How to Manually Separate Simulated Spot Process in Photoshop

[@erickgomez7714]

Cool tutorial, one question, for the positive printing is neccesary tu use Accurip software or that´s something that could be also manual?

[@mikeydesignssilkscreen473]

It can be done manually. Check out our video here. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fp-3dJqag6yCeJY

[@supernube5051]

@@mikeydesignssilkscreen473 I know you occasionally use Seperation Studio but can you do it everytime within Photoshop ? Separation Studio and Accurip are silly expensive :-(

[@mikeydesignssilkscreen473]

@@supernube5051 Separation Studio now has a RIP built into it. I do use Photoshop, but separation studio more because it makes separating that much faster, and time is money. I can't separate every piece of art in Sep Studio though. Sometimes I have to manually do it. If it's vector art, I sep it manually in Adobe Illustrator.

[@shreechanchitrakar1174]

u dont need rip software.. while u print out , just put halftone output to max of your printer,,, normally people will tell u that input and out put must be same but ,,, try it...

[@mikeydesignssilkscreen473]

@@shreechanchitrakar1174 You don't need it, but if you plan on creating films quick for production, it saves a ton of time.

[@terradan2013]

Videos like this is what makes your channel unique because most people does not put out content, explaining in detail, like you do on the artwork side of things. This is where I've had the most issues, but you are making things soooooo much clearer for me. Everyone has something to offer on their channel and I appreciate them for sharing because I've learned most of everything I know about screenprinting from watching hours of video on KZbin. Other knowledge has come from blogs and books. Thanks for sharing your years of expertise!

[@mikeydesignssilkscreen473]

Thanks, Terrance! I really appreciate it.

[@yemarican]

Out of all the color separation videos I have watched, this by far is THE BEST. Very detailed and understandable. Thank you for sharing it with us. I have been screen printing as a hobby for now and just never understood color separation .. I do the CMYK though with excellent results. Thanks again mate.

[@mikeydesignssilkscreen473]

Thanks! I really appreciate that! Let us know how things turn out.

[@KaiBuskirk]

Well Done! Great Pace! Have a Strong Day!

[@mikeydesignssilkscreen473]

Thanks! You too!

[@mikeydesignssilkscreen473]

Let us know if this video was helpful in the comments!

[@mdshaju239]

How to best quality mesh 55% dot

[@mikeydesignssilkscreen473]

@@mdshaju239 You could use a 305 mesh. To achieve the dot you're after, multiple it by 4.5. In this case 247.5. As long as you choose a mesh higher than that, you'll be good.

[@katherinneochaeta9630]

Thank you so much for your content, I'm watching this for a packaging not for a print a t-shirt, but this tutorial help me a lot for make an easy way to convert to spot channels thank you!!

[@kevinwallis2194]

ive been racking my brain trying to get this photoshop process down. This is the best video ive found so far to guide me along. After starting and stopping 100 times and restarting the video from the start many times, im starting to get the hang of it.. Needless to say i took a photo that im sure would be almost impossible to start with.

[@mikeydesignssilkscreen473]

That's awesome! Just takes repetition.

[@rhyan-wi1nz]

Thank you very much for this video

[@niknikson5940]

Thank you , this is exactly what I encountered in my new job and have been looking hard for recently !

[@mikeydesignssilkscreen473]

You are so welcome

[@tbert325]

I learned a LOT this morning!

[@mikeydesignssilkscreen473]

Be sure to check out our latest video and I will also be posting a video on how to manually separate a 4 color job.

[@keithfletcher226]

You really know your stuff. I am only thinking about screen printing and have never worked with Photoshop ... but this gives me enough info it makes me think I could learn to use it. When I have looked at this kind of thing it seemed overwhelming ... but ... maybe ... just maybe. Thanks a ton.

[@mikeydesignssilkscreen473]

Thank you! You can do it!

[@howtoguit]

I take it this is kind of the follow up video to the race car shirt? Essentially separating colors of a photo for screenprinting. I'm curious if you can do all this in Illustrator or is Photoshop the main tool for this kind I thing. I only have Illastrator right now and I'm trying to work up a race car shirt. Thanks, brotha.

[@cherylbrown6746]

Im only 4 minutes in and so GRATEFUL!!!

[@mikeydesignssilkscreen473]

Awesome! Thanks Cheryl!

[@dianeu5267]

amazing process! Thanks for doing the video; it was truly well done and very interesting!

