GMG has released OpenColor 2.0.4, which has the ability to create separation profiles that can be exported to other applications, as well as OpenColor 2.0.5, which offers dot proof profiles for GMG proofing solutions.
Until now, the only way OpenColor profiles could be used was by creating proofs in GMG ColorProof. The software calculates high-precision profiles and automatically transfers them to ColorProof for printing.
Separation profiles can be created in OpenColor 2.0.4 and can be used within GMG ColorServer and Adobe Photoshop.
The company has also introduced a plug-in, GMG ColorPlugin, that allows GMG separation profiles to be imported directly into Adobe Photoshop. With it, users can use GMG’s MX4 colour separation technology, including re-separation and ink optimisation profiles, on the desktop rather than in a server based environment.
ColorPlugin Packaging will offer the additional features of channel removal, minimum dot adjust and preview, and taking extra advantage of OpenColor’s spot colour profile functionality.
OpenColor colour separation profile technology will also be available within Hybrid Software’s Packz label and packaging editor and workflow. This will allow Packz to use the colour conversion within its PDF editor to assure accurate transformations. This is particularly useful if the number of ink units are changed, or if the printer wants the most consistent representation of its brand colours.
OpenColor 2.0.5 allows the creation of dot proof (screen) proofing profiles for use in DotProof and FlexoProof. This is helpful for determining the overprint properties with the benefit of halftone proofing.
Paul Barnes, product management at GMG, said, ‘We believe that the use of OpenColor profiles in a packaging production system is a natural progression, given the benefits of its patented prediction model. Users will now find this very beneficial within Photoshop, editing images during the artwork and prepress processes.’
