CMYK Separations Risograph Tutorial

[@bonghig]

This is an incredibly helpful tutorial. You did a great job walking through each of the steps. Thank you!

[@kitetsustation]

You’re welcome! I pretend like I am explaining it to myself. 🤣🤣

[@toohappytobealive666]

I haven't used this video yet but this is the exact kind of tutorial I have been trying to find for years, so thank you. You explain it very simple in little steps and that's easy for me to follow (I'm someone who knows zero about any digital program such as photoshop). Thank you so much. Up until now I have always worked by hand with the riso, meaning I would have to trace my image on a seperate paper in all the different colors I wanted which is a lot of work. But I'm exited to try this color separation in photoshop (I've tried to ask the people that worked with the riso machine at the place I print, but they don't understand what I mean, and say it can't be done to separate colors from one image.. pff!!)

[@kitetsustation]

Omg!!! Thank you! Please try also my color separations tutorial in Photoshop here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/i6OpomiBoc6DZpY This shows how to start an illustration in Photoshop. The CMYK tutorial is if you already have a colour illustration but need to separate the colours. So you can try it both ways to see which results you like better. :-) I really appreciate this comment!!

[@poisonedclouds6999]

thank you for sharing this, its so helpful when showing each steps with such patience

[@alicjaboss]

I've been looking for exactly this kind of tutorial! Glad I've finally found it and your channel :)

[@kitetsustation]

Oh Im really glad! This one is for making the artwork in Photoshop: kzbin.info/www/bejne/i6OpomiBoc6DZpY Please let me know if there's other information you need - I am always taking suggestions!

[@daisymaynashmusic]

Ah this is the best tutorial I've seen for this, thank you!

[@Not-tomorrow]

Great tutorial, thank you! Done lot's of riso before, but excited to try out color separations. So awesome that you're based in Oakville!

[@kitetsustation]

Thanks for the kind note! I don’t really do print ‘jobs’ anymore tho!! Good luck!

[@Not-tomorrow]

@@kitetsustation Thanks! Actually doing an art residency with a riso, my first prints came out great!

[@aschesinkkonen1495]

thank you sm for this tutorial!!.I'm printing my first illustration book in Riso and to have tools and free education available has been so helpful.

[@kitetsustation]

Yay! Good luck with your book!!

[@swirlypop123]

this is exactly what i've been looking for!! thank you!!

[@meredithsmallwood]

Both of your tutorials have been really helpful. Thank you!!

[@kitetsustation]

Meredith Smallwood I'm so glad, thanks! Happy printing!!

[@nataliesilva4755]

i love you so much, this tutorial is amazing, you are completely incredible i love you

[@annanuss2041]

THIS WAS AWSOME THANK YOU

[@d.nicolaevsky]

This is perfect, thank you!

[@LauraNM]

super helpful!! thanks🤍

[@CanTamura]

Thanks for this tutorial. I saw it a couple years ago, and looked for it again when I wanted to double-check how to convert a photo into a halftone file for Risograph. I will print only in black, but it is interesting how you do the color separations with different angles, shapes, etc. I'd like to try that sometime.

[@kitetsustation]

Thanks!! I am so glad this tutorial helped you in your work and hope it turned out how you wanted!!

[@NadiaGasmi-m7p]

Amazing, still great and so helpful :)

[@aurorechapon9346]

Very very helpfull + the tip of making a simulation on screen is amazing ! I'm a graphic designer, and thanks to you I've just discovered a new way to make images… so THANKS A LOT

[@kitetsustation]

Awesome!! You’re welcome!!

[@sanpls]

Beautiful and very helpful

[@pacococo3763]

This video was fucking amazing, very educational. Thanks!

[@jeremyleung4389]

Thank you for uploading this, super helpful

[@kitetsustation]

Thanks!!

[@carmemgalvao1097]

this tutorial is perfect! So well done, helped me a lot

[@emilykouri3653]

This is great! Thanks so much.

[@pickyour]

i love you. thank you!

[@tirlio]

Thank you! This helps a lot!

[@kitetsustation]

Thanks!!

[@schiontek]

Awesome tutorial! Thanks

[@joshuabrown1300]

Thank You!!!

[@ironlette]

very helpful!!! thanks a lot!!!

[@kitetsustation]

Ahh you're welcome! ☺️

[@shannajackson767]

this is awesome and very helpful as I am hoping to start experimenting with riso printing... one problem i am having though when creating the bitmaps is that when i get to the rasterize layer step ( at about 14:00 in the video, and yes i am particularly interested in doing these halftone style prints!) , the rasterize tab is greyed out/not clickable... I've looked and looked and cannot figure out what is preventing this step aghhh help pleeease!!

[@kitetsustation]

Hmm please try this video at 3:32: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oaDSfoNrrt94nK8 I did this more recently and i think i am more step-by-step here. Please let me know if it works for you...

[@johnkough]

@@kitetsustation I just tried this and I have this same exact problem. Followed all the steps, I think, and "rasterize" is greyed out for all layers. Weird. (Update: now I find that, though I cannot do the rasterize step, I can still multiply one layer at a time, and if I multiply a given layer, the layer under it is seen in combo with the layer over it, as intended. So if I multiply the top two layers I see the top three layers combined. And the top layer color seems to dominate and modify the color or colors under it. [which is how it's supposed to go?]. The only thing I wonder about though is that I can only see an image built from maximum three colors, though my file has 4 color layers. The bottom, 4th color layer will not be seen. But anyway I think I was kind of able to make this work, and it's very cool. But the thing that differs from what you do in the video is that, as said, I cannot rasterize, and also, if I select more than one layer at a time, the entire blend mode menu greys out, so I can't multiply. Can only multiply one layer at a time.

