User Manual

Version: 1.1B27
Last update: 22/09/2016

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Table of Contents
INFORMATION

Copyright 5
Support Material 5
About the Documentation 5
Technical requirements 5

1/ INTRODUCTION 6

Overview 6
New features 6

2/ STARTING NEOCOLORBOX 7

Open neoColorBox 7
Interface 9
Welcome Window 9
Tool Bar 10
Color Picker 12
Inedit Color Picker 11
Inspector 14

3/ COLORWAYS NAVIGATION 17

Colorway Search 17
Colorways Browser 17
neoCatalog Browser 18
Colorway View 19
Colorway window 19
Viewing Modes 20
Color channels 24
Color channels description 24
Color channels opacity 25

4/ COLOWAYS MANAGEMENT 26

Component of Colorways 26
Open Colorways 27
Colorways Browser 27
Welcome window 27
Menu bar 27
Import Colorways 28
File combinations 28
New Colorways 30

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Duplicate Colorways 30
New Random Colorways 31
Delete Colorways 31
Performance of actions 32

5/ COLORING 33

Color Libraries 33
Open and view Color Libraries 33
Search colors in Color Libraries 34
Create Selections in Color Libraries 35
Printing Color Libraries 36
Color selection 37
Color edition options 38
Coloring Colorways 39

6/ EXPORTATION AND GENERATION 40

Publish and Save Colorways 40

Save colorway 40
Publish to neoCatalog 40
Publish to neoCatalog’s Galleries 41
neoColorBox QuickPrint 42
Open QuickPrint 42
Generate QuickPrint Files 45

7/ STANDALONE MODE 46

Open Colorways 46
Export and Import colorways (.xcm format) 47
Add Color libraries 47

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Copyright
© Inèdit Software all rights reserved. The software described herein is property of the manufacturer, for the
exclusive use of the registered users. The total or partial reproduction of the program is prohibited, as well as
all its support materials, by electronic, mechanical, photographic or any other means, without the express
written authorization of the © Inèdit Software. All trademark mentioned in this manual is Copyright of its
owners.

Support Material
In our web http://www.inedit.com/en/downloads you will find further support materials such as video
tutorials, apart from all the information of the programs and solutions of Inèdit. For technical support and
phone support information, please visit http://www.inedit.com/. ︎ ︎If you think you can help us improve manual
contents, you can send your suggestions to [email protected].

About the Documentation

In this manual you will find descriptions of the options that program offers and extensive explanations as of
various processes and aspects involved in this process.

Tips and Notes will help you try the software’s workflow.

Attentions and Warnings will help you avoid making mistakes in the workflow’s process.

Technical requirements
OS X
Multicore Intel processor with 64-bit support
Mac Os X v10.6.8 or higher
4GB minimum RAM memory (16GB recommended)

Supported spectrophotometer:
X-Rite i1 Pro

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1/ Introduction

Overview
Welcome to neoColorBox’s User Manual. neoColorBox is a colorway creation program, which offers a friendly
windows-working system, so that various designs and colorways can be managed at the same time.

With neoColorBox you can share colorways, color libraries and layouts, and it allows to use different profiles to
your files. The printing methods of neoColorBox, as it includes the agile “QuickPrint”, is a flexible modality to
export your colorways with customized variations of layouts. This will speed up your printing tasks, and
consequently the company’s workflow.

This program has been designed to work as Stand Alone, or to work in coordination with neoCatalog, another
great Inèdit program to catalog, make colorways and see designs applied to virtual models. Both programs are
connected via web through a common server. Further, neoColorBox can work without an internet connection
when needed.

neoColorBox has been designed to work together with neoCatalog, or as Stand Alone. neoCatalog is in order
to keep designs, colorways, color profiles, etc. updated. Both programs are connected via web through a
common server. You can work offline with neoColorBox. The moment you have internet connection both
programs will be automatically synchronized. User authentication with multiple-level privileges is supported.

