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quick seperation studio question

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blue moon:
my suggestion is, and I think almost everybody here would agree, send the seps out when starting. The programs don't generate usable results without tweaking and you don't have the experience to know what is right or wrong. Get some seps done by the professionals and learn the printing part first. then when you have a good grasp of that part, work on the seps. Process printing is a deep rabbit hole, it is easy to jump in and get going, but to get good at it takes quite a bit. Make your life easier by using good seps while starting. You'll be tackling one thing at a time and reducing the questions while troubleshooting. If something is not looking right, you'll know it's you rather than the seps.
pierre

BP:
Blue Moon is right. Printing is one thing and the seps are another monster. Plus when you master the printing you will know what to look for in good seps.

Nation03:
Another +1 for subbing out to a pro. Makes all the difference. I've tried doing them myself and I've used crappy budget guys in the past and the results were subpar at best. Using a good separator makes it almost as easy as printing a spot color job. Bold statement, I know, but they'll tell you what mesh, what colors to use, when to flash, etc and if you follow their directions it's a breeze. I do a sim process job maybe twice a year and always send them to Dan for the seps and the results always amaze me. I envy the skill and hope to be able to do it in-house one day but until then I charge the customer for seps or roll it into the price.

GraphicDisorder:
We use a combo of sep studio and photoshop to do seps. All sep studio seps are tweaked after by Shelly. We've used Dan and My Seps and such and no question their work is better as it should be. They have been doing it a lot longer, but not night and day. Nearly every job we print is sim process, so no way we could logically send it all out.

Sbrem:
I do the high end stuff here, and I'll use UltraSeps, and Hi-Fi Ink, for the seps, then tweak in Photoshop. I can also sep from scratch in Photoshop, but it's so tedious, and the packages do the bulk of the work there. Like most tools, knowing how to use them is the real key. In your case, like Pierre, I might send them to a reputable guy like Dan, but play around on your own. If price matters, Hi-Fi Ink is only $225.00, and gives you a lot. Jay is also a pretty nice guy when you need help.

Steve

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