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Personalized Color Technology (PCT) Interior Design Techniques

PCT :: Personalized Color Technology

Imagine Not Having To Imagine!

Now you can complete all your painting projects with the exact look and style you intended without worrying about the results! PCT takes those color concepts from your imagination and makes them a 'Virtual Reality' - allowing you to view your actual room and objects against a variety of colorful backgrounds and specialty finishes - before committing to a particular color scheme. Incorporate this feature into your In-House or E-Consult.



Digital Photos for Processing

Custom-PCT

Submit your digital photographs for Customized Surface-Dimension-Layout (SDL) processing, and we will return it to you with all the exciting new color schemes you provided, or commissioned Manido to design on your behalf!

Generic-PCT

No digital camera or digital photo handy to submit...? No problem! Just tell us what type of rooms you are working on, and we will provide you with (four) Generic (but room-specific) views of the color schemes you've always wanted to try, but didn't dare before PCT.

Designing Color-Schemes

Whether you're using Custom-PCT or Generic- PCT services, you can either design your own color schemes, or you can commission Manido' to design them for you.

(CDCS) Client-designed color schemes - where you provide the color schemes to us

(MDCS) Manido-designed color schemes - where we design the color schemes for you All MDCS fees are: $10 for (One) Web Based View $60 for Blocks of (Ten) Web Based Views

Custom-PCT

Custom Surface-Dimension-Layout (SDL)
Custom SDL fees range from $20-$60 p/photo (depending on the intricacies of your project/room's photo). Fee includes:

  • (Two) CDCS views of (one) photo e-mailed
    Additional CDCS views emailed at $3 p/custom view. Fee waived if Manido' is commissioned for the project.
  • (Two) Hardcopy-prints (snail-mailed upon request)
    Additional hardcopy-prints available at $5 p/print.
  • Unlimited laptop views
    Available during In-House consultations only.

NOT INCLUDED: Manido-designed-Color-Schemes
MDCS fees separately (shown above)

Getting started with a Free-Estimate
Email your photos to Manido' for a Free-Quote. (Follow instructions 1-5 of the Order & Product Trans. below)

Ordering Custom PCT Services

  1. Place your order by accepting the quote and making payment for the quoted amount, PLUS fees for any additional Views, Prints, or MDCS services needed.
  2. Send Manido' your Order (instructions below)

Order Your Custom PCT Services
Have your project placed on Manido's execution schedule

Generic-PCT

Generic Room-Specific-Views (RSV)
Generic RSV fees are $20 for four views of Client-designed color schemes (CDCS). Fee includes:

  • (Four) CDCS views of (four) generic rooms e-mailed
    Additional CDCS views emailed at $3 p/4-generic views. Fee waived if Manido' is commissioned for the project.
  • (Four) Hardcopy-prints (snail-mailed upon request)
    Additional hardcopy-prints available at $5 p/print.
  • Unlimited laptop views
    Available during In-House consultations only.

NOT INCLUDED: Manido-designed-Color-Schemes
MDCS fees separately (shown above)

Ordering Generic PCT Services

  1. Place your order by making payment for each set of (four) CDCS being ordered, PLUS fees for any additional Views, Prints, or MDCS services needed.
  2. Send Manido' your Order (instructions below)

Order Your Generic PCT Services
Have your project placed on Manido's execution schedule

Order with Product Transmission

Before you place your order, you must already have made a payment for the amounts discussed above for either Custom or Generic services.

Include the following information and items when placing your order.

  1. Full Name
  2. Address, Phone, Email
  3. Type of PCT services needed for the project.
  4. Any specific project limitations or instructions
  5. Time-frame requests and project-schedule requirements
  6. Client--designed Color Schemes: All CDCS's compiled in a 'word' file, using the PCT STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE below
  7. Manido-designed Color Schemes: Qty of MDCS's being ordered.

PCT STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE



A Simple Monitor calibration of your PC may be necessary to ensure more accurate renditions of color schemes.

Calibrating Your Monitor

Each computer monitor comes with a factory default setting for color reproduction. These default settings can be adjusted so you can get a more accurate color rendition between the paint chip color you select and the color that appears on your monitor. Please note that the on-screen color representation are not necessarily precise representations of actual paint colors, rather this is a method to help choose a general color scheme. Take your printout with you to the paint store to for a colormatch of the representation.

MANUAL Monitor Set Up Option 1 - White Point Color Temperature Mode keys, typically located at the bottom of the monitor, can be used to adjust what is referred to as the "White Point Color Temperature (WPCT)." Many monitors have a default setting of 9300K. When possible, use the mode keys, select "Color," then set the monitor WPCT to 6500K.

AUTOMATIC Monitor Set Up Option 2 - Monitor Profile Whenever possible, use the sRGB Color Space Profile that comes with Microsoft Windows® 98/2000/XP. Using the Windows® 2000 systems as an example, the following show the steps to assign the sRGB profile to the monitor.

  1. Click on the Start button in the lower left hand corner of your screen
  2. Click on Settings>Control Panel
  3. Click on Display
  4. Select the Settings tab, and click Advanced.
  5. Select the Color Management tab, click Add to open the Add Profile Association dialog box.
  6. Locate the new color profile (i.e. sRGB Color Space Profile.icm) you want to associate with the monitor.
  7. Click the new profile, and then click Add.
  8. Click OK and close

To ensure this new setting is present, reboot the system and repeat step (1) to step (3) to double check if the new profile is selected.

Note: Be sure your display is configured with a "True Color" setting that will allow the display of over 16 million colors.