Perous Secret Diary - Keep Out

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a significant day

up (too) early to print 'Marilyn Manson by Perou: 21yrs in Hell' at centre of excellence: GRAPHIUS

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ISSUES

ISSUES

at graphius, they print millions of books a year and one's time there is strictly booked

we're on site to oversee the first pages printed from the aluminium plates that are made from files we have previously prepared: turning the RGB (red green and blue) digital images that we capture into CMYK (cyan, magenta, yellow and black) files that can be printed with ink, on paper.

there can be a few tweaks: slight colour shifts and densities of ink, but what can't really happen (without drama) is for the perfectionist photographer involved to say, 'this file (and subsequently plate) is wrong and we have to stop the run and pull the job till we correct it (URGENTLY)'

the image we have chosen for the cover, Manson's face shot in UV light was particularly difficult to turn into a decent CMYK and required special inks

but the result is a blinder and all my nuisance causing (and extra money spent) was worth while

honest

the prints here all look the same, unless you're being real picky: then they all look different.

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fucking about with files

'Thanks Perou'

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graphius is quite amazing: hence we bothered to go to Belgium to get our printing done

they are mastercrafts-people printers, as i am a mastercraftsman photographer and Reel Art Press are crafty Publishers and Peter and PAUL are master crafty designers etc...

i'm thrilled that every step of my first book has the BEST people in every aspect involved with it's production.

TOP TEAM effort

one would not have an idea about how much goes into a book, until one is making a book.

Herman, pictured here took us on a tour of Graphius: showing us the process of the making of the book from start to finish

pretty mind bending how clever humans are sometimes...and this is just making beautiful books

i have NEVER seen my work printed so beautifully and high quality: FUCK YEAH!

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