The point of the video was to share some knowledge about Photoshop's capabilities., like calculations, level adjustment, and basic knock outs, which may be common knowledge to most of you, but there many people they don't know about these features. This knowledge can be a great starting point to someone who wants to be able to do their own seps.
Great point. I have started to do a few basic vids a few years back and found
some people tend to question your free offering or knock on your particular process shown...so I was turned off by it. Heck it's a free tut!
The problem with Vids is that on forums or on youtube, random people can make random comments and turn a good thing into something not so good or not as intended. The thing here, is that Scott was just doing a basic tut for the more basic or beginner users just getting into doing seps trying to figure out how to do something.
If he had 30 more of these basic tuts doing something different each time, people might start to say, "these are the BEST vids ever". Quantity says a lot. I'm sure he may move into something more meatier for others as needed or finds the time.
I know our people here are not questioning your skills or procedure, just like the average bear, looking for more than that. Everyone always wants more for free if they can get it.
It's human nature. As you pointed out tho, it's a start. It's one procedure to tackle a basic job. I also agree, I don't prefer the wand tool or color range, but I'd admit that color range has improved over the the last few upgrades and I've gone to that on a few simple selections as an option.
For me, your process for this task was very good for selecting the 2ndary and tertiary colors. I've bumped into another "group" of artist at a company that use calculations. It's another method. How much better, it is over other methods shouldn't be up for question as it works for you and in a timely manor, just like Mitch Different uses RGB and it works for him and he's doing very good seps.
For me, I use various conversions of CMYK, RGB, Calculations, LAB, HSB, Graycsale, sometimes copy and paste and some other methods or whatever works at the time. For me, I approach the art based on the art and it's needs
from my perspective. So for that reason, I have less of a streamlined process and one that can't be recorded as a Tut, action or script
very well.I learn something all the time tho, like when I learned that some RIPS will take art files with no true color separations in RGB layers...and it's not technically separated via channels or a vector program. The colors can be saved in layers (as if) in separations...and sent to a RIP for spot color output. That blows my mind since a layer is made up of CMYK or RGB channels (3 or 4 colors) to create that spot color. So the engine to do so via layers...must be pretty odd. LOL.
I'll add that we appreciate your contribution here on our little corner of the internet very much. Thanks!
