[Yo!Hozay]

can someone help me out and tell me what technique they used to print picture on this shirt? any info will help. thanks

Paris Hilton Loves La Coka Nostra - Black Images

 

[Unik Ink]

Looks like a discharge white screenprint on a black shirt.

 

[Yo!Hozay]

it doesnt lookin like digital printing to n e body? and does n e body know who can do some digital printing for me?

 

[Catbox]

no... it looks like discharge white screenprint on a black shirt... i don't think any DTG could that or produce that effect

 

[Yo!Hozay]

how is discharge white screenprint work? any companys you can refer me to who can produce something like for me? with my design ofcourse

 

[Catbox]

discharge bleaches the area where the design is... then you screenprint the design in that area...

Discharge Printing

http://www.t-shirtforums.com/screen-printing/t790.html

Union Ink Discharge White

 

[Yo!Hozay]

any info on n e body online who can make this happen for me?

 

[hernandomiguel]

This design is airbrushed, It can be done by and by photoshop.

 

[adfw76]

if its airbrushed how do you then present it to the printer? i presume its halftones to get those very fine greys with only one colour.Whenever ive bitmapped artwok it never seems to come out that fine in detail?

 

[hernandomiguel]

Well, I did that job before for a client, we started the process drawing by hand, and addign these details in photoshop, sometimes it is 3 or 4 colours process( I dont mean cymk)

 

[adfw76]

I dont really understand how youd do it?how you mean four colours?i thought it was just black and white halftoned ?how would you I do it? sorry ..please explain ive being trying to find this out for weeks..i feel you can help.ill be eternally gratefull.....!!thanks

 

[hernandomiguel]

Ok for example sometimes I used 3 grey tone, white is the main, but you need add some shadows, and sometimes you can not get that effect with just 1 grey tone....I hope that I could help you

 

[adfw76]

do you mean in seperates? how would the file(s)be presented to the printer?

 

[hernandomiguel]

Each color(grey tone) is separated. You can send them your artwork (PSD), or to give to them your films, We charge XXX USD per design color separated, not films.

 

[adfw76]

ok im almost there! i just need to know 3 more things!

1.How would you go about distinguishing the grey tones and then sperating them in to layers from the artwork?

2. would each grey layer be bitmapped, if so what kind(duffusiojn dither etc)
and finally

3.what resoultion would the bitmaps be to get such fine details?
thanks ..thats it im done thanks for you patience

 

[hernandomiguel]

Well , about distinguishing the grey tones, an artist know about it.
Each layer is a bitmap sometimes it is 100%, as I told you an arttist know about it.
It will be 50 or 52 LPI

 

[IntegralApparel]

It personally looks like halftones, I couldnt tell cause theres no details..

 

[adfw76]

Thanks guys great help!
It seems you both know what your talking about. Can you aswner this so far unaswerable question ????thanks

http://www.t-shirtforums.com/graphics-design-help/t65461.html

 

[IntegralApparel]

It still looks like a 2-3 color screen print

 

[srabadan]

I am a graphic designer, specializing in tshirts for the last 10 years I think I can shed a little light on this for you.

Fist off I can only guess without looking at the file but here goes. This is probably a 1 color front, 2 color back. They had to pay a lot for that full front pallet so I am guessing they wouldn't be paying for 3 of them.

That one color image was probably output at 50 lpi and put on a high mesh screen.

Lastly, and this is a really common trick, that is probably a photo of a kid in a black shirt with the art file blended to the photo in pshop. This is pretty easy to do, most of the big catalogs do it all the time. That will make the image look better on your monitor that it probably does in real life.