[@mikeydesignssilkscreen473]

Thank you! I have a couple more just like this on my channel. Perhaps they'll help. :)

[@dublu.1547]

Thanks so much for this tutorial man! it helped me out so much!!

[@mikeydesignssilkscreen473]

Glad to hear it!

[@jotajota5936]

Thank you Mikey I real appreciate that like I always say you are the man

[@mikeydesignssilkscreen473]

Haha, thank you!

[@toxicmon6597]

hey mike great stuff can you tell me what printers are compatible with separation studio 4??? i have a canon pixma ix 6820

[@asd71193]

Thanks Mike, you are the man bro!!!

[@mikeydesignssilkscreen473]

I appreciate it!

[@milsontsogprint7661]

Mickey.. can i ask about Wet on Wet on dark shirt... u must print sample about 6 times to blend the colors? is that what u mean?

[@dragon_lover7635]

Great tutorial. Right now i'm starting to lern how to separate manually in Photoshop. In future with my friends we want to open something own. If you have some others tutorials with Separation please share :) I try to understand this better .

[@mikeydesignssilkscreen473]

That's great to hear. I sure will!

[@vishaljaiswal3237]

Best tutorial

[@mikeydesignssilkscreen473]

Thank you!

[@Tim.McElheny]

Hey Matt, great video! After following along with you I am really getting the hang of manual separations and I'm liking it a lot! One question - how would I pull browns and golds?

[@mikeydesignssilkscreen473]

Thanks, Tim! The mixture of red and yellow will make gold, and brown will be a mixture of red, yellow, black, and possibly the blue or cyan if you were to use those colors. For a custom brown or gold, or for large areas that will require a custom spot colors, use the selection tool / eye dropper. Select the brown or gold area, and adjust the fuzziness slider to add or subtract from the selection. I hope this helps some.

[@Tim.McElheny]

Thanks for getting back to me so quick! That helps! I’m going to give it a try.

[@mikeydesignssilkscreen473]

@@Tim.McElheny Any time!

[@larryfenix]

Great tutorial!

[@mikeydesignssilkscreen473]

Thank you!

[@fidelcespedes6884]

hola amigo gracias por tus videos esto aprendiendo muchisimo

[@mikeydesignssilkscreen473]

Thank you!

[@backhandthings4942]

im learning a lot from these. thank you

[@mikeydesignssilkscreen473]

That's awesome! Thanks for watching.

[@tbalenskyz]

After going to color range and picking a color i feel like im not getting as much information as I should be. Is there a way to set tolerance or something? Also after selecting color range then expand and create new channel i then have to fill my selection with white or itll be straight black. You dont have to do this step you just go straight to invert. I think some of my settings must be different then yours. Any help at all would be appreciated. Ive watched the video about 5 times now great job. Thanks

[@mikeydesignssilkscreen473]

On press, it'll have all the info there even if it looks like there's not enough info. Some colors will just be that way.

[@benhummer185]

Very useful! Thanks allot!

[@mikeydesignssilkscreen473]

Any time!

[@kevinwallis2194]

i do have a question for ya. photo shop or photo illustrator or both, and what others do you recommend to go with them?

[@mikeydesignssilkscreen473]

I recommend using both Photoshop and Illustrator. Aside from that a good rip software.

[@mattanderson957]

Thank you for the most helpful tutorial. I only have a 4 color press, so I need to figure out how to create colors by only using 3 + white.

[@mikeydesignssilkscreen473]

I'm going to upload a video this week on how to separate a 4 color job manually.

[@spiesmoss]

all the way from Cape Town - South Africa ... thank u :)

[@mikeydesignssilkscreen473]

Awesome! Thanks for watching.

[@Youzarsif33]

Thank u my friend 👍

[@mikeydesignssilkscreen473]

No problem 👍

[@davidreed1350]

Love your work. I was following your steps and couldn't figure out how you merged the "cyan and blue " information. I think you were using quick keys.

[@mikeydesignssilkscreen473]

Thank you! Go to image > apply image, it'll allow you to take one channel, and merge it onto the other and gives you various blending options. I used multiple so it's basically adding the cyan to the blue, or vise versa. I hope this helps.

[@plakookokou1426]

Très interessant .....

[@mikeydesignssilkscreen473]

Thanks!