For more information about neoCatalog, please refer to neoCatalog’s User Manual available for download from
Inèdit’s website: http://www.inedit.com/en/product/neocatalog_1_2_3

New features
This version of neoColorBox provides the following new features :
• Inedit Color Picker
Optional color picker with options to pick colors in different color modes or measure by
spectrophotometer.

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2/ Starting neoColorBox

Open neoColorBox
If you work with neoCatalog connection, remember that an Administrator of neoCatalog must grant you User
name and Password in order to register and open the application.

Double-click on the neoColorBox.app file to open the application from the location you have stored it.

When you start the program, the Login window pops out. Type your User name and password, and click on
Login.

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Next the Welcome window opens, with the option to starting with neoColorBox’ s Colorways Browser or
neoCatalog’s Browser.

Working with neoColorBox without neoCatalog is in Standalone mode and offers different ways of importing
and saving your colorways. Coloring colorways and using QuickPrint works the same as if it was connected to
neoCatalog. Start the application in the usual way, with the difference that the login is not required anymore.

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Interface
Read this topic to learn more about neoColorBox user interface, its tabs and buttons, and basic navigation.

Welcome Window
After starting neoColorBox the Welcome window open, on the bottom the window there are two buttons
that allow different accesses to neoColorBox.

(1) Automatically open last document - When you

select this option, as the option self-explains, the last
colorway you worked with will open automatically,
skipping the Welcome window. When you have that
option ticked, but you want to start the program by the
Welcome window, select Show Startup Dialog from
Help in the menu bar.

(2) Show Welcome At Startup - This option will open the Welcome window with every Login in
neoColorBox.

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Tool bar
The menu bar at the top of the colorway window shows and allows you to make several things:

It is possible to customize the toolbar (mouse right-clicking on toolbar). Choose

Customize Toolbar option and a new window will open:

If you wish to customize your tool bar, the tools are selectable by dragging and dropping them into the bar.
You can also drag the default tool set into the bar.

From the View context menu you can also

access the Customize Toolbar dialog, plus the
option of hiding the Toolbar:

Use the items in this tab to quickly access various neoColorBox links and managers. Each item is described
in further selections in this documentation.

• Move tool to move the image offset.

• Selection tool to select any zone in the image.

• Eyedropper tool to see the approximated total opacity calculation in the image.

• Zoom in tool.

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• Zoom out tool.

• Color picker to select colors.

• QuickPrint tool. Opens QuickPrint dialog to generate output files using layouts.

• Real Size and Actual Pixels tool. Used to show the image in real or pixel size dimension.

• Full Rapport tool. Used to show the image in full rapport size dimension.

• Single Repeat tool. Used to show the image in single repeat size dimension. Becomes
available when clicking on Infinite Repeats tool.

• Infinite Repeats tool. Used to show the image in infinite repeats size dimension. Becomes
available when clicking on Single Repeat tool.

• Rulers tool to view the ruler above the image.

• Colorways tool opens colorways side view.

• Published colorways icon. Indicates published colorways.

• Temporary colorways icon. Indicates temporary colorways.

• neoCatalog icon. Open neoCatalog’s browser.

• Information icon. Note: Disabled.

• Space tool to add space between the tools in tool bar.

• Flexible Space tool to add flexible space between the tools in tool bar.

• Fonts tool to select fonts.

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Color Picker
Double clicking on any color patch you want to color,
it will open the Colors window with various modes
of color selection.

(1) Color Wheel to pick a (2) Color Sliders to choose

color and changing the a color by using slider
density of the color. modes or Hex Color #.
You can choose
between Gray Scale,
RGB, CMYK and HSB
sliders. Click on the
wheel on the right
and you can select ICC
installed in your system.

(3) Color Palettes to (4) I m a g e Pa l et te s to

choose a color by using choose a color from a
different palette default spectrum. Click
default modes. You can on the wheel on the
choose between right and you can make
embedded palettes. custom image palettes.
Click on the wheel
on the right and you
can make custom
palettes.

(5) Pencils to choose a

color using different
pencils color names by
default.

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Inedit Color Picker

In order to use Inedit Color Picker, the administrator must enable the optional color picker in Preferences.

