Step by Step How to Separate a 5 Spot Color Job in Adobe Photoshop for Screen Printing Tutorial
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Step by step how to separate a 5 color screen print job in Adobe Photoshop CC.
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@mikeydesignssilkscreen473 5 жыл бұрын
What is your preferred method for doing your seps? What application do you like to use?
@ianbowie8121 3 жыл бұрын
@@beto4Cristo How much do they charge per design?
@L2L_printing 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your videos Matt. They are very helpful 🤙
@mikeydesignssilkscreen473 4 жыл бұрын
I appreciate that Chris!!!
@fchiarini 5 жыл бұрын
Very cool your video, I watch almost all of them, only in lives because my English is basic, I'm here from Brazil a city in the state of São Paulo and I also have a silk screen. I really like your videos in color separations. Thanks I learned several things in photoshop with this video. Hugs
@mikeydesignssilkscreen473 5 жыл бұрын
Well thank you so much for watching all of my videos. I really appreciate it!!!
@lynnecole718 2 жыл бұрын
I thank you a lot as I know there are many others who will really appreciate your doing so.
@mikeydesignssilkscreen473 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@barnavah 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your videos I have learned a lot through them. and I don't have a special technique, sometimes I used color separation through Photoshop or separation study or also indexed the color depending on the design but all the applied techniques I learned on youtube which is a very useful tool to learn
@mikeydesignssilkscreen473 4 жыл бұрын
Thank you! I'm glad you found them helpful. I'll be sure to upload more in the near future.
@Flofresh 4 жыл бұрын
I love photoshop, they make everything easy and thanks for sharing
@mikeydesignssilkscreen473 4 жыл бұрын
Any time! They sure do. Great program.
@javiervillarreal5704 3 жыл бұрын
Now this is a good tutorial I can follow
@teamdunklin 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the Knowledge!!
@mikeydesignssilkscreen473 4 жыл бұрын
Any time!!
@Szenenmischa 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much for this video. I 've just started screen printing and I am happy I've decided to start printing with just white or just black colour. I think I need to learn the software better before I can print multi-coloured shirts.
@mikeydesignssilkscreen473 4 жыл бұрын
You're welcome. Just practice, or get some orders in that require multi-color and it'll motivate you to learn. :)
@weizhao9461 5 жыл бұрын
Hope more like this 希望这样的教程多一些
@mikeydesignssilkscreen473 5 жыл бұрын
Certainly! I'll post more because we process tons of this kind of work.
@vanessarincon483 5 жыл бұрын
I just realize I bought that registration mark template from u a while back it really helps
@mikeydesignssilkscreen473 5 жыл бұрын
That's awesome! We use it daily. :)
@n44raofficial71 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you bro! Very Helpful
@mikeydesignssilkscreen473 2 жыл бұрын
Glad it helped
@mohammadsharif2829 4 жыл бұрын
good job boss
@rpbvid 4 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂 So getting a whiff of the lens helps with the working of the camera? Maybe that works, because this video came out slammin'! 😂😂😂 Great job as usual Matt, in these troubled times that We are living thru, it's always good to see Your kind face, the teamwork of You and Shannon, and the icing and sprinkles on the cake, real live Apollo cameos and "sightings"! Bless You, and Your House, for kind words that You spoke to Me a few years ago... They meant so much❤ Keep up the good work!
@mikeydesignssilkscreen473 4 жыл бұрын
LOL! It's a little bit of camera voodoo. I really appreciate that and it was great talking to you! Bless you and your family! We're not immune to hard times, but we try to make the best of it and carry on with a positive outlook and smile on ours faces.
@rpbvid 4 жыл бұрын
@@mikeydesignssilkscreen473 YAY!!!
@mikeydesignssilkscreen473 4 жыл бұрын
@@rpbvid :)
@KhunNaGar 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much
@mikeydesignssilkscreen473 2 жыл бұрын
Any time
@RomboutVersluijs 2 жыл бұрын
I find the results using wand and anit-aliasing smoother. The edges using color range tend to be very hars. We could blur them a bit of course. Onliy when it looks really jagged of course
@mikeydesignssilkscreen473 2 жыл бұрын
Nice tip!
@RomboutVersluijs 2 жыл бұрын
Love that design btw! I would have added a thicker outerline so the text would differantiate itself better from the graphic. I find it a bit hard to read.
@matthewgrider33 5 жыл бұрын
thank you sir
@mikeydesignssilkscreen473 5 жыл бұрын
Any time, Matt! We'll give you a shout out next live and sorry to hear about your loss.
@matthewgrider33 5 жыл бұрын
Thanks I appreciate it very much
@RomboutVersluijs 2 жыл бұрын
Som emore love for the doggy ;)
@richardeg83 5 жыл бұрын
What would you prefer to go with adobe or separation studio for separations ?
@mikeydesignssilkscreen473 5 жыл бұрын
I prefer to use both. Quick edit in Seps Studio and fine tune in Photoshop. If I had to pick one though, Photoshop over Sep Studio.
@lynnecole718 2 жыл бұрын
I have watched some of your videos and I fine them helpful in starting my screen printing work. I like this one also. but I am having an issue, I have just started using adobe illustrator, an became totaly lost as the video progressed. Do you have a basic video for beginners> I just want to learn the basics of color seperation using simple images so that I can learn how to use illustrator.
@mikeydesignssilkscreen473 2 жыл бұрын
I'll get some up that are a little more beginner friendly.
