Wednesday, 14 February 2018

OUGD505 - Preparing for commercial print workshop 2 - Screen Printing

Applying spot colours in photoshop

  • Open black and white tif image as greyscale.
  • Then choose mode > duotone
  • Duotone will allow you to change the colour of the image


Illustrator swatches
  • Create new swatch to apply different amounts of CMYK.
  • The colours can be chosen using the colour palette or colour swatch.
  • Click the 4 line symbol to the right of the swatch menu to 'add used colours' swatches.
  • The 'global' swatch option means tints will be available in the colour palette rather than CMYK options.
  • Editing a swatch can be done by clicking the 'preview' option in the swatch option menu. Then changing the colour will apply to all shapes that use that colour.
  • Opening the swatch library will display a range of presets for colour, including Pantone swatches. This is beneficial for finding a particular colour a client may have requested.

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