Datacolor Match Pigment Plus Tools 3-Day Hands-on Course

In-Person Classes at our Lawrenceville, NJ, USA Office!

2024 Available Dates: January 16-18;  April 16-18;  July 16-18; October 08-10

***RECOMMEND PREREQUISITE COURSE:  Essentials of Color Management (1 Day, 2024 Available Dates: January 15;  April 15; July 15; October 7)

Course Outline:

Computer Color Matching

• The history of computer color matching
• An overview of the optical models used to build colorant sets

Datacolor Match Pigment: Ingredients and Colorants

• Product launch, Data Navigator, and user interface
• Data interface between Match Pigment and Tools
• Explanation of ingredients and colorant sets
• Enter ingredients in Ingredient Maintenance program for use in colorant set
• Creating a colorant set
• Store, calibrate, evaluate and save colorants
• Overview of colorant set maintenance

Datacolor Match Pigment: Matching and Correcting

• Explain the concept and design of Formula Central matching program
• Working with job templates (Use, Create, Modify)
• Match Jobs: Formula Grid, Ingredient Selection, and Multi-Formula Spreadsheet Displays
• Working with Job Pages & Matching Tools
• Job preferences, Formula Central setups, and defaults
• Batch Correction
  – Automatic adds and reformulations
  – User manual adds and colorant optimization
  – Discuss performance factors
• Formula storage
• Detailed overview of Smart Match
• Recycles, Ingredient Properties (Keywords)
• Global Settings: User and System Admin
• Import/Export

Datacolor TOOLS (1/2 Day)

• Explanation of Data Navigator and handling of data
• Discuss the concept, design, and purpose of Tools desktop. Explain the use of button ribbons and menus
• Use of forms/templates and TOOLS Desktop Explorer
• Instrument calibration and options
• Measurement of standards and batches to the desktop using the instrument
• Review alternate data input methods
• Storing and retrieval of standards to data folders and the creation of folders
• Storing and retrieval of batches
• Evaluation of output data
  – How to select and the effect of the Illuminant/Observer
  – Discussion of flare and metamerism
  – Explanation of available color spaces (CMC, CIE, FMC-II)
• Analysis of all available plots
• Establishing and setting pass/fail tolerances
• Import/export using the QTX function
• System setups and defaults
• Setting of standard and batch defaults
• User admin & customization

2024 Available Dates: January 16-18;  April 16-18;  July 16-18; October 08-10