[@jeffreycondas2873]

Thank so much for the tutorial....so helpful...how would this look on a 160 mesh with a rip of 35 give or take????

[@mikeydesignssilkscreen473]

Thanks, Jeffery! I generally use 42-45 and turns out great. Shouldn't be that much lesser of quality, but it also depends on how much ink is going down. I would say give it a shot and see how it turns out and report back.

[@gregwilliams441]

Do you screen print using the Pantone Mixing System? The reason I ask is I believe most screen printers do, and if so why do some color separators not use the PMS color swatch such as PMS 485 Red from the Pantone Coated palette instead of clicking on an generic RGB red with your eye dropper. I don't know of anyone who prints using RGB inks. If you use the actual PMS color for the seps, then it would make more sense trying to match the ink colors. Am I missing something here?

[@mikeydesignssilkscreen473]

A lot do, and a lot don't. It depends on your shop, and your clients demands. We don't get a whole lot of clients that want or need PMS color matching. As soon as they here that it's an extra $10 per Pantone match, they spring for the closest house color available. We use Pantone match colors when using Separation Studio to quickly do seps, which isn't always a cure all. When a client is looking for a match PMS color, we use the color picker in RGB and cross reference it with Pantone colors. With screen printing, their are inks that can come pretty close to RGB representation. As you know, CMYK can't produce as vibrant colors as RGB, like fluorescent colors, an RGB red, etc. I hope this is making some sort of sense. Greathing about screen printing is vs let's say, DTG, is screen printed colors are still much more vibrant than printing yellow and magenta to produce a red, or orange. Mixed screen printing colors still to this day are much more vibrant.

[@lokalphil]

Hi Mikey, Great video! I was reading this comment. I would like to ask, for this separation in the video, are you using the closest ready mixed Plastisol colors? Then all wet on wet after the underbase?

[@watnow7284]

very helpful video... thank you, dude

[@mikeydesignssilkscreen473]

Glad it helped!

[@ronaldmiller3043]

Mikey,What's the best software to use

[@mikeydesignssilkscreen473]

actionseps.com

[@hupaogaming9559]

I hope your channel grow :) this tutorial great!

[@mikeydesignssilkscreen473]

I really appreciate that!

[@britneysones8170]

Hi, you mention towards the end that if you were printing down the black you would feather out the edges. Would you be doing that in Photoshop or Illustrator? I feathered my black ground in Photoshop, but then for some reason when I delete the RGB original channels to then save as a eps file, my transparent background (where feathering of black ground occurred) goes to white instead of remaining transparent? So when I place it into Illustrator it has a white box ground... which i'm not looking to have since it would be printed on a black t-shirt. Any thoughts on that?

[@mikeydesignssilkscreen473]

Hi Britney! Got your email and I'll get with you today. Been a busy week. Generally, I wouldn't do black on a black shirt. Just let the shirt show through, but if you need black, I would feather it in Photoshop. Sounds like you need to make it a spot color and perhaps inverse the channel. Hard to tell without seeing your file. I hope this helps!

[@thaonca]

Hey! How are you? Why you use 5% in spot?

[@sahilbodale]

Thanks sir

[@barnaclerusty]

Mikey this is so helpful. I have never known a good way to manually sep in Photoshop. Your method looks easy. I have used Separation studio for years, and it took me many setups to get that down. What do you think works best, sep studio or this method? Depends on art? Which do you prefer? Thanks!

[@mikeydesignssilkscreen473]

Glad it helped! I'll use sep studio to get things done fast and if I know the colors I'm looking at work within their preselected PMS colors. For the most part, I'll give sep studio a shot first, if I don't like the results, I'll manually separate it which takes a little more time. We'll bill that additional time to the client. Colors like large orange parts, hot pink, etc tend to work better in photoshop. You just have to know how to use your levels and or curves to get things where they need to be which takes practice and as you've mentioned, multiple setups to predict what your seps on press will do.

[@barnaclerusty]

@@mikeydesignssilkscreen473 I sometimes use sep studio to get things started and go to Photoshop. I get some wired color previews and hard to tell what it actually looks like and how it will print. Maybe I am in the wrong color profile. I will try your method. Thank you so much. This is great info… I never went to school for screen printing, it was just something I learned from trial/error, printers, and videos like these :)

[@cherylbrown6746]

Great job!! Hoping this can still print dark without the rip software...