Double clicking on any

color patch you want to
color, it will open the Color
Picker window with
various modes of filters.

Opacity and Gradient filter to change the opacity of RGB filter is the main filter to pick colors.
the selected color.

HSB filter to pick colors. Lab filter to pick colors.

CMYK filter to pick colors. Eye 1 to use spectrophotometer and read colors.

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Inspector
From the menu bar, select Window and then Show Inspector:

The colorways Inspector opens a single window with various tabs with which you will be able to modify
certain values of the colorway, or simply view information of it. Each tab allows to make limited changes that
will affect the colorway selected, as for Profile, Rendering Intents, Proofing, Rapport, etc.

Colorway
Colorway is showing general information about the
colorway’s name, location, protection, color space and
profile. With published colorways most functions are
disabled.

Simulation option is always selectable, as it’s only a visual checking simulation.

This preference setting is done in neoCatalog’s advanced preferences. If you
want to change it, please contact your Administrator.

Proofing
Proofing is giving the option to proof the colorway in
the .icc device profile you want, using the standard
Rendering Intents with option to simulate Paper Color
or/and Black Ink. These options are available for
published and temporary colorways.

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Rapport
Rapport is only showing general information about
the design’s size, repeat size or infinite repeats, offset
of the design, the visible resolution in dpi and the
rapport direction. This information is non editable, as
it’s embedded in the design file in neoCatalog. If you
want to change it, please contact your Administrator.

Image Data
Image Data is only showing general information
transferred from neoCatalog. This is about user,
creation data and design’s general information. This
information is non editable, as it’s in neoCatalog’s
data base. If you want to change it, please contact
your Administrator.

Curves
Curves is giving the option to apply or load a curve
into a colorway. With published colorways, this
functions is disabled. We recommend NOT to
manipulate the curves, as this option is specific for
ceramic simulation and it could change the color
drastically.

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Advanced
Advanced is showing general information transferred
from neoCatalog about availability of the local file
quality. The Creation Date is the download date, when
the design was opened and downloaded in
neoColorBox. The refresh button will update your
local image file. Another option is to re-name the
temporary colorway, until it is published.

Engraving
Engraving is showing information of covered area of
each channel or separation of the design, so as the
channel name and position.

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3/ Colorways Navigation

Colorway Search

The Welcome window has the option to open

the Browser. Click on Open Colorways
Browser to forward:

Also available from the menu bar. Select

View | Colorways to forward:

Colorways Browser
The first time you open the Colorways Browser you will see that is empty. As you search designs and their
embedded colorways in neoCatalog and you work with them, they will get included.

On the right corner of the screen you can see in how

many pages the designs are distributed. You can
move through them using the arrows. Moving the
scroll bar you will also move through all the pages of
your neocatalog.

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The moment you enter the design code/name, the browser is showing the available colorways for your
design. The browser view can be through List or Previews.

You can click on to force the search of your design with Search Now:

neoCatalog Browser
neoColorBox supports opening neoCatalog
Browser from the application and another option
to search for colorways. The Welcome window
has the option to open the Browser. Choose
Open neoCatalog:

Or else, from the Window | neoCatalog from

the unfolded list:

Once the browser is open, select a design or colorway click on it. Clicking on the nB icon below, it will open
the colorway in neoColorBox.

Tip: For detailed information about the use of neoCatalog and editing options, please refer to
neoCatalog’s User Manual.

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Colorway View
When a colorway opens in neoColorBox, be it published, duplicated or a random new one, the colorway
window appears in the middle of your screen. neoColorBox provides some colorway viewing options, and
some options for the colorway window.

Colorway window
The Colorways Windows can be minimized or be shown in different ways, and these options open from the
context menu that unfolds from the Window button:

The Minimize option takes the colorway icon to the “Dock”, and this action can also be done with the
classical “minus” button on the top left corner of the window.

With the Zoom option you will fit the whole window in your screen, leaving only visible the “Dock”. You can
also do this with the “plus” button.

