How to Color Index in Adobe Photoshop / Watercolor Print PART 4 Reduce Colors

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In this video, I’ll be showing you how to color index in Adobe Photoshop. Color index is a method that we use in order to reduce the colors of print patterns in Photoshop. We’ll be taking a watercolor floral Photoshop repeat pattern that has tons of colors in it, and reducing it to only 8 colors, while keeping it as close to the original as possible.
Learning how to color index in Adobe Photoshop is really important for designers to learn because it’s very common for designers to be given color limitations on their prints. The amount of colors used within a print affects the cost of the printing job. Therefore, designers will often be told that their prints can only be a certain amount of colors depending on the project. So it’s very important that designers learn how to reduce print colors in order to meet the print requirements.
When we color index our prints, Adobe Photoshop will reduce the print colors to the amount of colors that you want and it’ll create a stippling effect that simulates the color gradations within the print. I’ll be showing you the best way to set your indexed color amount and then how to take the next step of working with the color table to further reduce your colors and make the necessary adjustments to get to your target color amount!
If you haven’t watched the other videos in this series, make sure you watch those too!:
Part 1 Video: How to Vectorize Watercolors in Adobe Illustrator / PT 1 Scan & Clean Prep to Vectorize Watercolors Photoshop: youtube/BYn30F0K1wo
Part 2 Video: How to Vectorize Watercolors in Adobe Illustrator / PT 2 Raster to Vector Watercolor in Illustrator: • How to Vectorize Water...
Part 3 Video: Create Multiple Watercolor Colorways in Photoshop / How to Recolor a Watercolor Print in Photoshop: • Create Multiple Waterc...
Join me on my print/ pattern PLAYLIST so you can start learning how to make Illustrator prints like a pro! Click the link below to watch!: • Adobe Illustrator Prin...
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Timecodes:
0:00 - Intro
0:15 - Important info before you start
0:56 - Step #1 Color Index
3:01 - Color index stippling effect explained
4:04 - Testing your print to check for harsh texture
4:17 - Fixing harsh effect
4:50 - Step #2 The Color Table
5:11 - 3 Factors to consider for color reduction
5:35 - The game plan
6:33 - Reducing our colors with the color table
10:24 - Checking our color reduction
11:26 - Keeping track of how many colors you’ve reduced
12:05 - Saving your file properly & testing your repeat with reduced color
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@rebeccaartistryfashiondesign Жыл бұрын

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@macsweatshirt 4 ай бұрын

THANKYOU SO MUCH. I did an album art for a band that had 256 colors in it. They wanted it printed on a shirt with as minimal amount of colors possible bc of printing costs, so this is exactly what I needed! Thank you 😭

@rebeccaartistryfashiondesign 4 ай бұрын

Nice- sounds like a great project! I'm so glad this was helpful for you! You're very welcome!!!

@aine4400 Жыл бұрын

thanks Rebecca - this is incredibly useful - I love how you explain the whys behind the process and the gotchas - really appreciate this :)

@rebeccaartistryfashiondesign Жыл бұрын

You’re welcome! I’m so glad you found it useful! Thanks so much for that- and I appreciate you tuning in.

@aliakdogan9426 2 күн бұрын

thank you

@rebeccaartistryfashiondesign Күн бұрын

@@aliakdogan9426 You're welcome! Thanks for watching!

@loreli6052 4 ай бұрын

This was a great tutorial! Very well explained and easy to follow.

@rebeccaartistryfashiondesign 4 ай бұрын

Thanks so much! I'm glad you thought so- I appreciate it!

@stayathomecreator406 2 ай бұрын

So useful!! Exact video i was looking for, thank you :)

@rebeccaartistryfashiondesign 2 ай бұрын

You're welcome! Great- I'm so glad you found what you were looking for! Thanks for watching!

@aartimaurya4309 9 ай бұрын

Thank you for this video, it's very helpful

@rebeccaartistryfashiondesign 9 ай бұрын

You're welcome! I'm so glad you found it helpful!

@rem7447 7 ай бұрын

Very clear and smart tutorial, thanks!

@rebeccaartistryfashiondesign 7 ай бұрын

You're welcome! Glad you thought so. Thank you for watching!