[@mikeydesignssilkscreen473]

Thanks! It will. Have you seen our tutorial on creating halftones manually?

[@shoeengine1161]

Option + Delete (Mac) | Alt + Backspace (Win) fills with the foreground color. (in case anyone was wondering) 👍

[@cherylbrown6746]

...??? Does any white work as an underbase or can I ONLY use an underbase... Cant seem to find a bunch of choices.

[@mikeydesignssilkscreen473]

Any white will work.

[@user-kx6fw8ub9g]

when is it okay to use the cmyk process and the spot color process?

[@mikeydesignssilkscreen473]

I wouldn't recommend CMYK. It's too difficult to get each print consistent because of how transparent CMYK inks are.

[@ralphfunes9473]

Mikey...another great tutorial sir (one of your best in my humble opinion)! If this image had a distress filter would you add it last once the seps layers are done? just thinking the expand x1 will affect resolution during the channeling process...thoughts?

[@mikeydesignssilkscreen473]

Thank you! The distressed effect will be picked up during the separation process, so there really won't be a need to add it later, unless you're not getting the results you're after.

[@AmericanWithTheTruth]

OK this is awesome however… Can you use high opacity water-based inks to get the same affect instead of using plastisol oil based inks? There is quite a few of us that don’t use oil based inks at all and just go to water-based ink route for various reasons.

[@mikeydesignssilkscreen473]

Water based inks tend to not be as vibrant, but you could use any ink as long as you have the means to cure / set the ink. Plastisol just tends to be a little more user friendly for beginners, and easier to cure.

[@sonerslmz]

you are very good

[@mikeydesignssilkscreen473]

Thank you so much 😀

[@jonmarccarey]

Is there a way to figure out which pantone or spot color to use? Thanks

[@mikeydesignssilkscreen473]

Yes. Use your eye dropper. Click the swatch in the toolbox. Once the color mixer comes up, select Color Libraries and it'll give you a Pantone number based off of the drop down menu up top.

[@alanromero4660]

What does the Black film look like? It looks like the black channel will print a lot of black around the image also.

[@celsocabbab4165]

sir how would i know if the process for the design is for cmyk or simulated?

[@safakjulekrboga1414]

thank u so much :)

[@mikeydesignssilkscreen473]

Welcome 😊

[@freedomdesign5313]

THANK YOU VERY VERY MUCH..

[@JFinch127]

Great video and everything was easy to follow along with. I am however plagued with when I place the saved file into illustrator it is just a big white image with no detail. I’m trying to figure the problem out but help in Adobe is no help. Have you ever had this issue and if so what did you do to fix it? It will print but without being able to see the image I have to waste expensive film to get it just right.

[@mikeydesignssilkscreen473]

Sorry to hear about the issues. What version of Illustrator / Photoshop? Did you save it out as a DCS 2.0? With the spot colors assigned in Photoshop? And you were sure to select the appropriate colors in Photoshop for the spot colors?

[@JFinch127]

Mikey Designs & Silk Screen I was using the latest CC versions of both and since have downgraded to previous versions to try to fix the issue. Yes yes and yes to your other questions. After fooling around with everything I finally tried changing the render settings for the import to lower the image resolution and I can view them now. After looking for solutions this seems to be a very common issue dating back to the 2018 version released last year and Adobe has done nothing to fix it. Adobe techs answering questions about the issue said they are phasing out DCS and obviously don’t care that screen printers use it.

[@JFinch127]

@@mikeydesignssilkscreen473 Forgot to mention what setting it was in the event someone asks you about it or if you wind up having the problem yourself. Edit>Preferences>File Handling & Clipboard. Under Files check "Use Low Resolution Proxy for Linked EPS". May not work for everyone, but it fixed it for me.

[@mikeydesignssilkscreen473]

@@JFinch127 Ahhhh, now that you mention it, I did have that issue as well, so I have stuck with the 2017 version. I recall updating CC to 2018, and saw no preview for EPS files. Also, I haven't been able to install the plugin for my plotter in the newer versions. Keep crashing for whatever reason. Glad you found the issue, and sorry it didn't click in my brain sooner.

[@mikeydesignssilkscreen473]

Thanks for sharing,@@JFinch127!

[@nashwarrick]

Great vid man thanks a lot....

[@mikeydesignssilkscreen473]

Thank you! Any time.

[@225theprintlab8]

great video Mikey

[@mikeydesignssilkscreen473]

Thank you!

