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   December Digital Imaging Newsletter
Just in time
for the Holidays:
Spyder3Print SR is now available!

It makes the perfect gift for anybody who's passionate about photography, and can also help you create your own gifts for the Holidays. Check out the great ideas we have for gifts and sharing in this issue. Since Spyder3Print SR can read continuous strips, printer profiling is now a whole lot quicker and easier, without sacrificing precision. Spyder3Print SR uses the same spectrocolorimeter that is included in our professional Spyder3Studio SR package, now available as a stand alone product. So if you already calibrate your monitor, but want to get serious about doing your own printing, now is the time to get great color prints!

This issue also covers:

We hope you enjoy this issue and, as always, would love to get your feedback! Happy Holidays!

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Custom made prints make the perfect gift...
...as long as the colors are perfect!

The holiday spirit has definitely settled upon us here at Datacolor. And since we're passionate photographers, we usually can't help but give some of our images as gifts to our friends and families; may it be in the form of Christmas cards, calendars or even entire photo books. Luckily, we always keep our calibration tools nearby...

Eliane, for example, is doing her own Holiday cards this year and has avoided both many nerve-wrecking hours of trial-and-error printing, and also saved lots of paper, by using Spyder3Studio SR to calibrate her screen and to profile her printer. She was amazed at how little time it took, and how well the colors match from screen to print.

Friends and Family of Jean-Francois can look forward to getting one of the calendars he designed for them this year. Before he uploaded the files to the print service, he made sure that the final result would match what he saw when editing the images on the screen, by using Spyder3 and it's Soft-proof feature.

So, remember: Before editing your images, always calibrate your screen; and profile your printer before printing them. It will not only save you lots of paper, ink, and expense, but will also help to keep you relaxed while everybody else is stressed-out and busy with last minute Holiday errands!


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A Friend With Vision
Lara Jade

Lara Jade is one of these rare, inexplicable phenomena in the world of photography. After looking at her images you might be surprised to learn that the very talented British photographer has been shooting for only five years. However, you'll probably be even more surprised, that she started at the age of around 14. Yes, Lara Jade is 19 years young - yet she creates artworks that show a level of talent and variety that few photographers can ever hope to achieve.

Lara gets her inspiration from almost anything, she says, but it's mostly "music, movies, stories and the old masters in painting and photography". Her first experience with photography was at school, during her secondary education, where she would research photography for her projects. She came across photography websites and got inspired to try it herself. After a year of college Lara started making money with model portfolios, and after a year of that, the then 17 year old registered her business "Lara Jade Photography". She kept shooting model portfolios and did various shoots for dancers, actors, singers and bands.

Today Lara is represented by the Milan agency Sudest57. The list of her clients includes brands, agencies, publishers and artists from all over the world and goes on and on, just like the list of magazines and online publications she's been featured in.

We highly recommend paying Lara's website a visit. A link to that and profiles of our other Friends With Vision can be found here.


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Visit Datacolor at Imaging USA!
It's on us!

You're invited to join us - VIP-style - at Imaging USA's Imaging EXPO, the largest photographic tradeshow in North America. Register for your FREE Expo Pass and stop by Datacolor's booth (#704) at the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center in Nashville, TN. The EXPO runs from January 10-12, 2010. We hope to see you there!

Click here to redeem your VIP Expo Pass Online.

Imaging Expo Hours

January 11: 12:00pm - 5:30pm
January 12: 12:00pm - 5:30pm
January 13: 9:30am - 2:00pm

Visit www.imagingusa.org for more information.


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Expert Advice
Profile Your Printer Even Faster

With Spyder3Print SR, profiling your printer becomes both more accurate, and much quicker and easier. Align with the first patch, push the button and use the SpyderGuide for steady and error-free measuring of the whole row. Measure entire rows in seconds. The details of how it works are explained step-by-step in the software. We'll also demonstrate in a free online seminar on the...

17th of December, at Noon EST

...how easy it is to get your printer's best color. The online seminar is about 45 minutes long; at the end of it, there's time for participant questions on the topic. Since the number of available slots will be limited, we recommend you sign up as soon as possible!


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Photoshop Tip of the Month
Reduce the noise of your images easily


As you may have discovered, we've already put together quite a nice collection of free Photoshop Action for our subscribers. This month's addition to that collection reduces the noise in your images. Try turning off your camera's flash and take pictures with just available light. You can easily reduce the noise caused by the higher ISO setting. Your images will look much warmer, and more natural, than flash shots.

Just open up a noisy photo in Photoshop, click the play button in the Action window and use the brush to remove the noise in your pictures. A download link and a quick manual on how to use these actions are available here.


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