NEWS AND UPDATES
February 6, 2012
Overdrive Update Available
Overdrive version 2.0.3 is now available for download. This update includes multiple updates and fixes. Please refer to the release notes for more information.
January 30, 2012
Sal Passanisi Hired as Director of Sales and Marketing
Sal Passanisi is the newest member of the ColorBurst team. He brings with him close to thirty-five years of technical and sales experience in the print industry. Sal has worked with Mac graphics and printing since the early 1980s, and learned first-hand what it takes to make CTP technology work while running his own green print shop.
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January 9, 2012
Overdrive 2.0 released
Overdrive 2.0 is ready to redefine inkjet RIP software expectations. Gone are the days of complicated color management workflows and tedious ICC profiling to add a new paper. Overdrive 2.0 works on top of your printer’s driver and RGB paper profiles to make accurate color automatic and effortless. Now a 64-bit Cocoa application, Overdrive 2 offers significantly faster processing, a new visual interface, and improved print quality. Pantone matching and Adobe Black Point Compensation are also included. A 15-day demo of Overdrive 2 is now available, and lower introductory pricing makes Overdrive 2 a tremendous value. As a thank you to our current Overdrive 1 users, Overdrive 2.0 is a free upgrade - simply use your version 1 serial number to run version 2.
December 15, 2011
Overdrive 2.0 (Beta) achieves a 0.78 Delta E average from an IT8.7/4 target
ColorBurst Systems performed internal testing of the upcoming Overdrive 2.0 RIP to determine color accuracy on the Epson 7890 large format inkjet printer. After making a custom RGB profile, an IT8.7/4 target was printed to a reference of a #1 press sheet. The Delta E(ab) total average for 1617 patches was 0.78. This was slightly more accurate than testing with Overdrive 1 (results were 0.86) and well within industry standards of a maximum average of 1.5. With this level of color accuracy, Overdrive 2 will be an excellent choice for high-end color proofing.
November 21, 2011
Overdrive 2.0 will be a free upgrade for Overdrive v1 users
Overdrive 2, still in development, is shaping up to be a significant improvement over Overdrive 1 in both speed and print quality, especially text. As a thank you to our current Overdrive users, we are offering a free upgrade to Overdrive 2.0 when it is released in 2012. Free upgrades will be offered at the same size as the Overdrive 1 license (for example, Overdrive 17" v1 will be upgraded to Overdrive 17" v2). Full upgrade details will be available when version 2.0 is released.
October 17, 2011
64-bit Overdrive coming soon
The software engineers at ColorBurst Systems anticipate a release of Overdrive 2.0 in January 2012. This new version has been completely rewritten from scratch as a 64-bit Cocoa application for Mac OS X 10.6 and later. Overdrive 2 is based on a completely different architecture that will take full advantage of today’s multi-processor computers. Initial tests of Overdrive 2 show files are processing much faster than compared to Overdrive 1. Stay tuned for more details!
November 19, 2010
Overdrive update available
Overdrive version 1.2.8 is now available for download. This update establishes a procedure for printing to the Epson Stylus Pro 4900 and includes fixes for several problems. Please refer to the release notes for detailed information.
August 27, 2010
Overdrive update available
Overdrive version 1.2.7 is now available for download. This update includes fixes for several problems. Please refer to the release notes for more information.
July 29, 2010
Overdrive update available
Overdrive version 1.2.6 is now available for download. This update fixes a problem when printing certain images. Please refer to the release notes for more information.
June 29, 2010
Overdrive update available
Overdrive version 1.2.5 is now available for download. Please refer to the release notes for more information.
April 7, 2010
Black Point Compensation added to Overdrive 1.2
Overdrive 1.2 is now available with Adobe® Black Point Compensation built-in for automatic optimization of the black tonal range. The black point compensation results achieved by Overdrive are an exact match to Adobe Photoshop's black point compensation, so Photoshop users can get the results they expect from Overdrive.
March 18, 2010
Overdrive 1.1 released
The first official version of ColorBurst Overdrive is now available! Download Overdrive and try a full-featured "Test Drive" for 15 days. The demo, along with product information and pricing, is available at www.overdriverip.com.
March 15, 2010
Overdrive achieves a 0.86 Delta E average from an IT8.7/4 target
ColorBurst Systems performed internal testing of their new Overdrive RGB RIP to determine color accuracy on the new Canon iPF8300 large format inkjet printer. After making a custom RGB profile, an IT8.7/4 target was printed to a reference of a #1 press sheet. The Delta E(ab) total average for 1617 patches was 0.86. This is well within industry standards of a maximum average of 1.5, proving Overdrive to be capable of high-end color proofing.
February 23, 2010
Overdrive wins the 2010 DIMA RIP award, pre-release!
A pre-release version of Overdrive named "ColorBurst RGB XProof" has been deemed the winner in the RIP category in the 2010 DIMA Digital Printer Shoot-Out. This early version of Overdrive made the winning prints in the following six categories:
• Inkjet, 9 to 17 inches wide
• Media, 13-by-19-inch sheet or 13-inch roll
• Media, 24 inches wide or larger
• Media, Matte Only
• Ink
• RIP
Entries were judged on print quality and color accuracy, including neutral gray balance, highlight and shadow detail, skin tone accuracy, and text quality. ColorBurst Systems is excited to release the Overdrive RGB RIP for Mac OS X with these credentials.
