Category: Creative Systems

WE WILL #USEHEARTAND SUPPORT WORLD HEART DAY There has never been a more important time for us all to look after our hearts. Cardiovascular Disease remains the biggest killer on the planet, so while our medical and healthcare heroes battle … Read more

Balance for better Being the best version of ourselves International Women’s Day is the ideal opportunity to reflect on what a gender-balanced world means in our own lives and in our workplace. Gender-balance isn’t a women’s issue, it’s a … Read more

Strong growth and leadership development at Commercial Business services specialist and Queen’s Award for Enterprise winner Commercial today announces that it closed its 2017 accounts with a run rate in excess of £70m, 40 percent up on the … Read more

Commercial wins Queen's Award Commercial has won a Queen’s Awards for Enterprise, in the Sustainable Development category. The Queen’s Awards are the UK’s most prestigious business accolade. Commercial’s win recognises outstanding achievements … Read more

Commercial ramps-up volunteer scheme Commercial has extended its volunteering scheme ten-fold in a move that will release 300 work-days per year for charities, organisations and causes that its employees care about. Previously, the company set … Read more

How you, yes you, can save our planet Twenty years ago, if a company truly wanted to go green and show off its environmentally conscious creds, it meant a massive financial investment too. But these days, it’s a lot easier and a lot less … Read more

Did the gotcha getcha? How often have we been prepared to hand out a stiff telling-off to a mobile phone company, or a utility provider, or a car dealer, only to find the wind disappear from our sails as soon as the old red tape comes out and … Read more

A plea for a common ‘language’ in colour management software menus Colour management is a maturing technology, based on the International Color Consortium (ICC) specifications. Most graphic arts software uses ICC colour management to control the … Read more

Managing colour in a wide format workflow A rip is not a workflow! The wide format rips from the usual vendors are not always a complete workflow system. While most cover the production requirements of the wide format market, tiling, cutter … Read more

We ignore or remove ICC profiles It has been said that a digital image without a profile is like buying a burger from a dodgy burger van; is it beef, lamb, dog or horse? Who knows? A profile attached to an image is what gives it colour meaning … Read more