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Bespoke Introduction to Colour Management

Key Course Details:

Level:

Introduction

Location:

UK Centres, Online, Onsite

Class, Online, Onsite

Duration:

1 Day (10am-5pm)

Price:

From £595 + VAT

Dates:

Dates to suit you

What is there to learn about colour? Save your business time and money by implementing a colour-management strategy for all your files. This bespoke introduction gives practical advice to help photographers and designers make their compositions shine.

This course can be based around our base outline or part/fully customised according to your level & requirements. Our bespoke Colour Management training is offered either Online, Onsite at your offices or at one of the XChange centres in London, Manchester and Glasgow.

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Bespoke Introduction to Colour Management

Course Details

Introducing Colour Management into your digital workflow is the key to making improvements in the quality, accuracy and reliability of the colour work you receive and deliver to your customers. A properly implemented Colour Management policy allows you to control colour at every stage of your digital workflow from digital camera or scanner, through to accurate colour on your monitor and predictable colour on both proofing printers and printing presses.

This course is designed to introduce you to the various elements of Colour Management including a full understanding of how colour is generated in the digital workflow. The course will show you how to calibrate and control all your equipment to produce accurate and predictable colour. Advice on the various ranges of equipment and software required for Colour Management are also covered.

Course Target Audience and delegate prerequisites:

This course is intended for image file creators, photographers, designers, production staff, and anyone for whom colour is an important part of their workflow.

You will need basic experience in using Photoshop. Ideally, you will have taken our Adobe Photoshop CC Introduction 2 Day course.

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Full Course Outline

The following is a general outline. The range of topics covered during your training is dependent upon student level, time available and preferences of your course booking.
Introduction
- Understanding colour
- What is colour space
- RGBColour Space
- CMYKColour Space
- L*A*B Colour Space
- Converting between Colour Spaces
- Device dependant and independant colour
ICC Profiles
- What is an ICCProfile
- How are they created
- How are they implemented
Rendering
- What are the different methods
- Which should you use
Setting up your applications
- How to implement ICC Profiles in your desktop applications
- Implementing ICC Profiles in proofing printers
- Using ICC Profiles in printing
How to generate an ICC Profile
- The equipment and software you need to generate ICC Profiles for
- Colorimeters, Spectrophotometers and Densitometers
- Digital Cameras
- Scanners
- Monitors
- Proofing printers
- Presses
Hands-on experience of generating profiles
- Monitors
- Proofing printers
Training Location Options
Online ↓ London ↓ Manchester ↓ Glasgow ↓ Onsite ↓
This course is offered for your convenience at one of our bespoke training centres in London, Manchester and Glasgow, Remote Online, or Onsite at your offices anywhere in the UK. Just let us know what would work best for you or your team.

Remote Online

Delivered Online to your location

Live online training offers an extremely flexible and convenient way of covering the same content as our bespoke classroom based courses. You will receive professional, certified design training from one of our experienced instructors direct to your screen, offering the perfect solution for those wishing to learn without having to travel.
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Remote Online Training Courses

Central London

5 St John’s Lane, Clerkenwell, EC1M 4BH

St John’s Lane is located in the heart of Clerkenwell close to the junction of Farringdon and Clerkenwell Road. Farringdon tube & train station is just a few minutes away and the training centre can also be accessed from Chancery Lane and Barbican tubes in about 10 minutes. There is also easy direct access by bus from Waterloo (243) and West End (55) with nearby stops.
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London Training Centre

Central Manchester

Piccadilly House, 49 Piccadilly, M1 2AP

Piccadilly House is located in central Manchester directly next to the Piccadilly Gardens transport interchange with excellent bus and tram connections and is easily accessed from Piccadilly train Station (5 mins). Victoria station is also close by (around 10 mins).
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Manchester Training Centre

Central Glasgow

Centrum Business Centre, 38 Queen Street, G1 3DX

The Queen Street training centre is located in central Glasgow within easy walking distance of the 3 local train options of Central Station, Queen Street and Argyle Street offering excellent transport connections.
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Glasgow Training Centre

