rusty

Here's a picture a customer sent me and wants it screen printed on a heather gray shirt. I tried to explain that if I use a 2-color, black and red, with gradients, it won't look exactly like the picture, but will be similar. Even if I added a 3rd gray color, I'm not sure how to do the separation since I don't have any of the expensive separation software. I have Photoshop and Illustrator. What would you suggest? Just using red and gradients of black?

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Fluid

a 3 color like you suggested would be best yet halfotnes on the black will work. I would print a gray as well. Separatig in Photoshop would be fairly easy. Check out the articles section here -> U.S. Screen Print and Inkjet Technology I beleive Scott has a short tut on sepping spot colors in PS.

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I was thinking about it, and since it's on a heather gray shirt, is the gray print really going to be accomplishing anything? When you said spot colors, were you suggesting just print the gray as a spot color and the black as a gradient? I know how to separate spot colors. But not sure how when it gets into 2 colors involving mixed gradients.

thanks for the advice.

 

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Fluid

Just a gray, red & black. This is spot color printing. The ash shirt will not achieve the proper look and I personally hate printing halftones "to save money". I think it looks like the client was trying to save money.

Red, Solid gray than black with some halftones for the darker tones in the gray. print wet on wet

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Thanks. I'm actually going to suggest using a different rock image to see if the like it more. I agree with you about the half-tones.

 

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