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How to Prepare Artwork for Color Separation in Photoshop?
This page will help you to prepare artwork for color
separation in Adobe Photoshop.
- Open your image in Photoshop, make sure that your file in RGB mode.
- If your image is in CMYK mode, choose Image --> Mode --> RGB Color to convert the CMYK image to RGB, as shown in Figure 1.
Figure 1: The Image menu.
- If the image has hard edges (like text or a logo), for dark and colored t-shirts, the image should have a black or transparent background.
Figure 2: The image with the black background.
(RGB value: 0, 0, 0)
- For white t-shirts, the image should have a white or transparent background.
Figure 3: The image with the white background.
(RGB value: 255, 255, 255)
- If the image has not hard edges (images that have soft, blurred or fuzzy edges, problem areas, such as hair, smoke, shadows, gradients or objects in motion), your file should have a layer with the transparent background.
Figure 4: The image with the transparent background.
- If you want to merge all visible layers into a single layer, choose Layer --> Merge Visible, or choose Merge Visible from the Layers palette menu.
Figure 5: This file is now ready for color separation.
- To merge all visible layers into a flattened background and discard hidden layers, choose Layer --> Flatten Image, or choose Flatten Image from the Layers palette menu.
Figure 6: The file is now flattened.
- If your file contains text layers, in the Layers palette, choose a text layer that you want to convert to pixels, and then choose Layer --> Rasterize --> Type.
- If necessary, delete all paths in the Paths palette.
- To remove empty space around your image, choose Image --> Trim.
Figure 7: The Trim command.
- To check image size and resolution, choose Image --> Image Size. The image should have a resolution between 250 and 300 ppi (pixels per inch) at the final print size.
Figure 8: The Image Size dialog box.
If necessary, change the value in the Resolution text box.
- When you are ready to save your file, Choose File --> Save As.
In the Save As dialog box, enter a new name. Make sure that you do not use special characters, such as spaces, slashes, commas, asterisks, !, ?, $, @, #, %, &, ~, ^, `, etc.
Choose PSD from the Format menu, then click Save to save your file in the Photoshop (.psd) format.
- Before sending, please compress your files with a utility such as WinZip, StuffIt, WinRAR or 7-zip.
File compression software allows you to compress large files to save hard drive space. Also, you can split large files to create multi-volume archives.
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WinZip |
Free to try. |
www.winzip.com |
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StuffIt |
Free to try. |
www.stuffit.com |
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WinRAR |
Free to try. |
www.win-rar.com |
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7-zip |
Free |
www.7-zip.org |
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StuffIt |
Free to try. |
www.stuffit.com |
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RAR for Mac OS |
Free to try. |
www.win-rar.com |
- If you have any questions, please send us e-mail to: support@colorsepspro.com.
Please note: When you export PSD files from CorelDRAW, don't forget to save all text as curves.
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