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We’re pleased to announce a series of web-based training sessions in 2012 with a monthly series focused on helping you grow your sublimation business beyond the start-up phase. No problem if you can’t participate in one of the live webinar events; we’ll archive all content for you to access at your leisure. Each webinar will be streamed and is comprised of a 45 minute presentation followed by 15 minutes answering customer questions. All webinar Q&A compiled for each subject after the live broadcast will be archived separately for easy customer access. Upcoming Schedule & Registration January 24th: 5 WAYS TO DIAL IN SUBLIMATION COLOR We'll start the year out with a subject near and dear to every sublimator's heart: color management tips! This presentation will serve as a primer on color management techniques by providing you with five simple ways you can make sure you're getting the best color from your sublimation equipment. Sublimation transfers – like those from other embellishment technologies – will not match exactly the image you see on your computer screen or a physical copy you've scanned (and they never will). Different technologies require alternative techniques for spot color matching, color enhancement and image tweaking so, in addition to providing you with the five color tips, we'll also be discussing the ways color management in sublimation differs from other popular technologies and why. Understanding color fully could require years of training, so we'll focus on getting you up and running by providing a good basis for learning more color technique as your understanding of the technology grows. STUDENT SKILL LEVEL: This presentation assumes you are familiar with the sublimation process either as a novice to intermediate level sublimation user or as someone who has extensively researched the process. Click Here To Register for the January Webinar February 21st: SPRING INTO SUBLIMATION! 4 SPECIALTY TARGET MARKETS As we think of warmer months and what we'll do once the thaw comes, where do your thoughts wander? Enjoying the great outdoors with fewer layers? Starting a new project? To help get those creative product ideas flowing, we'll discuss four potential markets to target this Spring which fall under the following categories: boutique market sports apparel; promotional products for new businesses; a new slant on pet products; and making profits with a non-profit group. We'll go over product offerings, samples, graphic ideas and upsell potentials for each sample market. STUDENT SKILL LEVEL: This presentation assumes you are familiar with the sublimation process at some level and instead focuses on ideas that will either help you find new markets as potential new customer bases or markets you can focus on as you're just getting started in the business. Click Here To Register for the February Webinar March 20th: 10 CORELDRAW TRICKS FOR BETTER SUBLIMATION PRINTS As much as we love discussing CorelDRAW techniques and fixes with our customer base, we're very grateful that there are plenty of excellent educational resources dedicated to this embellishment world software staple. That being said, there are a few software tricks that you learn over the years, tricks that will save you time and frustration, tricks that you wish you'd learned years earlier. While the tips covered are not all related to sublimation alone, they are all extremely useful when designing and modifying graphics for end products! Whether it's taking a look at a couple built-in macros (e.g. palette creator and calendar creator) or examining tools that allow for quick fixes across numerous products (e.g. color style tool and using object manager effectively). STUDENT SKILL LEVEL: This presentation assumes you are familiar with the sublimation process at some level and have user experience with CorelDRAW (e.g. opening and editing files; importing graphics; creating and filling shapes; printing to sublimation equipment; etc.). Click Here To Register for the March Webinar April 24th: DYE SUB WOW FACTOR: A NEW LOOK AT THE OLD T-SHIRT The T-Shirt has come a long way over the past 50 years with dozens of materials (both natural and synthetic) used in their manufacture and dozens of embellishment technologies used in their decoration. We'll discuss how dye sublimation compares to other technologies, some of the unique benefits found in the technology (read: premium pricing benefits), creative ways to decorate garments and how you sell sublimated apparel against the others. Whether you've got a smaller flat press or a Maxi-sized offering, sublimation allows you to target multiple zones with multiple pressings on single garment. Start thinking outside that transfer box, and start looking at creative and profitable ways to exploit this versatile, full-color embellishment technology! STUDENT SKILL LEVEL: This presentation assumes you are familiar with the sublimation process either as a novice to intermediate level sublimation user or as someone who has extensively researched the process. Click Here To Register for the April Webinar Sign Up for the Webinar Click this link to go to register for the January 24th Webinar: Webinar Sign-Up Click this link to go to register for the February 21st Webinar: Webinar Sign-Up Click this link to go to register for the March 20th Webinar: Webinar Sign-Up Click this link to go to register for the April 24th Webinar: Webinar Sign-Up |