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Mr Tees!!:
...So, I have been using Ghostscript/Ghostview for my half tone seps, but lately its been doin some wonky stuff, I tried updating with no luck, so I am thinking it may be time to be a big boy and bring in some real software.

...Some history: I, as right now, have VERY litttle knowledge of how to use raster-manipulation programs. I can do a little level adjusting in Corel Photopaint, but not much at all in PS.....YET. I have the PS for Screenprinters training video (Great Dane Graphics) that I will begin working on, at least to get me started. (Anyone that has learned on one platform knows how daunting a task it is to learn on another.)

...So anyway, to get me by, I have downloaded the trial of Accurip which I can use for two weeks. I would like to explore my options in software so I can at least have something to start learning sim-process sepping with (I have PRINTED simpro stuff before, but not sepped it).

...would anyone like to recommend what might work okay for me? It definitely needs to be able to act as a RIP for halftones, and useable with Corel for now. I got an email for Quickseps Pro at a price that is half the cost of Accurip, and it looks like it does quite a bit more than Accurip.

...I dunno....Im open to suggestion and guidance here. Thanks gang!!!

jasonl:
I hate to say it, but learn photoshop really well, and then do your own seps, no need for a program.  I have used them all.

Prosperi-Tees:
QuickSeps is not a RIP, It is a sep program for Photoshop I believe. And Accurip is not a sep program it is just a RIP to print halftone dots thru an inkjet printer.

Dottonedan:
Yes, it seems you may have a RIP confused with a SEP program.  They do not do the same thing. Once you purchase a RIP (used to print halftones) you will still need to create the separations to print to the RIP. Some do that themselves and some use separation plug ins or programs and others use freelancers to do this.


Separation programs break the colors down to a printable image (or some what). and then you send those files to your RIP so that it breaks it down into halftone dots so ink can be put through the dots to form the image on press.

Denis Kolar:
I have tried Ultra Seps, I downloaded the 15 days trial and I can tell you that I was pretty impressed with the result. I did separate one CMYK job that came out pretty nice (PS only try was a failure, maybe just because I did not know what I was looking for).
I will be buying it when I save up a bit more extra money that I can use for software.

As far as the RIP, if you are looking for that, I use PS only for halftone conversion.
I might be looking into a Film Maker soon too.

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