Finally, the Mosaic option will allow you to see in full and fit on the screen all your opened colorways. Here is
the aspect of four colorways randomly opened:

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Viewing Modes
Colorways Views can be shown in Actual Pixel, Real Size ,
Full, Single and Infinite Repeat, or using the zoom tool/
value. These options open from the context menu that
unfolds from the View button.

1. The option Show Real

Size will show the original
real size at a 100%, and
the actual pixels dimension
of the design:

(2) The option Show Full Size

will show the full repeat
dimension of the design:

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(3) The option Synchronize Views takes the same view option for all the opened colorways

(4) The option Synchronize Selection takes the same selected area made with the selection tool for
all the opened colorways. This is disabled when selecting the move tool :

(5) With Show Rulers you can

s e e a n d m e a s u re t h e
design size values and the
full rapport size, which is
within the red square.

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(6) With Hide Colors View
you can hide the color
channels in the colorway
window.

(7) With tool you can

show the Single Repeat
of the design

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Or the Infinite Repeats with
tool . The infinite size can
be changed in Preferences |
Colorway, please get in
contact with your
administrator. Here the
example is showing 160 cm x
160 cm.

Colorway previews
Clicking on the tool on the tool bar, you will open
colorways side view. Then you can switch colorways at
one click. All the embedded and neoCatalog colorways
of a design are shown on the left of the colorway
window.

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Color channels
Each color channel is represented by a color patch with its color reference, when working with a color library
from neoCatalog:

or embedded RGB Hex Colors # values:

Color channels description

Each patch indicates various data, as well as allowing to access some channel information:

Original color is the first embedded color in the design separation, e.g. Adobe Photoshop Spot colors.

Present color is the current color of the coloration created with neoColorBox.
Various Superposition Methods used by Inèdit are available. Disabled is used
to deactivate the channel, and the other four coloring methods, to fill the
channel with color. All shown and selectable in the following dialog.

Color Reference is coming from your color library or Hex Colors # values, when using color picker.

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Keeping the Channel separation button pressed, you
will see the separation of such channel in a black/white
color.

Channel deactivation - Each channel can be hidden with ‘eye’ icon, meaning that the separation of that
channel won’t be visible in the design, and the patch is shown in grey.

Channel Index is the order of the channel in the design separations

Color channels opacity

Most of the design separations are overlapping in some areas of the design. Using the eyedropper tool
you can see the approximated total opacity calculation in those areas.

Select the tool on the tool bar and

click on desired design area. The
calculation is visible in the color
channels down, in % values of
opacity. On on the left is the opacity
for each channel, and on the right
the total one.

For example, in the image below, the

total calculation is 250% , which is
the sum of percentages of all 3
channels.

Apart from this, the color picker

opens automatically, while you click
on the design area, in order to drag
and drop the color and use it for
other colorations.

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4/ Colorways Management

Component of Colorways
neoColorBox is designed to work with temporary local colorways -as offline-, and published colorways in
established connection with neoCatalog. Only colorways will be loaded and managed, so there is no need to
download the full original design.

Temporary colorways - local saved colorways are allowed to be modified in color or they can be
deleted.

Published colorways - embedded (with design imported colorways in neoCatalog) and published
colorways in neoCatalog and locked in color. Only viewing, duplicating and exporting is possible.

In the Colorways Browser, you can see the

published colorways in neoCatalog and local
temporary colorways, identified by the icon or
the colorway code.

Temporary colorways: T001, T002 etc.

Published colorways: P1_MM etc.

In order to make a new colorway of a design it

is necessary to Duplicate an opened
colorway. Published colorways CANNOT be
modified, because of the unique colorway
code and color combination. The main reason
i s to avo i d d u p l i c ate d co l o r way s i n
neoCatalog’s system. You can recognize
Published Colorways by the , their
colorway name or code and color the padlock
in the channels indicating that colors can’t
be changed.

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Open Colorways

Colorways Browser
To view a colorway from the Colorways Browser in List
mode, the option is on the upper selection bar of the
Colorways Browser’s window:

To view a colorway from the Colorways Browser in Preview mode, the

option is shown in a context menu when right mouse clicking on a
colorway:

Welcome window
neoColorBox offers the possibility of opening
by the last and recent document you were
working with when you last exit the
program.

