Rods and Cones Launches a New Training CD That Deciphers the Mystery of ICC Color Management

SANTA CRUZ, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 17, 2001-- Rods and Cones, a leader in color management services, announced today a new, unique training CD, Profile Toolbox, Photoshop 6.

With this CD, color-critical Photoshop users will understand how to apply ICC profiles, how to prepare files for print and for the Web, and how to optimize Photoshop's vast color management features. The CD, developed using Final Cut Pro, introduces viewers to the basics of color management. Because color management begins with an accurate monitor, this versatile CD explains, step by step, how to profile a monitor using today's best-selling monitor profiling package, Color Vision's Photocal/Spyder.

Other features include an introduction to the technology of color management, an explanation of what ICC profiles are, how to set up color management preferences in Photoshop, softproofing for print and for Web, optimal settings for printers (featuring an Epson with and without RIP).

The good news is that it is inexpensive. Alone, it will sell for . It will also be offered with Color Vision's Photocal/Spyder at .

Color management has been a critical issue for designers, advertisers and photographers. Until recently, color management was technically difficult and very expensive. Since 1996, Rods and Cones has provided customized installations, leaving their customers with predictable and accurate colors from scanner and digital camera, to monitor and finally to printers, presses and online.