@AshantiVO 4 жыл бұрын
Ok I have a question when would you need to halftone a design and when wouldn’t you have to?
@mikeydesignssilkscreen473 4 жыл бұрын
Anytime you have a gradual tone, or gradient. If it's just a solid colors, no halftones needed. Or if you're trying to use one color, say black onto of another color, to create a new color or shade, halftones come in handy there as well.
@RomboutVersluijs 2 жыл бұрын
SHould you apply the expand amount of pixels by the image size vs real size? If you work on a really hi res image, that 1px is really thin guess would hardly do anything at all
@mikeydesignssilkscreen473 2 жыл бұрын
I tend to work on the image at full print size, the expand the pixels. As long as it extends past the white base, you'll be golden... with good registration of course.
@RomboutVersluijs 2 жыл бұрын
@@mikeydesignssilkscreen473 ah I see. So what real size is that 1 pixel then. That would be like 0.1mm or so that very small
@edburley911 4 жыл бұрын
Hi. Can I do the same thing with Photo Shop Elements 2020?
@mikeydesignssilkscreen473 4 жыл бұрын
I'm not sure. As long as it has all the tool necessary to, then I don't see why not.
@AC-sf7rr 5 жыл бұрын
So let’s say I have a design with a picture and some text. Do I bitmap the picture but not the text? Is that correct?
@mikeydesignssilkscreen473 5 жыл бұрын
You could bitmap it if you don't have a rip software, and do you composition with the text not bitmapped. I would definitely go with a RIP software over bitmapping, but if that's all you have to start with, it'll work fine.
@kurtgulledge375 3 жыл бұрын
I’ve just recently started using photoshop. I’ve been watching some of your separation videos. I’ve noticed you done some separation in channels and now you’re using layers here. Is there a reason you would use one or the other?
@ianbowie8121 3 жыл бұрын
I'm curios as well ! Seems like doing the job twice
@mikeydesignssilkscreen473 3 жыл бұрын
It's been a learning process. I used to just make layers for the colors. Nowadays, we just make spot color channels and import the art into Illustrator to print our seps. Makes things faster. So what you've seen is us learning as well, lol.
@Hale-ze4gm 3 жыл бұрын
What does it mean to choke the under base? I hear it all the time but I don't really get what it does
@mikeydesignssilkscreen473 3 жыл бұрын
Choking the under base means to slightly reduce the size of it, that way the white ink won't peak out around the color overprint.
@midyv.8426 4 жыл бұрын
Hi Mikey How are you? I have no idea use photoshop i'm ready installed Adobe photoshop elements 2020 & premiere elements 2020 but i think is not the correct one for screen printing can you tell me if that one that i bouthg is correct to design for screen printing ?
@mikeydesignssilkscreen473 4 жыл бұрын
I'm doing well, thanks for asking. You will need to install the full version of Photoshop. Elements only has a few "elements" of Photoshop and not everything you need for screen printing and creating designs. Happy New Year!
@midyv.8426 4 жыл бұрын
@@mikeydesignssilkscreen473 thank you very much for answer me so quickly happy new year for you and your family.
@midyv.8426 4 жыл бұрын
sorry to bother you again but i don't know nothing about i lol but tell me if you can which one exactly have to buy because i saw to many in your website thanks.
@seph7889 3 жыл бұрын
is it ok that there is a little gap between the colors?
@mikeydesignssilkscreen473 3 жыл бұрын
The gap will show up just as it looks on screen. So what you'll want to do is spread the color(s) that don't but up.
@liewarstudio1853 4 жыл бұрын
I can't save the PDF file please help me..
@mikeydesignssilkscreen473 4 жыл бұрын
Did you get it figured out.
@vanessarincon483 5 жыл бұрын
When u say command its control on pc
@mikeydesignssilkscreen473 5 жыл бұрын
Hi Vanessa. Yes! Control on a PC. I've worked with PC's for sometime professionally, and it has the same effect. Just a little bit more of a reach to do the keyboard commands. :)
@vanessarincon483 5 жыл бұрын
Oh ok thank u
@mikeydesignssilkscreen473 5 жыл бұрын
@@vanessarincon483 Any time!
@saltynfresh 5 жыл бұрын
Are you still a fan of Separation Studio?
@mikeydesignssilkscreen473 5 жыл бұрын
Definitely! I only use separation studio for stop process jobs. Most of the time, this is how I go about separating my art. To me it seems quite simple, but I realize how much I could help the community by sharing how I go about doing my seps without sep studio.
@MaximRecoil 2 жыл бұрын
That sucks... not your tutorial, but that someone would send you raster artwork that wasn't created with each color on a separate layer to begin with. There's no perfect way to separate adjoining, anti-aliased colors when they're all on one layer. Had they created it as a vector file it would be no problem even if they'd put everything on one layer, plus it would inherently be able to max out your printer's resolution capability when you print out the film positives. I wouldn't want to screen print from a raster spot color design that was any less than 600 PPI at the desired print size. 300 PPI is only good enough for photographs IMO, not spot colors. And if some of those spot colors were in the form of relatively small/lightweight text, I'd want at least 1200 PPI.
@mikeydesignssilkscreen473 2 жыл бұрын
It happens a lot in this industry. We just let the client know that we can either a) vectorize it for a charge b) expect subpart print quality. Crap in, crap out. But nicely put.
@RomboutVersluijs 2 жыл бұрын
Well its up to them. You can charge for vetorizing it, but also charge for getting the correct output needed. Or they supply a proper file themselves.