Print Prep Projects
Projects include image color correction and retouching, document preflight, resolving production problems, and generating press-match color proofs. In many cases, projects also include late-stage type corrections.
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Portrait Magazine
A quarterly home, garden and luxury lifestyle magazine that showcases Northwest residential architecture, design, furniture trends, and gardens.
100+ pages plus cover, 9" x 10.875", full color throughout.
Work performed: ongoing production of quarterly publication since 2013. Image retouching; some ad design; copy corrections; ad and layout preflight; resolve file problems; generate print-ready PDFs.
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Portal
Portland Art Museum Members Magazine
52 pages self-cover, 9" x 11", full color throughout. Designed by Portland Art Museum.
Work performed: ongoing production of quarterly publication since 2006. Color corrections; preflight layout and resolve file problems; generate press-match color proofs; final press imposition and workflow prep for local printing company.
The Voice of This Stone
Learning from Volcanic Disasters Around the World
by Kevin Scott
In The Voice of This Stone, a widely published and respected volcanologist with five decades of scientific study and boots-on-the-ground experience shares his expert knowledge.
224 pages, 7-1/2" x 9-1/2" softbound. 125 photographs and illustrations. Designed by Kelley Dodd. Published by Carpe Diem Books. Project management by RLO Media Productions.
Work performed: color correction; retouching; preflight layout and correct problems; press-match color proofs; copy corrections.
Ever Wild
A Lifetime on Mount Adams
Text and photography by Darryl Lloyd
Through a personal journey spanning seven decades, Darryl Lloyd cemented his place in the sweeping story of Washington state’s Mount Adams.
160 pages, 8-1/2" x 11" softbound. 180 photographs and illustrations. Designed by Kelley Dodd. Published by Carpe Diem Books. Project management by RLO Media Productions.
Work performed: color correction; retouching; preflight layout and correct problems; press-match color proofs; copy corrections.
Icons of the Iditarod
Photography by Jeff Schultz, text by Tricia Brown
Through stunning images by Jeff Schultz, official Iditarod photographer, the trail courses across five decades of adventure. Meet the irrepressible personalities, human and canine, that are now legendary.
144 pages, 11" x 9-1/4" softbound. 195 photographs. Designed by Elizabeth M. Watson, Watson Graphics. Published by Jeff Schultz Photography Inc. Project management by RLO Media Productions.
Work performed: color correction; retouching; preflight layout and correct problems; press-match color proofs; copy corrections.
Lucky Hares and Itchy Bears
Illustrated children’s book. Poems by Susan Ewing. Artwork by Evon Zerbetz.
32 pages, 8-3/8" x 10" softbound. Color artwork throughout. Designed by Elizabeth M. Watson, Watson Graphics. Published by Octopoda Press. Project management by Susan Dupèré.
Work performed: color correction; preflight layout and correct problems; press-match color proofs; copy corrections.
Little Red Snapperhood
A Fishy Fairy Tale
Illustrated children’s book. By Neal Gilbertsen. Artwork by Evon Zerbetz.
32 pages, 8-3/8" x 10" softbound. Color artwork throughout. Designed by Elizabeth M. Watson, Watson Graphics. Published by Octopoda Press. Project management by Susan Dupèré.
Work performed: color correction; preflight layout and correct problems; press-match color proofs; copy corrections.
Motor Age Fashion
Over 175 dresses and accessories from the late 19th through early 20th century on display in the Fountainhead Antique Auto Museum’s historic fashion collection.
128 pages, 10-3/4" x 8-3/8" softbound. 350+ photographs. Designed by Elizabeth M. Watson, Watson Graphics. Photographs by Greg Martin Photography. Published by Fountainhead Antique Auto Museum. Project management by Kent Sturgis Publishing Services and Susan Dupèré.
Work performed: color correction; retouching; preflight layout and correct problems; press-match color proofs; copy corrections.
Zig: The Warrior Princess
By Tricia Brown with Jeff King. Illustrated by Cary Porter. The princess of the dog yard in a romping story about a hard-working, well-loved Alaska sled dog at Jeff King’s Husky Homestead.
32 pages, 8-3/8" x 10" softbound. Color artwork throughout. Designed by Elizabeth M. Watson, Watson Graphics. Published by Husky Homestead. Project management by RLO Media Productions.
Work performed: retouching; preflight layout and correct problems; press-match color proofs; copy corrections.
Small Wonders
Year-Round-Alaska
By Mary Shields. Illustrated by Nancy van Veenen. A year of Nature’s small wonders and simple gifts in a valley near Fairbanks, Alaska.
96 pages, 9" x 9" softbound. Color cover, black text and line art. Published by pyrola publishing. Project management by RLO Media Productions.