Menu bar
To open colorways color file (.xcm) the option is from
the menu bar or using keyboard shortcuts.

Note: This option is only for temporary local

colorways and/or in Standalone mode.

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Import Colorways

Note: This option is only for colorways in Standalone mode.

To open the files, choose the option from the list

unfolding from the File menu:

Select the file you want to match together and press

on Open. The import process starts immediately.

When the importation is done, a new window pops up which allows you to color the new colorway.

File combinations

neoColorBox supports the option to select different TIFF separations and combine it to a new design
combination. This tool is for design testing reasons only and not automated importation in neoCatalog.
Channel orders will be ignored.

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Choose Import Designs…
option from the File menu.
Select the channels you
want to match together
and press on Open.

The import process starts immediately while margin the TIFF

files.

When the importation is

done, a new window pops
up which allows you to
color the new colorway.

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From Inspector you can check the size and drop of the
image. Those informations are in section Rapport.

From menu File | Export Design… (press shift and command

while in the menu) you can name and export the new
multichannel design as PSD.

New Colorways

Duplicate Colorways
To duplicate a colorway from the Colorways Browser in
List mode, the option is on the upper selection bar of
the Colorways Browser’s window:

To duplicate a colorway from the Colorways Browser in Preview mode,

the option is shown in a context menu when right mouse clicking on a
colorway:

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New Random Colorways

neoColorBox will also make a new colorway with random colors with random order if you choose the New
Random Colorway option from Colorway Browser.

To make random colorway from the Colorways Browser in List mode, the
option is on the upper selection bar of the Colorways Browser’s window:

To make a random colorway from the Colorways

Browser in Preview mode, the option is shown in a
context menu when right mouse clicking on a
colorway:

Delete Colorways

Note: The option Delete Colorway is only for temporary local colorways, which are still in edit mode
before they are published in neoCatalog. If you wish to delete a published colorway, you need to login in
neoCatalog and delete the colorway from the Actions dialog. To do this, please refer to neoCatalog’s
User Manual.

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Performance of actions

When you choose any

of the above given
options to manage a
colorway for the first
time with, a colorway
window pops up
showing the download
status. In this example
we are viewing the
embedded colorway
from neoCatalog.

Once the download is

done in neoColorBox,
you will see the
colorway in real size
and the channels order
and colors information,
as the color library.

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5/ Coloring

neoColorBox offers different options to make colorations: random, manual, or by importing data from .XCM
files.

Color Libraries
neoColorBox is designed to work easily with your own Color Libraries. Work with your Color Library to drag-
and-drop colors into your Colorways; create your own library Selection using the libraries stored in neoCatalog
and share it with other users; or simply synchronize your existing Colorways with your Color Library.

Open and view Color Libraries

Open your Color Libraries from the Window menu
bar, or with the keyboard shortcut alt+cmd+L.

New window opens, with all other opened Color Libraries besides. In the upper bar are all your libraries, you
can choose them by clicking on their button or selecting them from the unfolded list. With the scroll button
on right side you can view the full library up and down.

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On the top right corner -indicated with an arrow- there is a scroll bar that will allow to change the size of the
patches.

Search colors in Color Libraries

Now you can start to search a particular color in your color library in the upper search field, by it’s name or
code. The moment you enter the color code/name, in the color library you see the found and selected colors
in the color library, highlighted and marked in blue color.

Note that some search functions have to be set in Preferences in order to enable them in the color library. In
such cases please contact your Administrator or refer to neoColorBox Admin’s Manual.

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Create Selections in Color Libraries

To create a customized selection, mouse right click on any
color patch in the color library, and click on Create New
Selection.

A new dialog opens, to give your new selection a name,

eg. Custom library.

Once created, when you right click on

any color a new dialog is displayed,
from where you can add that color to
the newly created selection:

The new selection -Custom Library-

will appear on your library bar, showing
the added color.

Or you can view it at the top of the

color library window, when you select
more than one library.

