Proof on your own terms. Remote Director
Remote Director is the leader in monitor proofing systems – by combining all of the tools you need to create, view, annotate and collaborate with Remote Director’s patented color technologies you can finally move to a true fully digital workflow and simplify client interaction while increasing color accuracy and consistency. Whether you are viewing a proof on press, creating a concept or contract proof to send to your client for approval or just accessing an incoming proof, Remote Director provides unparalleled functionality and performance to allow your production workflows to keep pace with the demands of today’s changing marketplace. Eliminate the lost time, inaccurate color and miscommunication about what your client wants to see by adding a color managed monitor proof to your workflow today.
Watch these videos and see for yourself what Remote Director is capable of
Proof invitation - Creating a proof - Reviewing proofs - Creating annotations - Comparing images
Proof Creators can set their own specifications and invite viewers by assigning permissions, color profiles, and proof parameters in order to completely control the experience of all parties in the collaborative process. By eliminating the last analog step in the digital workflow, you can ensure that everyone viewing an accurate proof, errors are eliminated and historical tracking is available.
Those who only need to view & approve proofs can just simply click a link in the proof invitation email and easily access the same centrally located proof seen by others, being asked to utilize Remote Director’s simple internal calibration software only if that particular proof is color critical.
At press side, Remote Director has been the technology pioneer in bringing to the market easy to use tools for quick navigation of a full printing surface and the confidence that the color being matched will meet the customer’s expectations and sign-off criteria.
Days and weeks turn into minutes and hours when the logistics and cost of transporting hard copy proofs around the globe are eliminated. Global brand colors can be managed all throughout the workflow to ensure that all parties adhere to the same standards.
Remote Director recently added spectral color processing to Remote Director, thereby bringing the highest levels of accuracy and speed to spot and special colors to address all facets and needs of today’s markets.
Unique Remote Director Features
- Open architecture with support for a wide range of hardware and operating systems
- Built-in monitor calibration software with remote verification for all users
- Dynamic use of ICC profiles to simulate any printing condition in RGB/CMYK/n-channel workflows
- Uniformity Correction Mapping (UCM) to correct for color and luminance variations in monitors
- Built-in system certification to SWOP, GRACoL or FOGRA, or to a custom-defined color standard
- Full archive and restore functionality, including all notes, images, approvals and calibration status
- Wide range of OEM integration possibilities with Software Development Kit (SDK)
- XMP approval and color verification data embedding per Ghent PDF Workgroup specifications.
Remote Director Key Features
Color Management and Color Accuracy
- Certified Monitor Proofing System: As the first SWOP certified system, Remote Director continues to lead the industry in color accuracy and compliancy to industry standards
- RD has automated the certification method so an end user can "self certify" any system to SWOP3, SWOP5, GRACoL or their own internal color standard
Built-in Calibration and Remote Verification
Utilizing the same built-in calibration software not only provides a simple workflow for the novice user and forces calibration when necessary but guarantees consistent results between locations & equipment
RGB, CMYK or Spot Workflows
Remote Director’s spectral blending engine provides accurate proofs of all ICC profiles and blended spot colors for precise rendering of any commercial or packaging job
Spot Color Support
Spot Color Only Mode: Use the Remote Director spectral blending engine to accurately view blended spot colors on various substrates
Hybrid Mode: CMYK plus up to 12 spot channels
Proof or simulate any Color Space including RGB, CMYK or N channel (multicolor profile) including:
- PantoneTM libraries including GoeTM
- Custom Colors (L*a*b*)
- Imported Spectral Data (.cie)
Dynamic use of Color Space
Dynamic Profile Switching: Remote Director unique profile handling enables the ICC profile to be changed during the proofing session providing a powerful ability to display any job with any number of different printing conditions or different substrates
Workflow Features
- Single file control from a centralized database
- Supports any number of simultaneous viewers
- Data streaming allows high resolution view/zoom
- Automated email notification
Open Architecture
- Cross Platform: Remote Director offers the only proofing solution to provide verified color accurate proofs on Mac or PC
- Commercially Available Hardware: Choose from leading manufacturers in measuring devices, platforms, monitors, viewing booths etc.
Monitor Control
Remote Director runs from the GPU and directly communicates with supported monitors to control native bit depth and increase speed & provide smoother color rendering
Monitor Uniformity Correction Mapping
Remote Director can create uniformity corrections for both luminance and color across the display, compensating for manufacturing defects. UCS can be applied to a singe monitor or an array of monitors
Metadata Support
Remote Director and the Ghent PDF Workgroup have pioneered the specifications for embedding approval status & color verification data in a PDF through XMP job ticketing information
Automation/Integration
Automate proof creation through Remote Director’s ProoFlow hotfolder application, integrate Remote Director into any internal workflow system, or utilize existing manufacturers integrations through our very simple Software Development Kit
Complete set of Simple Collaboration Tools
- Online workflow enabled remote communication
- Mark-up & annotations: Marques, secure password protected notes, densitometers, rulers,
- Secure Digital Sign-Off: Password protected status selection (approved, rejected, approved with changes)
- Archive & Restore
- Remote Director is the only solution to collect proof, notes, sign-off & color information, creating an offline archive file that can be fully restored for any future use.
Time Savings
• Reduce cycle time
• Proofs are viewed in minutes, not days
• Get instant approval
• Eliminates overhead of handling, routing, trafficking of hard copy proofs
Cost Savings
• Consumables, shipping/storage costs
• Standardization & Tracking
• Profiles, specifications are all centralized, managed and attached to proof
Workflow Automation
• Full digital workflow is realized when the last manual process is removed
Color Consistency
• Monitor proofing is a better predictor of the color than a mix of variable quality hard proofs
• Self-monitoring – stops you from viewing a proof under the wrong conditions
Globalization
• Collaborate around the world
• Manage brand color around the world
• Eliminate time & geography barriers
Environmental Responsibility
• Eliminate the creation of costly hard copy proofs, which end up in the trash!
Eliminate transportation & fuel costs