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Choices Define You – Your Choices

by JimRaffel on March 11, 2010

In the past year, just like you I have made hundreds if not thousands of choices. Four of my choices stand out and helped define who I am today.

The payoff has been huge. I have a clear vision of where I, my family and my business are going. I’m taking the steps everyday to stay on the path defined by my vision of happiness and success. Life is never truly easy if you are striving for success but it sure can be fun with a clear head and a clear mind! So, here’s the four choices that have gotten me where I am today.

Last June I made a choice in my life that cleared hundreds of hours a year from my schedule. The details don’t matter, almost everyone has an activity in their life that is a time drain with mostly negative consequences. For you it might be sitting around watching TV re-runs at night instead of working on what you define as personal success.  Immediately after making my choice I struggled a bit to fill the time void. Ultimately I rediscovered my love of music and reading quality business and motivational books, both of which help define me as a person.

Around August 1st I re-dedicated myself to my wife and family. Again the details don’t matter (plus it’s personal stuff and I hang myself out here enough on this blog). Relationships take work, lots and lots of hard work, if you want a great relationship. Cheryl and I no longer settle for average. Those who knew us then and know us now still don’t believe we are the same people or the same couple. When you make a choice to change, you can change, and we are living proof of that.

Last November I made the choice that this blog would be a priority in my life. Too much that I define as good in my life has come as a result of my writing. I managed to complete case studies during my lunch hour on the day due while earning my MBA. I’m good at putting my thoughts into words and I made the choice to do it more often. Little did I know in December that I would be blogging everyday and loving it.

In January I quit drinking. It’s another choice I have made that has radically changed my life. Ever since I read a post by my friend Anne I have been seriously considering this move. It has resulted in having more time to dedicate to my pursuit of success and happiness.

Are there choices you could make that would help you realize your vision of happiness and success? Have you already made those choices and are you willing to share the results with me in the comments? Jump in this could be a fun conversation.

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#16 Matamerism & Color Management

by JimRaffel on October 26, 2005

This post has be revised and reposted at ColorMetrix[dot]com as Color Conversations: Metamerism & Color Management.

There was a good comment in response to “Golden Nugget #15 Which Instrument Should I Use?” Adam made the following comment:

“This is because some spectrophotometers are built with spectral response every 20 nanometers while others respond every 10 nanometers.”

I believe this is referred to as the resolution on the device.

Adam’s comments got me thinking about the visual spectrum in general and all the different ways we work with the spectrum on an everyday basis in our industry.

So, for our discussion Matamerism is…

When two color samples appear to match under a particular light source, and then do not match under a different light source, this is an example of “sample metamerism.” One can conclude that the spectral reflectance distributions of the 2 samples differ, and their plotted reflectance curves cross in at least 2 regions.

The next image shows 3 examples of the GATF/RHEM Light Indicator which is printed with 2 magenta colorants which are a metameric pair. In this case when viewed under proper graphic arts lighting (5000K), the two colorants appear the same color. When viewed under other light sources you can see the two different colorants.

The RHEM indicator is a great tool, because it comes in rolls with self adhesive backing, so one can purchase them from GATF, and attach them to color proofs going out to a customer. If the customer is complaining about color a simple question about the appearance of the indicator will let you know if they are viewing the proof in 5000K lighting.

This brings me to the fun part of this week’s conversation. I happen to know the “Adam” who commented on last week’s Golden Nugget, and he is a graduate student at RIT. Adam and I had an interesting discussion yesterday about Color Management being the solution to the matamerism that exists between ink jet proofing ink and media combinations, and pressroom ink and paper combinations.
Color Management also solves the problem of soft proofing matamerism that exists because of the way displays (CRT or LCD) are illuminated. Without Color Management there would be virtually no way to match ink jet or soft proofing devices to ink on paper printing presses. Because these colorants are metameric it is increasingly important that all viewing of color occur under proper 5000K lighting.

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