Onsite

Onsite at your Offices/Premises

If you have the required set up and would prefer to have the training at your location we will be able to deliver the same session onsite at your premises as in our training centres. This will provide you with the same tailored training but without the need to travel and less disruption to you or your teams work schedule.
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Onsite Training
Related Courses

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Adobe Photoshop CC - 1 Day Introduction Training Course Adobe Photoshop CC - 2 Day Introduction Training Course Adobe Photoshop CC - 1 Day Intermediate Training Course Adobe Photoshop CC - 2 Day Intermediate Training Course
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Adobe Lightroom 5 - 1 Day Introduction Training Course
Client Reviews

''Brilliant course, very helpful and interesting. The instructor was very knowledgeable and engaging and I learned a huge amount from the course. Will come back for more software training in the future. ''
Chris Tompson, Colour Management - 1 Day Introduction
''A day well spent with some excellent tips on dealing with pdf workflows.''
Paul Adams, Schawk, Colour Management - 1 Day Introduction
''The tutor was excellent! He was very friendly and his instruction has surpassed my expectations. I am extremely impressed by how much I have learned and I would definitely recommend this course to my friends and colleagues. The course was worth every penny. Thank you so much!''
Jonathan Cain, HTML/HTML5 & CSS/CSS3 Masterclass
''Excellent course, I picked up a lot of information and tips which will be really useful. ''
Stephen Baldwin, NRL, WordPress - 2 Day Introduction
''Great training course. Covered everything we needed with a good balance of demonstration and hands on exercises. Trainer went at exactly the right pace for the delegates.''
Imelda Molloy, Scottish Enterprise, Appligent Redax - 1 Day Introduction
''Always very happy with the excellent training XChange provides and I'll certainly be coming back for more! Thanks ''
Polly Cummings, DC Quants, Dreamweaver HTML Emails - 2 Day Course
''Enjoyable course, useful that it was only people from this organisation meaning we were able to tailor it to our specific needs. Comfortable and friendly training environment.''
Jo Carrington, Centrex (NCPE), QuarkXPress - 2 Day Introduction
''Great pace, level of entry and range of ad hoc knowledge made learning incredibly easy and enjoyable. Actually left feeling like I could be a Web Designer.''
Bret Painter, UK Metro, HTML5 & CSS3 - 3 Day Introduction
''The instructor was great - patient, knowledgeable, friendly and fun. Had a great two days and feel confident in working with WordPress now.''
Lisa Marie Rae, Getty Images, WordPress - 2 Day Masterclass
''The course was on a one to one basis which was brilliant because it allowed me to follow my own path through it. The tutor was extremely helpful and had an excellent knowledge of the topic. Based on my experience today I would certainly consider using XChange Training again.''
Nick Mills, Landmark Information, Captivate - Bespoke 1 Day

Frequently Asked Questions:

What dates are available for this course?

As a bespoke course the date arrangement is based around your requirements and availability in our schedule. With your guide of when you are looking for the training we will advise suitable date options ahead of finalising the planned date(s).

Can the content be tailored to my requirements?

Yes we are flexible about tailoring content and can adapt to be fully based on your requirements, a mixture of content from different levels of our base courses or a base outline with some additional focus areas.

Can this course be delivered live online?

Yes we can provide the same bespoke course as a live online session connecting to you or your group with either Zoom or Microsoft Teams if preferred.

What is the cost to deliver the course onsite?

We are equally able to deliver our bespoke training onsite at your premises and the cost to deliver this is the same structure as classroom with the addition of basic expenses depending on your location. Onsite courses in and around London, Manchester and Glasgow are usually without additional costs.

Can the course include my work samples?

It is often possible to review and include consideration towards sample files however the main course content is usually structured around prepared examples which are best suited to the planned content and structure of teaching the required skills in the best format.