Color Separation in Photoshop for Screen Printers Part 1

This is a quick tutorial on how to do a simple color separation in photoshop for screen printers.

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• color separation
• photoshop
• screen printing
• film output

[morales833]

can you do this with the regular photo shop

[filmdirectonline]

This is photo shop cs3. But you should be able to do the same thing with previous versions....

[flaviaray4]

@KidsDestroyChiptune You could just change the resolution back to 300dpi. This will help with the canvas issue but the image will still probably have some sawtooth edges. Only way to fix that would be to redo the logo at 300 dpi or take it into illustrator or corel and live trace it.

[KidsDestroyChiptune]

i have a question: i have this logo that i accidently made on 72dpi.. when i get a canvas with 300 dpi and import the logo, the logo is tiny and the canvas is huge even tho the measurement in inches remains the same. what is the best way to help me get my 72dpi logo into 300dpi? also the logo is fairly simple. 1 color.

[jshinejr]

great video thanks!



[THE11COLLECTION]

Hi, do you know why this is giving me a black background instead of a white one?

[absurd207]

wow that saves me some time thanks

[patleo123]

Thanks for posting this video. It helps a lot.

[hoover528]

Thanks so much for this, even just showing me how to use the channels was cool, I was working with gradients in the image and it was a bear but thanks to this vid I made huge progress in a short amount of time... POST MORE VIDEOS!!! :) Really Thanks a million!

[SpaceAceTX]

But pressman will want registration marks, color bars and image at least 3/4" from plate edge and a centered copy or the boss man will rip you a new one if it gets to press without them

[quantumpolice]

This instruction stops midway through!!!!

[satoideas]

Hi. I go to colour range, use eye dropper, make selection. But when I save selection as a new channel, the channel becomes inverse. In other words, the black part within the channel is inverse. Do you know why that happens? Also, what is an under-base? What is it for? Many thanks!