Carl Lierman Email & Phone Number

Seattle, Washington, United States

File preparation, and make-ready for UV and inkjet processes.

Color correction, file preparation, and make-ready for all inkjet and dye-sublimation processes.

Quickly accomplished critical and extensive retouching requests and complex preparation of client production designs intended for large-format imaging. Established efficient solutions for color control and fast proofing standards utilizing custom scripting and software applications. Learned excellent pro-active troubleshooting skills during night shift work. Used creative workflow ideas to reduce idle-time and bottlenecks. Also created bold and effective in-house design of branding and promotional materials including marketing brochures, sales samples, web elements and interior signage.Clients included Restoration Hardware, Smith & Hawken, Macys, Microsoft, Boeing, Nintendo, Costco, Washington Mutual, in addition to a host of Advertising and Graphic Design firms.

Responsible for all phases of large-format imaging, composition and color correction. Established reliable color communication, high quality control and file preparation guidelines for clients using large format digital imaging.Additional experience included extensive drum scanning, color correction, file preparation and image manipulation to digital files sent to a variety of output devices.Clients included Nordstrom, Kits Cameras, Unionbay Sportswear, Ernst, Eddie Bauer, Jay Jacobs,Callison Architecture and many more.

Mastered many skills with little supervision. Worked with demanding schedules that required constant multi-tasking in a pre-digital environment. Specialized in animation camera work for optical slide presentations, hand-set photographic typography, preparation of camera-ready art, graphic arts camera and wet darkroom work, stripping and film assembly and later included digital production, retouching and color separations for output to Linotronic imagesetters and 3M Matchprint color proofing systems.Clients included Brown and Hadley, Tim Girvin, Microsoft, Linnea Greeting Cards, Marquand Books and others.