgrade options, new software features, and more.

To register for this webinar, visit: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/557360370

For more information an all X-Rite Photo webinars visit the Webinar page found under the Learning section on XritePhoto.com. All webinars are also archived for online viewing any time.

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Free Color Management Webinars This Month at XritePhoto.com

X-Rite Photo Marketing announces its schedule of November Webinars that have been developed to address specific color management topics and are designed to appeal to both professional and serious amateur photographers.

Color management webinarsFour free Webinar topics this month are designed to help photographers gain new confidence and to learn quick, easy and powerful ways to enhance their color workflow. Webinar attendees will also have the opportunity to ask questions to the live trainers.

Here’s what’s on tap this month…

Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2 p.m. EST, Take your images to WOW! hosted by Winifred Whitfield: Winifred Whitfield is a photographer and digital painter. In this webinar she will demonstrate how precise color management and Nik Software give her the competitive edge to produce her stylized images. Winifred uses Nik Software to enhance her images, add structure, and even provide the artistic color palette that launches her creative process. Her creative workflow depends on precise color management with X-Rite solutions and begins and ends with Nik Software. Winifred will show attendees how she prepares the images in Photoshop with Nik Software before she begins the painting process and how she enhances her painted images with Nik Software as a final step.

In this webinar Winifred will cover:

  • Be creative: Use Nik Software’s Color Efex Pro 4 and Viveza 2 to create stunning images and to spark creativity
  • Shoot colors right: Create custom camera profiles with X-Rite ColorChecker Passport
  • See colors right: Monitor and projector profiling with ColorMunki Display
  • Print colors right: Profile monitor, projector and printer with ColorMunki Photo

Friday, Nov. 18, 10 a.m. EST, Improve your Color Management Skills, Part 3: Photographers can improve their color management skills by joining professional photographer and X-Rite Coloratti Jon R. Trengereid for the final session of a three part international education series and complete introduction to Adobe Lightroom 3. This webinar will help photographers get the best out of their equipment, speed up their workflow, gain greater control over their RAW files and get accurate colors every time.

Part 3, final session, will cover:

  • The RAW converting process, including RAW development for color images and RAW development for grayscale images
  • How Lightroom communicates with Photoshop
  • Printing from Lightroom, including creating a Print Template, setting up the print driver to communicate with Lightroom and printing with color management

To register for Part 3 visit:  https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/995974289

Tuesday, Nov. 22, 11 a.m. EST and 1 p.m. EST, Stop Guessing – Start Knowing! Accurate Monitor Color with X-Rite: Knowing that a monitor is accurately showing the true color and tonal range of images is the first and most important step to getting great prints. If a monitor isn’t properly calibrated and profiled, a photographer could be guessing whenever they make any edits to their images. This webinar is perfect for anyone who has had trouble getting prints that match the image on their monitor. During this webinar, attendees will learn how X-Rite’s two new display solutions – the ColorMunki Display and i1Display Pro – feature all-new state-of-the-art hardware and software for color calibration and profiling of displays, laptops and projectors.

Tuesday, Nov. 29, 11 a.m. EST and 1 p.m. EST, Beyond Monitor Calibration – Get Prints That Match Your Display!: Perfect for wedding, portrait and landscape photographers as well as photo lab professionals and photo enthusiasts doing their own printing, this webinar, featuring the award-winning X-Rite ColorMunki Photo, will teach attendees how to put a color managed workflow in place from image capture through printer output including creating custom profiles and learning how to use them correctly to produce prints that match a display every time.

Topics that will be covered include:

  • Monitor to Print Matching (Calibration and Profiling)
  • Obtaining consistent color in camera
  • Benefits of creating and using custom printer profiles
  • Soft-proofing in Adobe Photoshop
  • Applying printer profiles in Photoshop

Webinar registration can be found on XritePhoto.com. Visit the Webinar page found under the Learning section.