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Old July 21st, 2009 Jul 21, 2009 12:26:27 PM -   #1 (permalink)
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I can't figure this out. How do I take a two color image like posted, and make a film positive with it ?

Explain to me like I am 3 years old. Thanks.

I have a Gimp image manipulation program I am using.

 
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Default Re: Confused about creating a film positive

I don't know about Gimp but I use Corel Draw and the software separates the colours for me. Try Inkscape (also free) to convert the graphic to Vector. send to print sand there may be an option to print colour separations but I cant't guarantee that.
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Default Re: Confused about creating a film positive

This image is more than 2 colors. I can't enlarge it, but I see at least 4 colors there; gold, pink, white, light yellow.

You have to print a transparency (film) for each color you are printing. Search Gimp on 'color separation' to get specific procedures.
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Default Re: Confused about creating a film positive

This specific file is a little too low resolution for anything I would do, but assuming you have a hi-res image, there are a few ways you can go to separate those colors (though I don't know how I would do it using Gimp - love the name).

Using Illustrator
a) Recreate the artwork as vector using Adobe Illustrator or Corel Draw.
b) Change each color to black and print each color out separately.

Using Photoshop
a) Double click the background layer to unlock it.
b) Using the magic wand tool, with "contiguous" unchecked and tolerance about 32 (you may want to play around with this #), click on one of the colors to select it.
c) With color still selected, go to Layer>New>Layer via Cut. This creates a new layer with just that color on it.
d) Double click the layer to get to the Blending Options pop-up. Select Color Overlay, check the box and change the overlay color to black.
e) Repeat b, c & d for each color.
f) Print each color separately.

There are many more ways to separate the colors - some probably better than mine - but this usually works. For this specific artwork, if there is no hi-res image available, I would go the recreate as vector route.
 
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Thanks everybody. Is Photoshop or Illustrator free ?
 
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Thanks everybody. Is Photoshop or Illustrator free ?
Oh how I wish they were free!

Alas, they are not. However, there are 30-day free trials available from Adobe - I believe they are fully functional.
 
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Thanks everybody. Is Photoshop or Illustrator free ?
in no way are they free. You may be able to get trial versions on Adobe but it may take the whole trial just to learn the basics of the program.
 
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