[nurbs]

RE: Half Tones

Can I get away with doing the light grey, dark grey and black on 1 screen if I half tone the greys? Never really tried doing that. Only have a 4 color press, so doing 5 colors isn't an option with individual screens.


https://imgur.com/a/PK48Y

 

[Industryps]

Re: Half Tones

Yes you can. You may need to play with your dot size and frequency to get the greys to represent correctly though. And here's a small tip:
Halftone your greys in a separate layer from the parts of the design that are solid black. That way you can combine them back into a single layer and your black areas will still be crisp and clean.

 

[nurbs]

Re: Half Tones

The customer provided the vector file, so it should be nice and easy to separate the greys.

Thanks.

 

[Industryps]

Re: Half Tones

Looking at that art, you should try and keep the darker grey text as it's own layer. Halftones and Text don't mix well.

 

[nurbs]

Re: Half Tones

I wasn't going to Halftone the text. Just wanted to make sure I can do it and not go over 4 screens.

 

[DrivingZiggy]

Re: Half Tones

Are you sure it's okay to print that? I mean, the non-affiliated radio stations always have to say, "The Big Game." So it's probably trademarked or something. You may need to get licensed.

 

[nurbs]

Are you sure it's okay to print that? I mean, the non-affiliated radio stations always have to say, "The Big Game." So it's probably trademarked or something. You may need to get licensed.

Super Bowl won't be in it. This is a promotions company and I got them to go DTG on white shirts instead and they are currently changing the art work.