@connect2mulla 4 ай бұрын

Hi! Thanks so much for this video! I wanted to ask if it's possible that once you color index in Photoshop, can you vectorize the watercolor design in Illustrator and it will retain those same 8 colors?

@rebeccaartistryfashiondesign 4 ай бұрын

You're very welcome! Sorry for the late reply! In my experience the answer is unfortunately no. The pattern will not retain only the 8 colors when brought into Illustrator. It adds back tones of the colors. Usually if I need to make a reduced color watercolor pattern, I color index in Photoshop as shown in the video, I keep this pattern as a Photoshop pattern, and I submit the file to the factory as a PSD file. I don't bring it into Illustrator at all and I wouldn't vectorize it.

@connect2mulla 4 ай бұрын

@@rebeccaartistryfashiondesign Thanks for the explanation! Really appreciate all the detailed videos you've made so far - I've just started working with a client on a surface pattern design and I've learnt so much through your videos! Hoping you'll share more videos in the future :)

@rebeccaartistryfashiondesign 4 ай бұрын

You're welcome! That's great that you're working with a client. I'm so glad to hear that you're learning from the videos!!! Yes I definitely plan to post more videos as soon as I'm able to. And I'm happy to answer any questions. Thanks so much for watching- I appreciate it!

@nehasingh-tb2qc 7 ай бұрын

Hello mam please make video on how to make all overplacement print

@aine4400 Жыл бұрын

Rebecca - what industries require you to reduce colors - I hear from some illustrators that it depends ... I looove all the colors - but am guessing color reduction is a must for fashion -hoping I dont have to go too low on the color reduction for say stationery etc - but if I do - this will be my go to :)

@rebeccaartistryfashiondesign Жыл бұрын

Yes it depends- and it can vary a lot. I don’t know specifically for stationery but usually if digital printing is being used, then there is no color limit and no color reduction is needed. But with other printing methods there are usually limitations, and the amount of colors allowed often depends on pricing and printing capabilities. So I recommend that all designers learn how to reduce colors so they can know how to do it if the situation arises. You should ask your employer or client if there are any color limitations, and exactly how many colors you can use for the project. **Always make sure to clarify if that number includes the ground color of the print. It’s definitely required often in the fashion industry because we use a lot of rotary printing. The price is higher per color with this type of printing. The company or client may be willing to pay a higher price for the printing on different projects depending on the situation. So I literally have to ask on every individual project what the exact color limitations are for that specific project. Sometimes they do use digital printing though, and then I don’t have to reduce colors at all.

@aine4400 Жыл бұрын

@@rebeccaartistryfashiondesign I love alll the colors 😉

@rebeccaartistryfashiondesign Жыл бұрын

@@dt6179 According to what I’m familiar with in the fashion industry, inkjet printing is a type of digital printing and it’s what we’re referring to when we speak about most digital printing. You can inkjet print on cotton, viscose/ rayon, silk, nylon, etc. without color limitations. Sublimation printing as you mentioned is another type of digital printing. This type can only be used on polyester or polyester mix fabrics. Also without color limitations. The printing methods that have color limitations are the ones that use screens such as rotary screen printing or flat screen printing (regardless of what fabric you’re using). I’m not a complete expert on everything that goes on inside the printing factories though so it’s always best to verify any requirements with the specific printing factory that you’re using. But this has been the case in my experience. Hope that helps!

@rebeccaartistryfashiondesign Жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

@navedinc 4 ай бұрын

Hi! I cant seem to get rid of the stippling effect even after switching to RGB mode. I tried increasing the number of colours as suggested in the video, but. it still didnt help. Is there any other way i can resolve this issue?