By Share Selection you will share this

customized selection with all
neoColorBox users.
The other options include Stop
Sharing or Delete such Library
Selections.

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When you decide to share your selection in neoColorBox,
you will be asked if you want to proceed.

The shared selection will appear in

your library bar, with your selection
name and your user name.

Printing Color Libraries

When you have a selected Library you can proceed to print it.
Go to File menu bar and choose Print Color Library, which is
only activated when a Library is selected.

A Print Color Library window opens, offering

some options:

• Printing media size can be established on the first editing fields. By default, the printing Width is 605 pt
and Height is empty, indicating that you would have an infinite media.

• Pretty Print will keep fade-off of colors in the library.

• Ticking on Export Multiple Jobs will create an .xjb job for neoStampa, distributing the print in pages.

• Choosing Export As TIF will also create a .tiff job, distributed in various pages.

• The option to select a ICC profile from your system allows to export the color library in desired profile.

Proceed with Generate to export the color library in order to print it.

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Color selection
You have the option of interchanging the colors of two colorways, or of copying the color of a channel into
another channel.

alt+cmd+click on a channel and

drop it in another channel to
interchange colors.

cmd+click on a channel and drop

(3) it in another channel to use
the picked color (4).

In order to use the colors of your Color libraries in your designs,

just drag the patches of the library,

and drop them to the colorway channel. It will adopt the color
and the color name from the color library.

You can change the color of any channel with any mode you like,
and go back to the original color with the Edit | Undo Color
option, or using shortcuts cmd+Z:

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Color edition options

The Edit menu opens a contextual menu with various options:

(1) The option Copy Colors will copy all belonged colors of one colorway, that can be applied to another
colorway with Paste Colors.

(2) Hue/Saturation opens a window to change the values of

Hue, Saturation and Brightness. It also offers the option to
make a random selection of such values, and use or not
color library colors.

(3) Randomize Colors will create a new coloration with random colors.

(4) Synchronize Colors synchronizes colors

of the colorway with your available color
libraries. It will show a DeltaE Error
Warning, and it provides the chance to
change or keep it.

(5) With the option Check Proof Colors you

will be able to compare the colors
reproduced with different .icc profiles. To
do this, unfold the profiles that you have
installed in your system and choose the
one you want, here ex. 360x540
Backlight.icm. DeltaE Error Warning
values will indicate the deviation that is
produced by using different .icc profiles.

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Coloring Colorways
If you wish to color a new colorway based on the published colorway, you have to duplicate it. As referred in
chapter Colorways Management, choose an option New Random Colorway or Duplicate Colorway from
Colorway Browser or from the menu bar.

A new Colorway will pop up in a new window, using a temporary colorway name, eg. “T003”, with unlocked
color channels and showing the icon on the right top corner.

With this new opened colorway you can change the colors by double clicking on the color channel, which
will open the Color Picker to select a new color or use color edition tools. If you work with a color library, then
drag and drop the colors into the channel.

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6/ Exportation and Generation

neoColorBox offers various ways of generating and exporting colorways, such as publishing and saving
colorways, or generate and export files to print.

Publish and Save Colorways

When you finish working on a colorway, you have the option of publishing it in neoCatalog, or else saving it as
a temporary colorway in neoColorBox.

Save colorway
Any temporary colorway can be saved in neoColorBox from the
File | Save, or using shortcuts.

Note: Colorways such as T001, T002, etc. are stored automatically in: /Users/USER/neoColorBox/CCL /

Publish to neoCatalog
To publish a Colorway or to publish all
your new colorways, just click on the
File | Publish option.

A dialog pops-up in the publishing process, for your

approval and information. Press Publish to proceed and
your new colorway will be available in neoCatalog for
the viewing and sharing.

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Publish to neoCatalog’s Galleries

If you work with Galleries in neoCatalog, you have the option to publish and share the new colorway to in
neoCatalog’s Galleries.

Display the option from File | Share | Publish to Gallery. There, select a gallery.

Again, a dialog pops-up in the publishing process, for

your approval and information, this time indicating the
gallery that has been selected.

