iPhone Apps for Print Geeks

Whether you're in prepress or press-side, put your iPhone to work with these handy apps:

Flexo Plate Distortion - by Manfred Breede ($0.99) • Quickly calculate flexo plate distortion factors • Displays K-factor based on data entered ConvertBot - by TapBots ($1.99) • An easy to use conversion tool for many units of measure myPantone - by Pantone ($9.99) • Pantone color recipes in CMYK, RGB, Lab, and HTML • Cross-reference all Pantone color libraries. FTA Events - by APPBURST, LLC (free) • Use when attending FTA events • Schedules, presentation outlines, and speaker bios ColorConvert Pro - by Serum Network GmbH (free) • View color conversions using common/basic ICC profiles • View DeltaE values between two colors, or colors after conversion Print A–Z - by Manfred Breede (free) • An illustrated dictionary of print terminology ...And just for fun, here are some print-geeky games! Press Check - by FORMation ($0.99, and my personal favorite) • A color registration race against the clock Kern - by FORMation ($0.99) • Strive to perfectly align letters into words as they fall into place Eye vs. Eye - by FORMation ($0.99) • Test your color memory and acuity against the computer or other players