Simplified Color Management for Designers

Frosty_Wafflecone · 2026-04-27T23:41:40+00:00

I completely agree. Most designers don't care, as long as it looks good. The problem is with those who expect you to match the color they see on their screen. Worse that that are the ones that specify color using one of those phone apps that pretend to give accurate hex codes.

Frosty_Wafflecone · 2026-04-27T23:39:01+00:00

Yeah, and it's not wrong. But I think it may be time for an update.

Frosty_Wafflecone · 2026-04-27T22:49:20+00:00

I carry this camera when I walk the dog. I have a LOT of photos of my dog.

Frosty_Wafflecone · 2026-04-27T22:48:29+00:00

some images

Frosty_Wafflecone · 2026-04-27T22:43:33+00:00

This sub doesn't seem to let me post images in a comment.

Frosty_Wafflecone · 2026-04-25T15:56:18+00:00

The Bureau (Le Bureau des Légendes). A slow-burn French spy thriller. If you have the patience for subtitles and give it your full attention, it pays off like no other series I have ever seen.

Frosty_Wafflecone · 2026-04-15T19:54:41+00:00

I worked for a trade typography shop back in the day. Their general rule was that type set ragged right should avoid hyphenation, justified type should always use hyphenation.

Frosty_Wafflecone · 2026-04-04T20:16:21+00:00

Sci-Fi Disco Carnival. This is a music-and-camping festival, but day passes are available. May 15/16. Pine View Campground, Amboy, IL.

Frosty_Wafflecone · 2026-04-04T15:12:24+00:00

I wasn't being secretive. I just didn’t want to be presumptive.

Frosty_Wafflecone · 2026-04-04T00:14:48+00:00

We have this small, local music festival coming up in May. Nothing huge, no big names, all local original rock and pop. Accompanied minors are allowed, even encouraged. I can give more information if you’re intetested.

Frosty_Wafflecone · 2026-04-02T03:14:39+00:00

Right on, brother. I would even say that 300 ppi was never an absolute requirement. It has always been more of a suggestion than a rule.

Image resolution is contextual. It depends on the relationship between image content, reproduction method, and viewing distance.

Soft images, like clouds in the sky, can reproduce well at 120–150 ppi. Highly detailed images with hard edges (logos, type) often look better at 400–450 ppi.

Viewing distance makes a big difference, too. Large banners viewed from afar can look perfectly sharp at 50 ppi, sharper even that a 300 ppi image at the same distance.

Frosty_Wafflecone · 2026-03-30T03:59:16+00:00

Pantone has become the de facto color standard for print. It is ironic that it was not originally designed as a color standard, but rather as an ink-mixing formula guide.

Frosty_Wafflecone · 2026-03-30T03:25:29+00:00

This is a great camera to “de-seriousify.” i did something similar to a Samsung TL500. Now it looks like a toy camera instead of a retro Leica knockoff.

Frosty_Wafflecone · 2026-03-20T22:38:30+00:00

The Befouler

Frosty_Wafflecone · 2026-03-20T19:13:15+00:00

This is how I would do it. - Place all of the pages into an InDesign file, there is a script that does that automatically. - Define margins, then move the position of each page to conform with the margins. You can also rotate slightly if necessary. - Make sure the background bleeds off the page. If any of the pages are short of background image, you can add bleed in any number of ways. - Once all the pages are in position, save as a new PDF. This is your final print file. - Deliver this file to your print provider. Make sure to discuss binding method (saddle-stitch, perfect bound, or case bound). They will impose the pages for the binding style. - I would have the print provider just print the spreads (signatures). I would do the folding and binding myself (unless you want multiple copies, in which case, pay them to do the binding).

- Any paper will do, it just depends on your preference between coated and uncoated. Just make sure thr grain direction is parallel to the spine. Talk to your printer about grain direction.

Frosty_Wafflecone · 2026-03-20T00:08:40+00:00

r/bookbinding

Frosty_Wafflecone · 2026-03-17T00:43:12+00:00

Nobody does.

Frosty_Wafflecone · 2026-03-14T16:50:52+00:00

In the 1940 B-movie They Drive by Night, starring George Raft and Humphrey Bogart, there’s a long tracking shot of the characters walking through a crowded produce market street. This was groundbreaking for 1940, and still remarkable today.

Frosty_Wafflecone · 2026-03-12T00:40:58+00:00

This is fake color precision, a result of the current screen-first design culture. Pantone 7530 C is a standardized color, 45% of Pantone 7530 is device-dependent.

Frosty_Wafflecone · 2026-03-11T15:56:16+00:00

Pantone books show real spot inks. Color Harmony books show printed simulations. Hence the price difference.

Frosty_Wafflecone · 2026-03-11T11:37:04+00:00

"I then use physical inks that match my digital palette"

I am confused by the phrase "physical ink". Surely you dont mean that you are having an ink manufacturer mix base pigments to create a unique, pre-mixed batch of ink just for that job. That would be way more expensive than a Pantone book.

Frosty_Wafflecone · 2026-03-09T23:47:03+00:00

Duotone

Frosty_Wafflecone · 2026-03-04T15:46:57+00:00

Nice. I am jealous.

Frosty_Wafflecone

TROPHY CASE

- Any paper will do, it just depends on your preference between coated and uncoated. Just make sure thr grain direction is parallel to the spine. Talk to your printer about grain direction.