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neoColorBox QuickPrint
neoColorBox offers the function QuickPrint. With the feature you can choose neoColorBox default layouts, or
customized Layouts. You can also choose standard pages or custom sizes, select quality of your print, add
design information as comments and customer, or apply the design on one of your simulations.

Tip: Ask Inedit for customized Layouts that fits your company.

Open QuickPrint
From the File | Print, or click on the printer icon from the
colorway window , or use the key combination alt+cmd+P.

The QuickPrint window will open, with the colorway preview at the centre of the QuickPrint and other
printing options on the left. If you have more than one colorway opened, they all will be selected when
calling the QuickPrint:

The printing options on the left are organized in two sections. One is the section Layout, the other Print
and Order Queue.

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Layout
This section contains selectable choices for the
page style and information of the print:

(1) In Layout you can select any default size, your customized Layout,
or enable the Layout Size option next to the tab, to take always the
fixed pages size from the Layout:

(2) In Size you can set the page size or select it from the tab beside:

(3) Add number of Copies with collate the output file:

(4) Scale percentage for all colorways or/and fit to full rapport into the Layout with Full Image.

(5) Rotate and Repeat the Image of the colorways in the Layout.

(6) Load, select and add the nT VirtualVision Simulations which are installed in
neoCatalog and synchronized with neoColorBox, into the Layout (make sure
your Layout supports VirtualVision).

(7) Select Customer when this is registered in neoCatalog, and when your Layout supports this field.

(8) Any Comments that might be interesting to reveal in the print can be added in provided fields when
your Layout supports a comment field.

(9) Max Quality will allow you to download the original design file from neoCatalog with the maximum
quality.

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Print and Order queue

A few options also appear in this section:

(1) Here you can see the design’s information as its name and code, the full rapport size, the quality of the
file and so the print.

(2) By default all open colorways will be added in the queue. If

you wish to add more colorways, press on Plus “+” on the
task bar below. A new window will pop up, where you can
search a design by entering its code. It will search for the
available colorways. Another options is to include open
colorways with Add Open Colorways (6).

(3) Removing colorways from the queue is done by pressing Minus “-“ or simply Delete All (7) on the task
bar below.

(4) Save Settings will save the present layout configuration as Default.

(5) Allows you to create your own multipage layout by adding

Columns or Rows, and setting the separation between
them.

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Generate QuickPrint Files

Once the Layout is set, neoColorBox offers you to export the output files in TIF, XJB (print job for neoStampa)
or JPG formats.

TIF or XJB
At the bottom of the
QuickPrint window is the
button to export Colorways as
TIF files. Press on Image as TIF
and it will open new finder
window to save the file in your
chosen locations as for
example a HotFolder.

If you want to export the XJB file, press the above button
one second longer, and the option to export a Job for
neoStampa for Inèdit Software’s RIP neoStampa appears.

JPEG
From File | Export Colorways
the following window will open,
with same function as the
QuickPrint window.
Click on Export… to generate
the JPG file to save.

For JPG settings, as Image Compression or Resolution, please refer to the Admin’s Manual or contact your
Administrator.

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7/ Standalone Mode

Using neoColorBox in standalone mode is another possibility to work with the application. It uses local files
and has no connection to neoCatalog. The workflow differs to the neoCatalog connection mode.

Open Colorways
To open a design, choose the option Import Design… from the list
unfolding from the File menu:

If your design includes embedded

colorways made with nT Colorations,
you are able to select and open them
in neoColorBox.

Press Open and the import process starts immediately.

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Export and Import colorways (.xcm format)

To Open/Import colorways as .XCM, find the option Open… within
File menu, or using keyboard shortcuts.

To Save/Export the color information of your colorway, you can

export this file as .XCM format. This option Export Colorways as
XCM… opens from File menu and directs you to your computer so
that you save the file wherever you like:

Add Color libraries

Open the Color Libraries window from the Window
menu bar, or with the keyboard shortcut alt+cmd+L.

Color Library window opens, with the option to add color libraries in .CSV format:

And to close the added color libraries:

Note: Refer to Admin Manual for .CSV format color libraries specification.

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