 Re: color separation software
I have been training myself on seps for the past couple of days. I plan on making a video once I get the process down better, but so far I have been downloading various images from the web that look challenging. I bring them into Photoshop and use different techniques to separate the artwork, depending on the colors used in the graphics.
During the separation process, I save each color into a spot channel, that way when I place the finished graphic into In-Design for final output, I can use In-Design's Ink Manager to either group or control each color during output. By using In-Design, you can choose which channels you want to output, so there is no need to split channels in photoshop and save each sep as a separate file.
Also, by using Photoshop and making spot channels, I assign each channel with the appropriate color I plan to use for printing, so I can deselect all of the channels except for my separated channels to get a rough idea how the image will look once it's been printed.
Some artwork is more challenging than others, but I am getting a feel for it and I do believe I will get the hang of this, so I won't need to buy any of those expensive sep programs. Sometimes I find it is best to use a CMYK image to start with, while others I use RGB. And sometimes I find it best to use a combination of both.
Cheers,
Tracy
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