[@Shaadu19]

Hello bro good work, Can u please upload a video color seperation for aerosol can printing

[@mikeydesignssilkscreen473]

I'm not sure what you mean. Could you explain?

[@Shaadu19]

@@mikeydesignssilkscreen473 color separation for can printing, cmyk artwork into pantone different spots upto 8 colors for plate ctp making

[@ozeenr]

Hi broth, do you use special setting on your photoshop? Why i can not duplicat chanel and duplicat image like you did? I am sure follow your tutorial step by step but i can not do it like you did, i duplicate the chanel and duplicate the image but it's nothing showing the chanel duplicate and the image duplicate.thanks

[@mikeydesignssilkscreen473]

Maybe try resetting Photoshop's preferences. I believe it's command or control K

[@carlputney5803]

Awesome video, always helpful. You know, if you get tired of screen printing, you could teach. hehe

[@mikeydesignssilkscreen473]

Thanks, Carl! Haha, that's true. :) I'm actually in the process of helping a teacher teach her students how to screen print by point her to some of my videos.

[@rmsg1244]

Hey Matt, thank you for providing your awesome tutorials, I have learned a lot from you as I am just beginning my journey into screen printing. I had a couple of questions which I hope is not too elementary, but I recently bought a 4 color manual press and just getting my bearings with the process. How can this process be adjusted (if at all) to be used for printing 4 colors? And I noticed that the t-shirt channel is black to simulate the color of the tee, but if not using a black shirt am I supposed to create a black channel layer? Thanks in advance!

[@mikeydesignssilkscreen473]

Thank you! For a color shirt, or white shirt, you would definitely have to print black if the design needed it. Really just depends on the design. Something else you have to consider is the color of the shirt also will affect the print. We did some shirts that were black and sapphire, but added black to the sapphire, but the sapphire shirts still have a blueish tint to them. All standard stuff though.

[@rmsg1244]

@@mikeydesignssilkscreen473 Thanks for the words of wisdom!!

[@mikeydesignssilkscreen473]

@@rmsg1244 Any time!

[@norshamsuhaimymahmadnaip142]

Like it so much...!!!

[@mikeydesignssilkscreen473]

Thank you!

[@logunsrun76]

How is this manual? I do not have Photoshop, Illustrator, or any programs on ipad. Do i need a program to separate films!

[@mikeydesignssilkscreen473]

It's manual because no separation software, that automatically does it for you is in use. You'll definitely need a design software at least.

[@smetankorzevic6647]

Nice!

[@mikeydesignssilkscreen473]

Thank you!

[@alanaspalace4161]

When it comes to merging the channels. In this case, you didn’t have a lot of blue so you merged the information on the channel with the Cyan and deleted the blue channel. Are you saying these steps correctly? When I do this, the channel I am keeping will just get lighter. For example- I have this pinkish color and the info is made up of red and magenta. I want to get rid of one of these channels and just change the spot color to the color of pink I am using. But when I hold option and hit delete on the channel after selecting the info on the other unwanted channel, the information just becomes a lighter shade of black. My workaround has just been choosing selected colors and clicking on the pink color and using the slider to pick how much I want to grab. But I’d rather combine/merge the channels so it is more accurate.

[@alexandrechagas4907]

Mister Mickey doesn’t understand your language anymore how to use the program’s tools helped me a lot obrigado

[@graphicart7352]

Is there a Intellectual property rights problem if you specifically print movie posters on T-shirts?

[@mikeydesignssilkscreen473]

Definitely. We didn't print this though. It was only for educational purposes.

[@SAMOMAR]

good tutorial

[@jotajota5936]

Hey gm Mikey can u please make a video on how to make half tone image please. Can it be done on Adobe illustrator an how step by step

[@mikeydesignssilkscreen473]

Certainly! I'll do that ASAP.

[@rqgraphics]

When I place this in Illustrator it comes up just a black square instead of showing full art. Great Tutorial by the way. This will help me out a lot moving forward.

[@mikeydesignssilkscreen473]

Might need to delete everything aside from the spot channels and save it as a DCS 2.0 eps. Great to hear!

[@tasnimadvertising7449]

Sir, please upload a video of separation of another color, either for an example brown color, gold and any Which is not in the color range option. Show how to seperate his color the t-shirt is not black nor any other color. please help me

[@mikeydesignssilkscreen473]

Sure will! Just as soon as I get a break from work.

