6.20.19
Caldera and Adobe are pleased to announce the integration of the
Adobe Textile Designer plugin for Adobe Photoshop with Caldera’s
award-winning RIP software version 12.1.
Adobe Textile Designer
is a set of tools for fashion and décor artists to streamline the design
process and optimize for print. Integration with Caldera V12.1 ensures
accurate pattern repeatability, and correct and consistent color
management through the design to production lifecycle.
The
integration workflow starts with the Caldera RIP extracting geometric
information from the exported Adobe PSD file, such as the drop type, to
ensure that the correcting settings are applied for printing. Colorway
information is extracted for accurate color management – both spot
channels and meta-data specifying the colorant name are exported from
Adobe Textile Designer.
As Caldera V12.1 has advanced spot color
management, each spot channel is colorized according to the information
provided by Adobe Textile Designer. This allows for the use of embedded
Pantone or other color libraries in Caldera, including custom defined
or CXF import. Furthermore, each spot channel can also be remapped to
any LAB or output device colors using static rules or dynamic output
conditions, which also allows the use of Caldera’s color-book module to
fine-tune output results.
According to Sébastien Hanssens,
Caldera’s VP Marketing, Operations and IT, “Adobe Textile Designer
exported files can be perfectly integrated into a Caldera automation
environment using a simple hot folder process, or can be pushed as part
of a larger ecosystem using Caldera’s Nexio automation module, to
streamline production. The combination of these two cutting-edge
products results in a completely integrated process for textile
designers to accurately translate their Photoshop designs into printed
textiles.”
Adobe Textile Designer gives fashion and décor
artists a comprehensive set of tools for designing prints for fabrics.
Working within Photoshop, it keeps every element editable until the user
is ready to send it to the printer. Patterns can be previewed,
separations defined, and colorways adjusted. Integration with Caldera
gives designers the confidence that their creations can be printed in
production with results that remain accurate and consistent with the
original.