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HP Offers Free Training Programs for Latex Printing and Ecosolutions

Sustainable large format printing with HP latex printersHP recently announced two free training programs: HP Latex University and the HP Ecosolutions Trained Printing company program for HP Latex Printing Technology Users. The only “cost” is to register at either www.hp.com/ecosolutions/tpc or www.hp.com/go/hplatexuniversity (the links go to the same registration site, by the way).

HP Ecosolutions: This training program includes nine modules across a range of sustainability topics and takes about two hours to complete. Themes include: “Go green” with your HP Latex printer, develop your organizations commitment to sustainability, and turn your new knowledge into new business. The program is designed to help you gain new knowledge and use new promotional tools to assist customers looking for wide-format graphics solutions with a reduced environmental impact.

HP Latex University: When you register at HP Capture via the HP Latex University link above, you will have access to workshops led by industry experts, online webinars and instructional guides to key HP Latex applications. Basically, it’s a set of training materials to help HP Latex users successfully produce a wide range of outdoor and indoor wide format graphics applications with HP Latex Printing Technologies.

If you have any questions, need help finding the right printer and materials for your business, or would like to know more about HP Latex Printing Technologies, contact a LexJet customer specialist at 800-453-9538. LexJet carries the HP Designjet L26500 61-inch Latex Printer and the HP Designjet L28500 104-inch Latex Printer.

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Two Free Webinars at X-Rite This Month, Starting Dec. 14

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

Free color management webinars at X-RiteTwo 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.

December Webinar Schedule
Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2011, Noon ET and 2 p.m. ET, Workflow Mania | Color Management and Nik Software with Janice Wendt: Nik Software evangelist and trainer Janice Wendt will help photographers discover the best workflow practices with X-Rite’s color management solutions and Nik Software to make images look their best. She will discuss the importance of using color management solutions and her experience with X-Rite solutions. Using smart objects and smart filters Janice creates an entire workflow that can be edited the next day or even months from when a photographer last saved their image. To register for this free webinar at Noon ET visit https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/554306290

Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2011, 11 a.m. ET and 1 p.m. ET, RAW COLOR POWER with the ColorChecker Passport: Professional photographers and photo enthusiasts will learn how to bring their digital photography color to a new level. This webinar will instruct attendees on how to quickly and easily capture accurate color, instantly enhance portraits and landscapes, create their own color look with one click, maintain color control and consistency and achieve superior color results in a fraction of the time.

Topics that will be covered include:

  • Creating and Using Camera Profiles
  • Custom White Balance with the X-Rite ColorChecker Passport
  • One-click accurate color edits
  • Matching color response of two or more cameras
  • Matching color response under different lighting conditions
  • Color editing in Adobe Lightroom
  • Color editing in Adobe Photoshop

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

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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.

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Free Color Management Webinars This Month from X-Rite

X-Rite Photo Marketing has scheduled a number of free webinars developed to address specific color management topics of interest to both professional and serious amateur photographers, including color managing the print process on June 29.

Color management with X-Rite“Also this month, we are pleased to feature two new webinars co-sponsored by Nik Software and onOne Software geared to help photographers of all levels tap into their creativity,” said Mark Rezzonico, vice president of X-Rite Photo Marketing. “All photographers who are passionate about their photography, color accuracy and workflow efficiency are encouraged to regularly join our ongoing series of X-Rite Webinars.”

This month’s free webinars include…

Wildlife and Nature Photography, Too!, Wednesday, June 15, Noon and 3 p.m. ET: Wildlife and nature photographer Juan Pons shares techniques and tips for creating exciting nature and wildlife photographs, and discusses the necessity of good color management workflow and the tools he uses.

Take Control of Your Color and Unleash Your Creativity with Brian Matiash, Thursday, June 23, 3 p.m. ET: Co-hosted by X-Rite and onOne Software, Brian Matiash of onOne Software shows how to incorporate X-Rite color management solutions into the photographer’s workflow. This webinar is great for those who are curious about HDR photography and advanced amateurs shooting in RAW.

Beyond Monitor Calibration – Get Prints That Match Your Display!, Wednesday, June 29, 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. ET: This webinar covers monitor to print matching (calibration and profiling), obtaining consistent color in-camera, the benefits of creating and using custom printer profiles, soft proofing in Photoshop, applying printer profiles in Photoshop and digital projector profiling.

To register, go to XritePhoto.com then visit the Webinar page found under the Learning section. If you miss a webinar, all of them are archived for on-line viewing.