[@hotboxprintstudio]

Hey Matt - Curious, why'd you choose to expand your selection each time after grabbing a color range?? Are you mitigating a problem that will occur on press by doing so???

[@mikeydesignssilkscreen473]

Hotbox Print Studio Chico Ca it essentially trapping. That way you do not have white showing up where it doesn’t need to be. Like color fades to black. I hope this makes sense.

[@hotboxprintstudio]

Oh Ok, I kinda figured... would you just bitmap each channel and halftone them to the same specs as in your settings at the end if you do not have accurip? Also, is it necessary to use process inks for sim process or can you use regular plastisols?

[@mikeydesignssilkscreen473]

@@hotboxprintstudio That's correct. If you do not have a rip software, bitmap each channel, 300 dpi @ 22.5º angel. Just use regular inks, unless there are flesh tones. For me, really, if there is some bright red text, I'll use regular bright red ink and just pull back the red in the flesh a little. If that makes sense.

[@hotboxprintstudio]

@@mikeydesignssilkscreen473 rad, thanks! - so normal plastisols can be used wet on wet like this as well?? that was my concern. I thought they had to have less opacity so that they mixed together properly? Ive always just done spot stuff but am looking into trying my hand at this soon...

[@mikeydesignssilkscreen473]

You can use just about any ink. I wouldn't recommend using a runny ink though like Union inks Ultrasoft ink, which is made for printing on white or light garments... however, if you are printing on white shirts simulated process, that will work fine. I hope this helps.

[@amirkshvrz2215]

please do a manual separation on an image with white background. I've tried it and it's a bit different I guess as the final results were different from what I got from an image with black background (which seemed to be alright).

[@mikeydesignssilkscreen473]

Sounds like a plan for an upcoming video.

[@alanromero4660]

Not able to place the saved file into illustrator. I'm using CC 2019 for both. Any suggestions?

[@mikeydesignssilkscreen473]

There is some sort of bug in CC 2019 / 2018 when it comes to placing eps files on the art board and it showing a preview. I've had this same issue as well as others. Try downloading 2017 and that should work.

[@alanromero4660]

can i just print out of photoshop? @@mikeydesignssilkscreen473

[@mostafaragab5801]

this kind of separation is works only for black T Shirt if i use another color of T Shirt i think i must make failm for black color can you tell me how to got it from rgb channels ?

[@mikeydesignssilkscreen473]

You'll have to make a black channel. You can convert your image to CMYK, and use the black channel.

[@mostafaragab5801]

@@mikeydesignssilkscreen473 thank you so much

[@mikeydesignssilkscreen473]

@@mostafaragab5801 You're welcome.

[@kassabof]

channel solidity number 5%? is that the best choice?

[@mikeydesignssilkscreen473]

Adjust it until it starts looking like your artwork.

[@crumptees]

Great tutorial, but I think for a lot of people that do not have rip software it would be useful to show the whole process in Photoshop to where you create the halftones instead of the rip doing it.

[@mikeydesignssilkscreen473]

I'm working on that one as well! Keep an eye out for it.

[@mikeydesignssilkscreen473]

This video was long enough so I'll make that a separate one.

[@mikeydesignssilkscreen473]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/fp-3dJqag6yCeJY

[@crumptees]

@@mikeydesignssilkscreen473 watched it the day it came out 👍

[@mikeydesignssilkscreen473]

Awesome! Just posting the link up incase others come across as well and are curious. Thanks for watching!

[@inovagraphicspro9420]

what is the fuzziness during color range?? is fuzziness affects the color range selection

[@mikeydesignssilkscreen473]

Exactly! And it's kinda like a blur too.

[@inovagraphicspro9420]

so whats your default of fuzziness for color range?

[@mikeydesignssilkscreen473]

@@inovagraphicspro9420 Depends on the art, but around 100 for most simulated process.

[@inovagraphicspro9420]

@@mikeydesignssilkscreen473 ok thanks for your fast responds.. im looking forward for your new tutorials.. by the way i dont have accurip thats why i convert it to tones manually..

[@nenitasalon1890]

My son gwapings eric he also watching you sir for design photo oracion latin

[@mikeydesignssilkscreen473]

Very cool

[@selfmade9546]

mikey how manage moire thanks bro

[@mikeydesignssilkscreen473]

Any time

[@LanceCozley]

Why I cant open it on adobe illustrator (PLEASE PLACE THIS FILE IN THE LINK OPTION) IDK what does that mean.