[@kitetsustation]

@@johnkough i am not sure how i would be able to troubleshoot this if i can't recreate the issue in order to fix it.... do you have any suggestions?

[@johnkough]

@@kitetsustation Thanks for the response. I was partly just putting this out there to compare notes/discoveries with the previous commenter or anyone else who had this issue, and also looping you in in case you had any thoughts. I get that you don't have enough info though. Not expecting a troubleshooting session. Maybe I'll message you to see if you want to check out the file, but I certainly don't expect that. Thanks for the video! As I say, I'm actually starting to get some exciting results (which would otherwise be way beyond me), but just had to do a couple of things differently at the end, for whatever reason.

[@kitetsustation]

@@johnkough please go ahead and email the information - it's worthwhile to resolve it as it appears to be a recurrent issue

[@Blackwaters33]

Amaaazing tutorial! :)

[@kitetsustation]

Blackwaters33 Ahaha thanks again!

[@ztephkkkk]

Hi! I followed the tutorial exactly but my end result looks like a brownish yellow mesh of colors where you can vaguely see the original image... any ideas why this might be happening? Thank you!

[@kathleenriddell4209]

Hi, I did this tutorial a while ago and it made a perfect riso preview. Now when I've come back to it I can't seem to make it work the same way and I have no idea what I'm doing wrong. The colours keep coming out really dull and muddy instead of true to the original image. Do you have any ideas what I could be doing wrong? Thanks!

[@kitetsustation]

Hi, not sure without seeing the actual file but if I had to guess, I am wondering if you are copying the channel layer correctly? You must ensure in the Layers panel that only the original image is visible before going back to the Channels panel to grab c, m, y, or k layers...

[@alexandriamaniak]

Thank you!

[@kitetsustation]

You’re welcome!! 🥰

[@auilix]

Hello! I'm trying this tutorial to convert an somewhat detailed already made illustration that has colours and lineart in photoshop and just can't seem to get the colours right (coming up off and bland). I also don't have a Mac so I can't access Spectrolite and am a bit stuck! Do you have any advice on how you'd do this differently if it were an illustration rather than a photo?

[@davedave7904]

do you have a step by step guide on how to setup a one color file using Illustrator (vector) for Riso by chance?

[@roughastoast7536]

I'm following this exactly but some of my layers paste in colour - can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong?!

[@pierrotitube]

BRAVO

[@Oshyano]

Great help, thanks!

[@kitetsustation]

Thank you!

[@christinakang203]

Thanks for this tutorial! Are there any good tips on registering each layer? My risograph is only done through the scanner bed and I'm finding it hard to register things up tightly

[@kitetsustation]

Beyond making reg marks on the print and lining them up as best as you can with the arrow buttons, I’m not sure.

[@mintmageful]

Thank you :)

[@robomonk9305]

when I'll do rasterize they're turning in grey-scales although the image is in RGB - can anyone help?

[@techyeleru8850]

Good morning , madam Is it possible CMYK on single drum machine if we print one color after one?

[@johnkough]

Good video. Suppose you wanted to create a deliberately misaligned print, so that the color layers or channels were not quite lined up with each other correctly. Any thoughts on a way to do that?

[@kitetsustation]

Thanks! You can always select the layer and use the selection tool to move or nudge it to desired location.

[@johnkough]

@@kitetsustation Thanks. Should have been obvious. I wasn't sure if it would work that way for some reason.

[@kitetsustation]

I got your email I've been a bit swamped but I will try to get to it soon!!! Sorry!!!

[@johnkough]

@@kitetsustation Thanks. I replied in another comment thread below. The mystery is mostly solved, I think.

[@s.t.saanth7381]

Thanx for your totorials. Realy usefull. I have a riso 2 colour machine. Its have blue, green, red and black drums. It is posible or not to get natural colour print

[@kitetsustation]

Hi, you're welcome! You would need to experiment to see what works for you to be honest!

[@s.t.saanth7381]

@@kitetsustation full colour printing is posible or imposible to use riso machine?

[@kitetsustation]

If you do multiple passes you can try to get it close but it won't look the same and the registration will more likely than not be off.

[@s.t.saanth7381]

@@kitetsustation thanx for your reply. Do you have any full colour samples pictures? I have red green blue black drums. How to use these drums and get full colour print? Pls help me. My whatsapp [phone]

[@ranadeepjash1150]

hi have you done full color experiments?

[@ellmar306]

how is best to save this file? my file is 242MB! PNG?

[@nininooo599]

watch me having finished a whole illustration book and THEN deciding to Riso print it 😫 omw to separate channels for all 160 pages........🥲

[@kitetsustation]

You should talk to your printer first maybe they have a software that can do it for you!!

[@cocoandrobin]

Hi! Do you have a Patreon account?

[@kitetsustation]

Gah, I don’t have one!! Thanks for asking though! Maybe I should look into it…

[@gbmrqzz0]

[@Broters1993]

What a waste of time , you half explain why you doing things