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Process & Color Control

Your Vision. Reproduced with Precision. At Any Scale.

From personal photography to enterprise art programs, our workflow is built to honor the source and deliver output you can stand behind.

Production process

A Workflow Built to Eliminate Drift

Every step in our process exists to maintain color accuracy and production consistency. No handoffs to outside vendors. No variation between runs.

01
Brief

Scope, specs, files received

02
Color profile

ICC development per substrate

03
Material selection

Substrate confirmed

04
File prep & proof

Soft proof approval

05
Fabrication

Production run

06
QC check

Color verification

07
Packaging

Protected for transit

08
Delivery

Global delivery

Color management

Color You Can Trust. From Source to Surface.

Whether you're an architect specifying brand colors across a global portfolio, a photographer reproducing a gallery edition, or an artist translating a painting to limited-edition prints, color accuracy is where projects live or die.

Barbieri spectrophotometer measuring a print, or hands proofing color
Barbieri spectrophotometry

Every material profiled and calibrated. No guesswork, no visual matching. Measurement-based accuracy.

ICC profile development

Custom profiles for each substrate and output device. Your files are mapped to our equipment precisely.

Proof approval workflow

Digital soft proof followed by physical proof on request. Approval before production begins.

Run-to-run consistency

Same color output six months later as day one. Profiles are stored and reapplied exactly.

Why this matters for multi-property programs

When you're producing the same art package for 50 hotels over 18 months, color drift destroys brand consistency. Our system ensures property #50 matches property #1. No variance, no excuses.

Proof workflow

Approval Before Production

Nothing goes to fabrication without explicit approval. The workflow is designed to catch issues before they become expensive.

1
Files received
2
Pre-flight check
3
Soft proof sent
4
Client approval
5
Production begins

Physical proofs available on request for color-critical work. Typical soft proof turnaround: one business day.

Files & quality

We Work With What You Have.

Perfect files aren't a prerequisite; they're an accelerator. Whether you're submitting press-ready PDFs from a design firm or raw captures from a personal camera, our workflow is built to handle the full spectrum.

Our pre-flight team reviews every file, flags anything that limits output quality, and tells you exactly what we can deliver. When source quality is high, we reproduce it without compromise. When it isn't, we're upfront about the trade-offs.

The principle

The better the source, the better the potential outcome. But we'd rather help you produce something good from what you have than turn away work because the files aren't perfect.

What we accept
Specification
Preferred
Also accepted
File formats
PDF, TIFF, PSD, AI, EPS
JPG, PNG, RAW, DNG, SVG
Color space
Adobe RGB (1998)
sRGB, ProPhoto RGB, CMYK (we'll convert and confirm)
Resolution
300 DPI for fine art reproduction
100+ DPI at output size. Lower reviewed case-by-case.
Bleed
0.25" on all sides for edge-to-edge work
Files without bleed (we'll add it where possible)
Color profiles
Adobe RGB (1998) embedded
Others accepted (we'll apply an appropriate profile)
Fonts
Outlined or embedded
Layered files with font references (we'll flag and confirm)
Layers
Flattened for production
Layered files for review, revision, or alternate versions

Not sure if your files will work? Send them over. We'll review at no cost and tell you exactly what's possible, what's marginal, and what needs rework.

Ready to Submit Files?

Send us your artwork and we'll run a pre-flight check and soft proof within one business day.

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