COLOUR ACCURACY

You came for the colour Awesomeness

... but how far down the rabbit hole do you want to go?

"I TRUST YOUR REPRODUCTION PROCESS."

~ 90% Of Our Clients

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  • Our standard colour accuracy service included with every reproduction
  • Dedicated studio in shop with black out curtains to control ambient light
  • High quality Kaiser LED continuous lights and Broncolor strobes
  • Custom ICC Profile made for each capture session
  • 10 minutes of colour correction based on the object level target and artwork

"I'M INTERESTED IN A BIT MORE COLOUR INFO FOR MY ART."

~ 10% Of Our Clients

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  • 3 Star FADGI is a great mix of quality, efficiency, and cost
  • Includes all of the features from the standard colour accuracy level
  • Tone Response (OECF) L* (Units Colorimetric ΔL2000*) for any given gray patch < 3.0
  • White Balance (Units Colorimetric ΔE(a*b*)) for any given gray patch < 4.0
  • Average Colour Accuracy (Units Colorimetric – Mean ΔE2000 – average deviation of all patches) < 3.5
  • Colour Accuracy 90th Percentile (Units Colorimetric – ΔE2000 of all patches) < 7.0
  • Includes a colour verification report based on the 30 patch object target (ISA GoldenThread)
  • Can be added to the service package at any time- even after the digital capture

"I AM VERY SERIOUS ABOUT COLOUR SPECIFICS."

~ 1% Of Our Clients

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  • 4 Star FADGI “… defines the best imaging practical today. Images created to a four star level represent the state of the art in image capture and are suitable for almost any use.” -From the FADGI guidelines
  • Tone Response (OECF) L* (Units Colorimetric ΔL2000*) for any given gray patch < 1.5
  • White Balance (Units Colorimetric ΔE(a*b*)) for any given gray patch < 2.0
  • Average Colour Accuracy (Units Colorimetric – Mean ΔE2000 – average deviation of all patches) < 2.0
  • Colour Accuracy 90th Percentile (Units Colorimetric – ΔE2000 of all patches) < 4.0
  • Includes a colour verification report based on the 30 patch object target (ISA GoldenThread)
  • Can usually be added on to the service package- even after the digital capture (some exceptions may apply)

"I HAVE AN UNLIMITED BUDGET AND INTEREST IN COLOUR."

~ 0.1% Of Our Clients

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  • Beyond 4 Star FADGI is our most custom level of colour accuracy
  • You want the printed image to look EXACTLY like your original
  • Standard colour checkers may not be indicative of the colours in your work, so we will create a custom colour target based on your actual paints and materials in your artwork.
  • Multi colour target reference materials including custom colour measurements of the reference colours
  • Photoshop retouching including extensive masking, luminosity masks, pixel based colour corrections
  • Includes colour verification report for 4 Star FADGI standards
  • Test strips on in-stock papers
  • Test strips on papers specifically brought in for your project- hand made, small batch, and fabrics
  • Custom printer profiles made specifically for your print project
Want to know more about FADGI

have a look at pages 68 - 70 in the following pdf

FADGI PDF