Friday, 4 May 2018

Digital Preparation of Positives for Screen Printing Session 2

Using Illustrator :

Select File and then New 
Select document size

Applying colour to fill or stroke 

- Left option bar 
- Top Left option symbol
- Top Right colour palette option 

Setting a colour palette 

A swatch allows the consistent application of colour throughout design.

The Registration Swatch is used when creating printers marks e.g. trim / crop marks. Part of production instead of the content. 

Using the Swatch palette make a new swatch 

- Helps create a relevant consistent colour palette 

- Colour mode : CMYK Process Colour 

- Using the sliders can mix colours to create a new ink 

- After a swatch is made it is possible to alter the percentages 

- Swatches can be made using New Swatch and by using the colour palette 

- Information about a swatch is available by double clicking 

- Swatches created from the image contain are global swatches 

- The colour palette reflects CMYK percentages whereas global gives tints of a colour offering greater variation of tone. 

- Illustrator swatches are global by default 

- Spot colours and tints can be applied to swatches


Using Illustrator to prepare an image for Screen Print 

- Separation preview confirms how each ink will look before printing. 

- To overprint go to windows and the attribute palette 

- Overprinting adds the aesthetic of a transparency 


Packaging 

Using the rectangle tool create rectangles using these measurements 


Use the transform palette instead of clicking and dragging 

Choose a reference point and change the height 


Extend the reference point 

Use this template 

This creates a template for the inlay card 

Remove the rectangle and focus on the crop/fold marks 



Add an image 

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