Printing technique and setup technique is very important. In order to print this tasty hero on a colored shirt we definitely need an underbase screen. Jun 25, 2017 i am screen printing and would like to paint blue lettering on a red shirt. Corel shows the file as spot colors while illustrator shows 19, process and spot. Learn how to do a basic underbase separation in photoshop for screen printing. We are updating separo every week, bringing new features and improved separation quality. Separo is an intelligent screen print graphics preprocessing pipeline offering the best in class prepress color separation, artwork enhancement, and proofing. The print flow is better for sending to rip software, and your artwork is vector graphics so you can scale it up and down without pixelation. I do this for a couple reasons, the main one tho is so i have complete control over info and registration marks typeplacementline thickness. What is under base and why it is required for screen printing. Fsg is a screen printing and design company founded by screen printers. Ado1009 adobe illustrator overprinting and choke and.
Spot process sep studio 4 is the highly anticipated end to your struggles with raster and vector art, bad customer supplied files, and downloaded images not ready for screen printing. In this post, adobe illustrator will be used to create a threecolor screen print using a fictional company logo, and have it set up to allow a screen printer to easily print the. This is truly an amazing feature for us screen printers. During this time i completed a diploma of printing and graphic art at queensland school of printing and graphic art. To access illustrator s functionality, there are several areas you need to be familiar with, and this tutorial explores those areas. The fourth screen will be an underbase, so setup costs do go up.
Spot process software transformed sim process in 1995 into an easy and reliable onscreen and onpress system. I intend to create my legacy with hollywood screens and films. Preparing artwork for screen printing in adobe illustrator. Highend color separations for tshirt screen printing. The more transparent the top color the less you will see it when it falls off the choked underbase. Printing quality and low cost will depend on quality of your artwork and professional color separation. What is the best color separation software for screen printing. Video spss4 stock vector art walkthrough solutions for. The screen printers guide to adobe illustrator start.
May 14, 2014 the more transparent the top color the less you will see it when it falls off the choked underbase. In this tutorial we will be using a magenta color instead of the usual white color so you can actually see the stroke being applied. Its great for large runsbecause you could set up multiple shirtsfor a single design,and with a pull of a squeegee its done. Using illustrator also allows me to use vector art elements ex. Its great for large runs, about 12 shirts and above,and its the most common methodfor production since the late 1960s. Why illustrator is the best for screen printing graphics.
Using this technique of creating an underbase allows us to control the amount of ink in the underbase. The different types of color separations used in the tshirt screen printing industry such as simulated orocess, cmyk and more. Creating an underbase in adobe illustrator screen printing 101. Start screen printing now is the screen printers resource guide. The underbase is white ink, and it creates a foundation for your artwork. We suggest using a rip software to output your film positives to control the lpi and ink density. We have been working with scott now for about 5 years and some of the most complex prints would not print as well as they did if we had not used myseps. Theres something going on between your tshirt and the vibrant screen printed ink colors that make it look so good. No matter what type of printing process you use to decorate a garment, one of the greatest factors that will determine how good that print turns out is the artwork. Underbase same size as design no trapping tshirt forums. If youre on a tight budget, keep this in mind because having additional colors, as well as printing on a colored shirt will. Color separation software for screen printing separo. Ok, so i do seps in illustrator quite a bit and underbasing has always been part of alot of them. Its a layer of white ink hidden beneath the surface of your tshirt design called an underbase.
We are committed to our craft and the quality of your product. Using this method of creating an underbase allows us to control the amount of ink in the underbase. Catspit screen printing forum topics based on learning how. Welcome instructor when printers are screen printing on a shirt with color, they add an underbase. This short article will detail how to create screen print friendly underbases in any version of corel. Creating an underbase for screen printing in 5 quick steps.
Simulated process color is the best choice for screen. They are a promotional item that people can actually use, and they have the added bonus of being an advertisement for you. Creating an underbase walkthrough solutions for screen. Instructor when printers are screen printing on a shirt with color, they add an underbase. When i print the seps i always have to turn off the underbase in the output setting when printing the main colors and vice versa when printing the white underbase.
This is the most accurate method of doing so within a tshirt screen printing environment. When printing on a black or dark background, you need to print either sold or halftoned underbase of white ink. Design base easy to use high speed design automation for apparel decorators. Dec 07, 2010 getting tshirts printed is an ideal way to promote your business, organization or event. Ado1009 adobe illustrator overprinting and choke and spread topic. In this tutorial we duplicated the spot color channel seps and choked each channel before adding the channel to the underbase channel. Adobe illustrator software training by ryonet is designed to help you get up to speed quickly with adobe illustrator. Tshirt graphics with adobe illustrator master class.