@rebeccaartistryfashiondesign 4 ай бұрын

Hi there! I'm sorry- I think I should clarify a bit. When I said switching to RGB mode would smooth it out, I meant it will smooth it out somewhat as compared to what you'll get initially in Index mode. When we first do index mode, there is a very harsh grainy texture we see that sometimes even causes a transparency to occur. This super harsh effect should go away when you switch to RGB mode, making the stippling not too noticeable in actual real life printing. - But it's not going to smooth it out as much as the initial image you started with that had all those tons of colors. So you will definitely see some stippling when you're zoomed in. Every print is different and will behave differently when the colors are reduced a lot. - The question is how noticeable is it on your print and how much texture is acceptable to you? Check your print at 100% on the screen. Does it look too grainy then? -I am asking because if you're zoomed in too much you may still be seeing a really harsh texture but it's not necessarily going to turn out that way. - When you look at the image at 100% scale, it looks more like how it will really turn out in real life. - Or an even better way to test it is by printing out a page of the print at 100% scale. If the printout is not too grainy then it should be ok. - If it is in fact too stippled, then increasing colors should help but you may have to go up pretty high in number depending on what your image looks like. - You can also test out different diffusion percentage amounts in that same box where you increase the colors- although I usually tend to leave this at the default 75%. -OR if it's still not good enough, then after you color index, you will have to manually go in with your paintbrush and paint over the areas that have too much stippling in order to fix them. ***But you should use one of the colors in your new reduced color print ( has to be the EXACT color, and using 100% opacity) so as to not increase the number of colors again. - Like I said, every print is different and will get different results. Sometimes the color indexing turns out really well, and sometimes it will take some more work on your part. Sorry- it is not an exact science unfortunately and Photoshop does not always do a perfect job. -Let me know how it works out for you. I hope that helps. Sorry if there was any confusion.

@navedinc 4 ай бұрын

@@rebeccaartistryfashiondesign thank you so much for your detailed reply, I really appreciate it as there is very limited information on the Internet about this topic (or atleast I couldn't find). It does answer a lot of other questions I had. Will definitely try following your suggestions 😊 Thank you once again!

@rebeccaartistryfashiondesign 4 ай бұрын

@@navedinc You're very welcome!!! Yes- there's not a lot of information on this topic out there. I'm happy to be able to help, and I'm glad that answered some of your questions. I hope it goes well with your print!

@aartimaurya4309 9 ай бұрын

Hello mam, i have a question, can i use this same indexing process for separating the colors of solid prints (not the watercolor ones) ?

@rebeccaartistryfashiondesign 9 ай бұрын

Hello! Yes- this method can be used on solid prints too. Not just the watercolor ones.

@aartimaurya4309 9 ай бұрын

@@rebeccaartistryfashiondesign thanks for the reply 🥰

@rebeccaartistryfashiondesign 9 ай бұрын

You're welcome!

@user-yi8pr6ct9k Жыл бұрын

Dear Rebecca, how are you sharing this file with the printing team? As a PSD in index mode or in a different way? Thank you!

@rebeccaartistryfashiondesign Жыл бұрын

Hi Bárbara- thanks for your question! This artwork can be sent to the printing team as a PSD file in Indexed mode, OR in some cases they may ask you to take it another step further and separate the colors into layers. In this case, you'll have to switch to RGB mode, and after you separate the layers, you would save it as a PSD file in RGB mode and send it like that. Since different printing factories can have different requirements, you can ask the print team you're sending it to which way they need you to send it- their preferred file type, color mode, and if they need it in layers or not. It's best to ask their specific requirement first. They will tell you. I work mostly with mass production and am often asked to separate colors into layers in which case I send a PSD in RGB mode. I'll most likely do a video on the layer separation sometime in the future.

@EmilyJaneWebb96 10 ай бұрын

Hi Rebecca, please can you show a video where you separate the colours into layers? Thank you, this was really helpful but I'm in need of another step :) @@rebeccaartistryfashiondesign

@rebeccaartistryfashiondesign 10 ай бұрын

@@EmilyJaneWebb96 Thanks- I'm so glad you found it helpful! Yes- I'll be happy to do the color layer separation video. It's already on my videos to do list- so I'll let you know when it comes out.

@EmilyJaneWebb96 10 ай бұрын

fabulous!! thank you. It is so great to find videos that are for fashion print designers as opposed to graphic artists etc 💗 @@rebeccaartistryfashiondesign

@rebeccaartistryfashiondesign 10 ай бұрын

@@EmilyJaneWebb96 You're welcome! Great- glad these are useful for you!

@adarshraj495 10 ай бұрын

Plz Hindi language

@rebeccaartistryfashiondesign 10 ай бұрын

Hi there! You can get Hindi subtitles by clicking on "CC" on the video screen, then go to Settings/ Captions/ Auto Translate/ and select Hindi. This should bring up the Hindi subtitles. Let me know if that helped. Thanks for watching!