Are you printing on a manual press, automatic press or DTG?
Need help...!!! For color separations
I am new in the printing bussiness and i need some help with the color separations.
I understand that i need to have an original painting or design in order to have the colors separations right..?....but i am very interested on printing protraits in grey tones and half tones....and my drawings are made by pencil....would that be possible..?...my questions is if the pencil strokes are dark enough to make the positives or what would it be the procedures to acomplish that....
I understand that i need to have an original painting or design in order to have the colors separations right..?....but i am very interested on printing protraits in grey tones and half tones....and my drawings are made by pencil....would that be possible..?...my questions is if the pencil strokes are dark enough to make the positives or what would it be the procedures to acomplish that....
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I am in manual press.....4 x 4 press
How or you getting the design on the computer? If you are scanning it, then you should be able to tell from the scan if the design will be dark enough to print.I am in manual press.....4 x 4 press
Are you printing out from a laser printer or shooting film?
Well...i did it and only give me one black layer...i was wondering if there is any software that separets the greys tones and the black...and yes i am shooting film
Hey vic...i just wanted to thank you for your help....i really apreciate it....
The reason I asked is that you may be able to scan it in CMYK instead of greyscale. This way when you print it out you can use one of the CMY as your grey under color.Well...i did it and only give me one black layer...i was wondering if there is any software that separets the greys tones and the black...and yes i am shooting film
Also, in CorelDrawX3 under "bitmaps" you can go into "Image Adj. Lab" and there you will be able to add in Cyan Magenta or Yellow colors. If you turn up the Cyan then when you print out the seps. you will be able to set the printer to print Black and Cyan.
Let me know if this helps.
Ok...i'll try that and i'll let you know....and once again thank you so much....talk to you soon
Hello Fernado B.,This is what i did when i first got started. I did the name of my logo sig. in pincle and my art work to a print shop an they did the color sep. they can use your hand drawing and add color to it. It help me got started it wouldn"t to try this i still using this method. sandman
Take the scan into Photoshop, it will be RGB and convert to index, you can pick a range of greys. You can also use duotone/tritone etc. Check the help files with PS.
Please post an image here so we can see what you are dealing with. Once I see the art I can post specific information or a video on to how do this.I am new in the printing bussiness and i need some help with the color separations.
I understand that i need to have an original painting or design in order to have the colors separations right..?....but i am very interested on printing protraits in grey tones and half tones....and my drawings are made by pencil....would that be possible..?...my questions is if the pencil strokes are dark enough to make the positives or what would it be the procedures to acomplish that....
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