[Begs_ Who]

I'm looking at purchasing Separation Studio within the next few weeks. I've just hit my limit as to printing 4 color process on Dark garments (we are getting descent results, but opacity and gain are an issue over a long t-shirt run).

I've used QuickSeps in the past and thought that the results stunk.

Can anyone give me pros & cons of the software?

Thanks,
Jeff

 

[davidshaw]

I'm looking at purchasing Separation Studio within the next few weeks. I've just hit my limit as to printing 4 color process on Dark garments (we are getting descent results, but opacity and gain are an issue over a long t-shirt run).

I've used QuickSeps in the past and thought that the results stunk.

Can anyone give me pros & cons of the software?

Thanks,
Jeff

We use Seperation Studio with accurip, I think it's brilliant I can't fault it.. but then I've never used anything else.

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t-shirt printing

 

[numberonenog]

Hey Jeff,

Do you have Photoshop? I once "reverse-engineered" Sep Studio by using the Calculations feature in Photoshop in RGB mode and discovered that Sep Studio is basically a fancy script. If you are a bit intrepid with PS and have a demo version of SS you could figure it out.

With that said though, I think Sep Studio can be very helpful if you understand its strength and weaknesses. If a piece of art comes to you that fits the software's color palette, great! You can have pretty damn good seps in minutes. On the other hand, if your art is color-critical, or it has lots of subtle gradations in tonal colors, it may not perform as well.

I've always thought that SS would be very powerful if you could sell a product with the caveat that the print will look good, but it may not match the customer's original art. You could save so much time by using it as a piece of automated software. Doing the Calculations "by hand" (so to speak) in PS takes a few minutes, and you'll have to spend some time on the front end trying to figure it out.

I also have to agree with davidshaw that accurip is awesome.

Cheers!

 

[kevincook]

its an automated color separation program for garment screen printers.. its fine for me as of now

 

[Paradigm Shift]

Why would anyone initially reply to a thread fro 2012? Mmmmmmmmmmm? Makes ya wonder.

Anyhow, for those with an enquiring mind....Best color sep programs in order:

#1 Ultraseps
#2 T-Seps
#3 Quikseps (cheaper alternative to UltraSeps)
#4 Fastfilms (cheaper alternative to T-Seps)
#5 Do them manually yourself
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#99 Separation Studio

With that said, the Separation Studio people do have Accurip, which is very good and most everyone not looking for some crazy freebie or cheapo rip method probably uses it. But paying for Separation Studio is a stretch. That thing should be $50.