Direct To Plate Photopolymer Photogravure nov 20, 2018 Take the Workshop Here! [1] This photo narrative is about Cone Editions Press' Direct-to-Plate Photopolymer-Photogravure process. It is both a re-invention of solar plate intaglio and a re-invention ... direct to plate photogravure piezography Lee mas
U.S. Supreme Court, Update may 31, 2017 This is an exciting newsletter to write. Recently, much has happened to affect our industry and company. With a world in turmoil, Tuesday’s Supreme Court decision will impact our economy and environme... newsletter opinion Lee mas
Impression Products v. Lexmark Inkjet hits the Supreme Court mar 27, 2017 This is a strange newsletter topic, but it concerns a matter that was argued before the Supreme Court this week and it affects all of our customers in one way or another. With only 8 Justices sitting,... newsletter opinion Lee mas
Debunking a Workflow Myth abr 10, 2016 !!! I missed last Friday! So sorry everyone. We’ll I’ve been wanting to get this off my shoulders for while so here goes. A while back (2004 to be exact) I invented the Luminance/Color mode curve laye... helpful hint of the day Lee mas
Perception of Black abr 6, 2016 Black color (warm or cool), paper texture, light angle, and light temperature, can all effect the visual darkness of a print. It's possible to take a matte print, that is printed and framed correctly,... helpful hint of the day Lee mas
8bit to 16bit abr 5, 2016 *This one is complicated and brief. It may make more questions come my way, but here goes.* You can convert 8bit color images into 16bit color images that act (a bit) like 16bit images if the original... helpful hint of the day Lee mas
Adobe RGB Default abr 3, 2016 This is a no-brainer but it constantly trips people up. The first thing you want to do when you install Photoshop on a new computer/system is go to Edit>Color Settings and set the RGB working space fr... helpful hint of the day Lee mas
New Sensors mar 31, 2016 Top camera sensors are now equal or better than camera lenses. That means all the old-world film-era gab about good lenses now applies again. But a good lens is not always about sharpness . . . . At l... helpful hint of the day Lee mas
Printers & Sensors . . . . mar 29, 2016 On most Epson (and many non-espon) printers, most body sensors are “flip lever” sensors. That means that you can pretty much stick a pencil or folded piece of paper in any sensor-area of the printer t... helpful hint of the day Lee mas
How Warm is Warm? mar 28, 2016 This one is from the direct observation of many “calibrated” environments . . . . We see color emitting from a modern monitor differently than color reflecting off a piece of paper. Our biological whi... helpful hint of the day Lee mas
L*a*b* Color Space mar 24, 2016 Today’s hint is much shorter than yesterday’s. Nearly every CMYK and RGB color space is defined by a physical thing in real life (IRL). Adobe RGB encompasses what we deem acceptable maximum color gamu... helpful hint of the day Lee mas
Tonal Selection & Curves mar 23, 2016 A tonal selection curve is always more complicated than a master (or base) curve. (The master base curve on this example image is shown above.) Use the tonal selector tool on a new curve adjustment ... helpful hint of the day Lee mas