G7 Qualification : The Art of Maintaining Color

“We adjusted some plate curves,” Hanson says. “It showed us some areas, specifically in the highlight dot areas, that we could refine. They looked, mathematically, like very small adjustments, but they resulted in nice clarity and detail.

“The main benefit is that the press to proof match is a lot closer, across all ranges of highlight, midtones and shadow,” he adds. “The methodology we were using before resulted in a stair-step approach with results in the curves. The G7 process on how to manage gray balance and apply it to our curves resulted in a smoother curve.”