Ringspun shirts. Fruit of the Loom Lofteez and Keya works good with my sprint. I believe the anajet rip software likes RGB. Png files are good to bring into the rip and they must be RGB.
So I'm Buying a Anajet MP10i USed
So Here are my questions. I know how to use Illustrator, Photoshop, and Corel. To get the best print what typew of shirt should I buy? 2nd when using one of those programs that I listed should the graphic be in CMYK or RGB? I am sure I will have more questions tomorrow when I get it. Until then thank you for your answers.
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You can create your graphics in whichever software you feel is the best fit. Someone on the forums mentioned this and after trying it, I agree, I would create the image in CMYK then before you save it convert it to a RGB so that you will be able to save it or export it as a true to size .png with a transparent background.So Here are my questions. I know how to use Illustrator, Photoshop, and Corel. To get the best print what typew of shirt should I buy? 2nd when using one of those programs that I listed should the graphic be in CMYK or RGB? I am sure I will have more questions tomorrow when I get it. Until then thank you for your answers.
This way, you would get a more accurate look to see what the printer will be able to output since you are using CMYK inks. Also, it's always good to check the box that says "preview icc profile" before you do any adjustments. Colors that the printer cannot recreate will dull out a bit.
Just remember.
If you were to have a watercolor paint set composed of only CMYK paints and I asked you to make red. How would you do it without primary red? You can get close. But usually the reds will be slightly yellow toned or slightly magenta toned. Like pure Orange. How are you going to make a pure orange without pure red? You're mixing yellow with MAGENTA... not red. Thats why some oranges are hard to match.
Some colors are near impposible to create with CMYK. Make me a neon color with a CMYK paint set. Anyone who can do it I swear ill give them 100 bucks. lol.
I also suggest and have mentioned to many others to create using CMYK. When you save as a png you will have to convert over to rgb but the colors will stay the same. Another color that can be difficult to print are greys. They will either have to much magenta or cyan so practice on that color also helps.
Yes! It was you who had suggested it 
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Cool. Glad I could help.Yes! It was you who had suggested it
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Here is a good way to print greys. When picking a grey make sure your CMY are equal to each other and make sure your Black or (K) is double the value of one of the Colors.I also suggest and have mentioned to many others to create using CMYK. When you save as a png you will have to convert over to rgb but the colors will stay the same. Another color that can be difficult to print are greys. They will either have to much magenta or cyan so practice on that color also helps.
Example a good pure black value is:
50 Cyan
50 Magenta
50 Yellow
100 Black
A good medium grey would be:
25 Cyan
25 Magenta
25 Yellow
50 Black
In doing this you make sure you are not getting to much of any one color and that the black ink is the dominate color.
In order to get the brightest prints possible, I never work in CMYK. I always use the RGB pallet's.
I know you can export a CMYK file as RGB but they are never as bright as a file I create in RGB with the RGB color palette. I find this most true when it comes to vivid red, Blues and purples.
I know you can export a CMYK file as RGB but they are never as bright as a file I create in RGB with the RGB color palette. I find this most true when it comes to vivid red, Blues and purples.
Thank you for the Black / Grey!
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