[@mikeydesignssilkscreen473]

You're having issues imported the seps into Illustrator?

[@tcrow49]

Hello Mike I've been observing you for a while and have watched you grow . Good vid. and all are really but these are the kind that are more helpful. I have a six color press I bought used over a year ago have done sim. process a couple of time just for myself not for a client. I have programs that can get me there fast sep. studio is one of them. but I like to know what and how the programs do it and this helps. I understand that you get out what you put into it. I'd like to catch you live some time if and when I know your on. Thanks for the Vids. I don't get much business but just some but being you are selling products would like to know how and where to contact you for sales.

[@mikeydesignssilkscreen473]

Thanks! I really appreciate the feedback. I plan to make more videos like these because there are a ton out there on how to screen print. Breaking down the art side showing how things are done on the backend seem to be really helpful and not as many. I'm actually going to record me designing a t-shirt this evening which I'll upload. We go live Mondays at 7pm central time. Feel free to contact us at [e-mail]. Thanks again! Means a lot.

[@waynestrickland4589]

Does anyone know: Can you reuse the same screen with the same design over and over and over? Does the emulsion start to deteriorate over time? What type of cleanup for long term storage is involved with the screens, after the job is done? Thanks!

[@mikeydesignssilkscreen473]

You can use it for thousands of prints. Just use some ink wash to clean up before storing.

[@itzcody9795]

Can i do this with just 4 screens

[@mikeydesignssilkscreen473]

Chances are you could. You could reduce the white down to one screen, and have 3 other colors to work with.

[@itzcody9795]

@@mikeydesignssilkscreen473 Hey man I appreciate the quick response! I'm by no means an expert so im not to sure how id go about doing this

[@ZoraJones]

hey mikey, having troubles with the merging of colours hitting option delete doesn't actually merge the channels for me, the colour that has little information just dissapears. any help?

[@mikeydesignssilkscreen473]

Try going to Image > Apply image and use the multiple setting. The channel you want to merge it to should be selected, and use the drop down to select the channel you want to merge onto that channel. I hope this helps.

[@ZoraJones]

@@mikeydesignssilkscreen473 I think that worked! one more question: how do i convert the spot colours to pantone in illustrator? i need to take the files to my screen printer, who needs to have the pantone colours indicated ... thanks :)

[@mikeydesignssilkscreen473]

@@ZoraJones You'll need to go to the swatches pallet / window. Click Window > Swatch Libraries > Color Books > PANTONE solid uncoated... Then you can search for the Pantone color you need. I hope this helps.

[@ZoraJones]

@@mikeydesignssilkscreen473 thank sos much for your reply! that's what I tried actually but color books is greyed out. I will further investigate - if I find a solution I'll post it here :) again, thanks so much for taking the time.

[@ZoraJones]

seriously though thanks again - this tutorial is so awesome and I'm learning so much!

[@akakakakakakakakakakakakaka]

yall think I can get a job at a screen printing shop if I watch enough of these?

[@mikeydesignssilkscreen473]

That and practicing, I don't see why not. You'll just have to show them your skills.

[@kangtri3683]

For highlight channel if using apply image result more fine... cmiiw

[@mikeydesignssilkscreen473]

I'm not sure I get what you mean.

[@viktorperalta3090]

Hello . Can someone can help me . When i try to do the white base my system only pick up part of the design I'm using the same artwork that Mike is using .

[@mikeydesignssilkscreen473]

What seams to be the issue?

[@viktorperalta3090]

@@mikeydesignssilkscreen473 in the min 3.35 when you going to do the white base after you select the RGb mask ,some lines starts to appear around the edges of all the colors . But in my looks like doesn't select the edges of all the colors and on te parts

[@mostafaragab5801]

why you used Photoshop if you already use separation studio?

[@mikeydesignssilkscreen473]

You should know how to do it manually. Separation Studio isn't a cure all and at times the art needs to be manually separated. I'd say it's good for about 80% of all jobs.

[@smetankorzevic6647]

@@mikeydesignssilkscreen473 - WORDS ! \m/

[@FootballPicante]

Hey, I don't think so did you make much different here only slightly bright picture between the original. Would be great if you show us two printed shirt, with original pictures and printed out what you made with photo shop, that way we can see the different.