Work performed: scan printed copy to recreate book cover and text pages; copy corrections.
Without original artwork, a reprint of the title required high-resolution scans of a previously printed copy, including the color cover, and assembling the scans into a replacement layout document, from which print-ready PDFs were generated. Includes a wall poster, also scanned and artwork recreated.
The Kentucky Derby
by Bill Doolittle
A history of the famous sporting event with imagery by the venue’s leading photographers.
192 pages, 9-3/4" x 11-3/4" hardbound. 170+ photographs. Designed by Eric Morrell, EGM Communications. Published by Carpe Diem Books and Shircliff Publishing. Project management by RLO Media Productions.
Work performed: color correction; retouching; preflight layout and correct problems; press-match color proofs; copy corrections.
A unique feature of this project is the use of Digimarc Discover® technology. Selected photographs contain digital watermarks, invisible to the reader, but not to a mobile app that senses the watermark (or "Digimarc" as they are called) and directs the reader to an online video related to the photograph. Readers may absorb the text, admire the imagery, and then point their phone at the page and watch film footage of famous Derby moments. Mars Premedia is proud to have pioneered this unique use of Digimarc technology, a first for a print project of this kind.
150 Years of Family Business
McAllister Towing
A company history of McAllister Towing, one of the oldest and largest family-owned marine towing and transportation companies in the United States.
246 pages, 11-3/4" x 9-1/2" hardbound. 250+ photographs. Designed by Don Besom. Published by Carpe Diem Books. Project management by RLO Media Productions.
Work performed: scan transparencies and photographs; color correction; retouching; preflight layout and correct problems; press-match color proofs; copy corrections.
For a 150-year history, many images were a century or more old and required extensive restoration (see color correction and retouching, which includes examples from this project).
Design and Diplomacy
A Renaissance Life
Mary Jean Thompson
Sharing her story in this richly illustrated book, Mary Jean Thompson reveals how family, creativity, and hard work shape a life of purpose and impact, the life of a Renaissance woman.
208 pages, 11-1/2" x 10-1/4" hardbound. 328 photographs. Designed by Reynolds Wulf. Project management by RLO Media Productions.
Work performed: scan photographs; color correction; retouching; preflight layout and correct problems; press-match color proofs; copy corrections.
The View From the Future 2017
Fifty Years after the Alaska Purchase Centennial
Edited by Tricia Brown. Stories and photography of Alaska history featuring the 1867 territory purchase and 1967 centennial.
240 pages, 8-7/8" x 10-1/4" hardbound. 288 photographs. Designed by Kelley Dodd. Published by State of Alaska. Project management by RLO Media Productions.
Work performed: color correction; retouching; preflight layout and correct problems; press-match color proofs; copy corrections.
The Reserve Calendar
30 pages, 12" x 10" self-cover. 24 color photographs. Layout by Mars Premedia. Product of Protégé Publishing.
Work performed: create new layout based on existing design of prior printed copy; color correction; retouching; press-match color proofs; copy corrections; final imposition and workflow prep for local printing company.
Iditarod: The First Ten Years
An Anthology of stories, art, and photographs from the first ten years of Alaska’s Iditarod® Trail Sled Dog Race.
424 pages, 11-3/4" x 10-1/2" hardbound. 500+ photographs and original artwork. Designed by Elizabeth M. Watson, Watson Graphics. Published by The Old Iditarod Gang. Project management by RLO Media Productions.
Work performed: color correction; retouching; preflight layout and correct problems; press-match color proofs; copy corrections.
Through the Seasons with Dulcy
More favorite columns by The Oregonian garden writer Dulcy Mahar. Compiled and Edited by Ted Mahar.
288 pages, 6-5/8" x 8-7/8" hardbound. 150 photographs. Designed by Beth Hansen-Winter. Published by Carpe Diem Books. Project management by RLO Media Productions.
Work performed: color correction; retouching; preflight layout and correct problems; press-match color proofs; copy corrections.
Chasing Dogs
The adventures of Jeff Schultz, official photographer of Alaska’s Iditarod®
168 pages, 11" x 9-1/4" softbound. 300+ photographs. Designed by Elizabeth M. Watson, Watson Graphics. Published by Jeff Schultz Photography Inc. Project management by RLO Media Productions.
Work performed: color correction; retouching; preflight layout and correct problems; press-match color proofs; copy corrections.
Back in the Garden with Dulcy
The best of The Oregonian garden writer Dulcy Mahar. Compiled and Edited by Ted Mahar.
288 pages, 6-5/8" x 8-7/8" hardbound. 140 photographs. Designed by Beth Hansen-Winter. Published by Carpe Diem Books. Project management by RLO Media Productions.
Work performed: color correction; retouching; preflight layout and correct problems; press-match color proofs; copy corrections.
