P21: SMS READY certification (for individuals)

P21: SMS READY Expert certification for individuals. 

The SMS READY Expert certificate is available only for registered owners of a P20, P20e or P20x colour palette.

The SMS READY certificate entitles the certificate holder to assist registered SMS users and SMS subscribers to convert SMS colours from sRGB to their intended colour gamut as well as to take position of Super User for subscribed Brand owners, Print Shops and Design Agencies.

Individuals who buy a P20, P20e or P20x colour palette can apply for an SMS READY Expert certification.

The applicant has to provide Spot-Nordic with artwork in PDF, jpg or tif format (72 dpi resolution), where SMS colours are used.

Recommended software is Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator or Indesign.

Detailed instructions on how to do this are here.

Optionally it is possible to download the presentation in Powerpoint format, – here (173 MB).

The artwork should be delivered to sms@spot-nordic.com in the original sRGB format (for web design), in Rec. 709 (for video graphics) and CMYK format (for Print) to at least 2 different print conditions from the list of supported icc profiles – see supported colour spaces for SMS colours.

Each user can select one, two or all three categories, Print Graphics, Web Graphics or Video Graphics.

Applicants may contact sms@spot-nordic.com to request the required icc profiles. In this case we will provide the icc profiles used to create the Spot Matching System colour palettes.

The artwork does not have to be a masterpiece and the user does not have to be a professional designer. The point of this exercise is simply to proof that the user understands how to use SMS colours and how to convert them correctly to other colour spaces to ensure correct reproduction.

Professional designers may of course use an actual job.

For purely a technical test, the applicant should pick out 5 SMS colours of his or her choice and deliver them in the requested formats.

The SMS READY Expert certificate may be useful for designers, prepress operators, print consultants and colour management experts – in short people who work with or are responsible for colour in a professional capacity – for print, web or TV.

The cost of each SMS READY certificate is EUR 60 per year.

The customer may then, in 12 months time, re-apply to extend the certificate.

NOTE: Registered owners of a P20, P20e or P20x palette that hold the SMS READY certificate will, on renewal of the certificate, receive a free renewal of their SMS colour palette(s), ensuring access to continued services by Spot-Nordic for another 12 months.

The customer is free to use the SMS READY badge for his or her promotion in any media.

Please send a receipt of your payment along with any job specific information to sms@spot-nordic.com to ensure uninterrupted service.

Optionally you may send your order or enquiry to sms@spot-nordic.com if you don’t like shopping online or if you are not sure what you need to order.

Once your order has been processed we will contact you by email and get to work on your order.