[@mikeydesignssilkscreen473]

Great idea. I'll have to create another video, and do show the print as well. Since this is just educational, it's fine having a movie poster, but to produce a print might cause some issues. So I'll post about another piece of art.

[@FootballPicante]

@@mikeydesignssilkscreen473 sounds better thank you :)

[@bostourn]

my print menu greys out everything.. and it wont show my art work in the preview. am I doing something wrong?

[@mikeydesignssilkscreen473]

When you go to print the film?

[@bostourn]

@@mikeydesignssilkscreen473 Yes. In the output tab, all options are grayed out like they are unable to be selected.

[@ApriliaClothing]

Great, very detailed step by step, but a little less understanding the language.

[@mikeydesignssilkscreen473]

Thank you. Do you mean the lingo, or is English not your first language?

[@watnow7284]

...and you play bass, me too, hell yea...

[@mikeydesignssilkscreen473]

Hahaha! Awesome! I play guitar, sing, and know the drums and keys a little too.

[@bigrayg7978]

Why did you expand all the colors? Couldn't you have contracted the base by 1 pixel , instead?

[@mikeydesignssilkscreen473]

:)

[@mikeydesignssilkscreen473]

That's to retain the sizing of the print / type, etc and to blend out the over print colors so you don't have white poking out.

[@josephmoser8564]

Something’s been bugging me. I’m wondering why you always save your seps in PS and open them up in illustrator to print. What is the point of this? The artwork doesn’t automatically change to vectors when you pull them up in AI so isnt it the same exact thing as what you had in photoshop.

[@mikeydesignssilkscreen473]

The point is I have a template with registration marks setup as registration color. Illustrators pre-press is much better than Photoshops.

[@zerofriends6]

you should explain better what your shortcuts are doing because im using a different program and its hard to follow at time. thank you though, you make great videos.

[@mikeydesignssilkscreen473]

Be sure to check out our latest video showing how to manually separate the art. Hopefully I explain it a little better. :)

[@zerofriends6]

@@mikeydesignssilkscreen473 thank you!

[@jonathanzambrano6349]

I always get excited following along to videos like this and then that dreaded "Send it to the RIP" comment comes and my whole world crumbles around me!!!!!!! CRUMBLES I TELL YA!

[@mikeydesignssilkscreen473]

LOL! I hear that. Did you see my video on manually ripping seps?

[@jonathanzambrano6349]

@@mikeydesignssilkscreen473 I believe I have, I need to go back and watch again.

[@mikeydesignssilkscreen473]

@@jonathanzambrano6349 Sounds like it's time to just get that RIP software. It will save you a lot of headaches and time. Take the profit from one of your jobs and invest it. You won't regret it.

[@jonathanzambrano6349]

@@mikeydesignssilkscreen473 Well there is that and getting a printer that works with the software! LOADS OF CASH

[@mikeydesignssilkscreen473]

That's true. Try looking into a good used 1430. I might be able to swing a 1430 your way, but it needs a new head, and the waste pad counter needs to be reset and a waste tank installed. I got a good used one, practically new for next to nothing and used the head off the printer I'm talking about. So the newish one I got, I installed a CISS kit and a waste tank. Cost me about $60 for those parts and will save tons of money instead of getting the $100 refills every 100 pieces of film. Email me and I'll see if I can help.

[@premacharikirankumar]

I want only CMYK colours printing you are telling this only headache printing

[@mikeydesignssilkscreen473]

CMYK will be harder than spot process.

[@fidelcespedes6884]

podrías poner subtitulos en español es que no entiendo ingles

[@mikeydesignssilkscreen473]

I take it we need to do subtitles in Spanish?

[@dostogirhossain8502]

Details are Missing. Why?

[@mikeydesignssilkscreen473]

Not sure. Let me check.

[@kevinwallis2194]

now my head hurts...lol

[@mikeydesignssilkscreen473]

lol

[@kevinwallis2194]

@@mikeydesignssilkscreen473 hahaha I'm just learning this stuff, and at my age, it's not easy. I'm just getting ready to buy my first machine, so I'm taking in tons of info. It's not going to be a job to earn a living at because I'm retired. Yeah I am that old... Lol

[@mikeydesignssilkscreen473]

@@kevinwallis2194 LOL, well there's nothing wrong with that. I'll try and help as much as I possibly can. Thanks for watching and I know you'll do well!