Myseps offers the best color separations in the business and delivers with lightening speed. Make sure the resolution of the photoshop file is 300 ppi, which you choose when creating the new file in photoshop that you will post the image into. Nonetheless, dont hesitate to call a local screen printer to ask how to setup elements such as transparencies and gradients. Behind the scenes, she understands all the tricks and hacks needed to make your tshirts. Both corel draw and adobe illustrator are valuable vector programs making easy work of spot color separations but those separations by default are always butt registered. The underbase is white ink, and it creates a foundationfor your artwork. Once the underbase artwork is created we would normally set the stroke color to white so that all is left is the black choked area, it would now be ready to be printed onto transparent film for the next stage of the screen printing process. The smoother the underbase the better the top color will look. Separo is an online tool that creates separations in a matter of minutes, saving you hours of labor and hundreds of dollars spent on materials. In the underbase window we find a clear list of all the seps all sharing a. Photoshop separations for screen printing 3 color spot sep. How to apply a vintage distress texture or other knockout effect to a completed tshirt color separation done within photoshop. You must set the press offcontact so the thicker underbase will clear from the screen cleanly.
Coreldraw does not show the process colors used in this file while adobe illustrator does. The update process would be heavy and cumbersome with an installed software package, if available at all. No matter what type of printing process you use to decorate a garment, one of the greatest factors that will determine how good that print. Creating an underbase in adobe illustrator screen printing 101 on 2016 no comments. Photoshop screen printing videos ultraseps color separation. There is some fine detail on the indian head so i am not sure what size of mesh to use and if i can get away with only doing a screen for the underbase and one screen for the red lettering on the one word. You can easily look at some of the free content by simply registering for the free trial no money needed. Tshirt graphics with adobe illustrator master class 30day money back guarantee. Each custom paper and apparel product is produced by hand, and designed by fsg. Keep in mind, that if youre using an established screen printing company it will often be the case that they have a separator on staff, or use new, highend separation software.
Likewise, trapping type at small point sizes can result in hardtoread type. This is a discussion about underbase same size as design no trapping that was posted in the screen printing section of the forums. Jan 17, 2018 check out separo color separation software for screen printing weve been using it for free for a while they do have a paid service, but we dont use it just yet as it doesnt quite fit our needs. Meet tseps developer, scott fresener, who spend years teaching screen printing and color separations well before he developed fastfilms now tseps back in 1999. The underbase ensures that the colors in your designare vibrant, and that you wont havesignificant shifts in color. The most comprehensive halftone riping and color separation software solutions in the screen printing industry. In this tutorial we duplicated the spot color channels and choked them before adding them to the underbase channel. These objects will always print as gray on composites and as an equal tint of all inks in separations. Superslick, screen printing separations with illustrator. The screen printers guide to adobe illustrator start screen. Your ministry gear designer is an expert who knows screen printing inside and out. Also how to add the texture to the white underbase somewhat differently to provide the optimum results on press. Scott is considered a pioneer in the tshirt industry and an excellent teacher and color separator.
First, make sure none of the artwork is locked, choose object unlock all. I recommend this course to all master screenprinters. Simulated process color is the best choice for screen printing photorealistic images containing thousands or millions colors. Software for screen printers prepress software software. Photoshop separations for screen printing 3 color spot sep using photoshop channels saving to dcs 2. While photoshop and corel draw might be the favorite of most print shop art departments, i will forever stand by my opinion that illustrator is the best and easiest design program for creating graphics for screen printing. This guide contains all of the things i think are important to creating screen printing graphics in illustrator. I wish to let you know that your course highend tshirt colour separations in photoshop master class. For example, if you are printing black type on a colored background, simply overprinting the type onto the background may be enough. As with tint reduction, check with your print shop before trapping such type.
To make an underbase for a gradient color, select that color in illustrator, copy it and paste it into photo shop. The first area is the tools panel, generally found on the left hand side of the screen. That would also cause confusion that would dramatically slow down production. Currently i am importing the file as an illustrator. There are a couple techniques we use to create an underbase. The color you specify will be used for representing registrationcolored objects on the screen. Types of color separations for screen printing ultraseps. I am thinking that i need to do an underbase for the whole design and then a screen for just the word that will be red.
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