In Focus Vol. 3 No. 8
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LexJet to Display Digital Printing Possibilities at Las Vegas Artexpo and FPPA
LexJet’s booth (1033) at the Las Vegas Artexpo, Sept. 19-21, will showcase the myriad of digital solutions available to the fine-art, décor, and photographic reproduction markets. LexJet will also be exhibiting at the Florida Professional Photographers Convention and Trade Show, Aug. 23-27 at the Rosen Plaza Hotel in Orlando (Booth 23), demonstrating the in-house printing workflow and offering some show-only specials.
Courtesy Gary Kellner, Dimpled Rock |
LexJet representatives will be on hand to give demonstrations on the latest technologies in wide-format inkjet printing, showing how the custom digital inkjet process works from capture to print utilizing the latest workflow and imaging software and wide-format printers.
At Artexpo, LexJet will display three original pieces of art, each reproduced on LexJet’s Sunset line of canvas, fine-art, and photo papers. Other printed samples will be available to show the endless possibilities of digital printing beyond giclee reproductions.
“A giclee reproduction is only one of literally dozens of potential applications for art and photography. Now, interior designers, architects, and others specifying interior décor and environmental graphics are beginning to see the huge benefits of cost-effectively printing custom images for a variety of surface treatments,” explains LexJet’s Carey Masera, who will be one of LexJet’s representatives at the Las Vegas Artexpo. “Customized digital printing has become quite cost-effective, and thus more accessible. This is great news for the art market, because custom digital printing is opening up additional avenues and revenue streams for artists and photographers, and the galleries that represent them.”
Visit LexJet at Booth 1033 at the Las Vegas Artexpo and Booth 23 at the FPP 2008 Annual Convention. For more information and passes, call 800-453-9538 or go to lexjet.com.
Nik’s Silver Efex Pro Aids Black-and-White Conversions
Nik’s new SilverEfex Pro plug-in is designed to overcome some of the time-consuming challenges and control limitations of converting color images to black-and-white.
Starting from a neutral conversion of your image, you can make one-click adjustments from a choice of over 20 preset styles, ranging from nostalgic processes such as ambrotypes and tintypes to classic artist renderings, trendy high contrast, soft focus or grainy images. You can choose to stick with any one of these 20 styles, or further modify your image by applying color filters, vignettes, or variable toning controls, including sepia, selenium, split-toning, or user-defined colors.
Because the software uses Nik’s patented U-Point technology, Silver Efex Pro gives you direct on-image control of tonality, contrast, and structure. You don’t need to create complicated selections and layer masks to precisely control specific areas of your image.
The software’s advanced imaging algorithms protect against unwanted artifacts and enable you to emulate 18 different black-and-white film types, including the grain, color sensitivity and tone curve for each. A new grain engine that mimics the silver-halide process can be used to help achieve the best-quality reproductions of scanned photographs.
SilverEfexPro retails for $199.95 and installs as a plug-in for either Adobe Photoshop or Apple Aperture 2.1. It is available for Windows and Mac operating systems, including Vista and Leopard.
For video tutorials showing the software running within Photoshop and Aperture and a free, 15-day trial version, visit www.niksoftware.com/silverefexpro.com, or contact a LexJet account specialist at 800-453-9538.
Reserve Your Spot Now for the 2008-2009 Great Output Seminar
For photographers and artists who want to learn how to make professional-quality prints on a wide-format inkjet printer, Great Output magazine is presents Professional Photographic and Fine-Art Printing: From Start to Finish. Conducted by LexJet and sponsored by Canon, the Great Output Seminar Tour will visit 20 U.S. cities between September 2008 and March 2009. The first stops in Pittsburgh and Washington, D.C. are just around the corner, so register today to make sure you get a spot on the value-packed education seminar,which is only $49.
During the one-day educational program, digital-printing expert Tom Hauenstein will demonstrate color-management techniques for optimizing print quality, and efficient workflows for producing the highest number of sellable prints with the least amount of wasted time, ink, and materials.
He will also show some of the innovative ways that LexJet’s inkjet-printable art papers, photo papers, canvases, fabrics, vinyls, and films are being used for new forms of artistic expression and to create distinctive new products or studio promotions.
“Our goal is to explain the inkjet printing process in a clear and understandable way,” explains Hauenstein. “We’ll demonstrate how to calibrate and profile monitors and how to make custom media profiles so that photographers and artists can use their inkjet printers for the broadest possible range of studio-business and artistic applications.”
Tom Hauenstein |
During the seminar, Hauenstein will use Canon imagePROGRAF printers to show how simple it can be for creative professionals of all skill levels and backgrounds to create superb-quality prints. The content will be relevant for all types of art reproduction and photography, including portrait, wedding, event, sports, and fine-art photography.
Below are the cities and dates for the Great Output Tour 2008/09:
2008
Sept. 15: Pittsburgh
Sept. 17: Washington, D.C.
Sept. 29: Boston
Oct. 1: New York
Oct. 13: Chicago
Oct. 15: Indianapolis
Oct. 27: Denver
Oct. 29: Minneapolis
Nov. 10: Seattle
Nov. 12: Portland
2009
Jan. 19: San Francisco
Jan. 21: Los Angeles
Feb. 9: Santa Fe
Feb. 11: Dallas
Feb. 23: Cincinnati
Feb. 25: Nashville
March 9: Charlotte
March 11: Atlanta
March 23: Miami
March 25: Orlando
The Great Output Seminar registration fee of $49 includes seminar handout materials, lunch, refreshments, giveaways, and special discounts on photography-related products. For more information, and to register, contact a LexJet account specialist at 800-453-9538, or go to greatoutput.com.
Canon and Epson Printer Rebates and Specials Extended Through August
LexJet is offering a number of valuable and cost-saving rebates on Canon and Epson printers. Canon rebates and free media specials are available for new and existing Canon customers on Canon’s latest line of wide-format printers, including the iPF8100, iPF9000S, and iPF9100. Rebates range from $100 to $2,500.
Epson is offering rebates and promotions on its Stylus Pro 11880. Rebates range up to $3,000. Epson’s promotion includes free rolls of EPSON Pro Imaging Media with a printer purchase.
For all the details and to sign up for these rebates, contact a LexJet account specialist at 800-453-9538. |
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