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Sneak Peek Upcoming SimpleSeps Raster Update

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AdvancedArtist:
Just a little peek don't want to share the user interface yet or some other details but some of you will get this I am sure.... The release coming with this update will sep colors and even lets say... you have reds but want to use 3 reds.. It can sep your colors such as the reds or any other color into a form of Sepias you have absolute control over all of the color(s) so if you want to do super high end 10 or 12 colors seps they are nailed down and then you can go in and dynamically dial in your seps. Each plate in the sep will have dot gain settings you can set up for the system after running a few multicolor test prints. If you already are a user this update and others will be free to you when they are released.

Sneak Peek Simple Seps Raster R&D Live Dynamic Simulated Process Color Separations

Screened Gear:
Tom,

I consider you a friend so I will be honest with you. There has never been a time I wanted to make one red into 3 reds. Now if there is a feature that will take a 8 color design and combine the 5 of the colors into one screen with out effecting the final print that would be cool. I get that "need" from customers a lot.

AdvancedArtist:
The sepias in color comes into play in a couple of ways.. Lets say you have reds but some of the red is under the 30% in K or grey scale. If you print that as halftones the color may not pop as much as say printing with pink for that region blending into your medium and darker reds. Especially when the halftone dots are falling under the 10 to 15% range which some shops may not even be able to hold but printed as a pink above the 15% K or grey scale halftone dot range bam you hold the color and do not have to deal with the small red dots making the illusion of pink some of which you may not be able to hold especially in long runs like hundreds or thousands of shirts. I hope that makes sense.

The need you talk of is also very addressable if you want to go over some of that with me please fell free to send me some of the files you have had with this need and we can do a screen cast meeting and talk about that and examine some options.

AdvancedArtist:
For example this image....

http://www.tomwoodfantasyart.com/images/category_shadow_demon001.jpg

It can be done in a number of ways for the highest end print you would would want a soft pink blending into regular red then a darker red plus black and white... Especially when there are not other colors in the design. This is where total control and complete separation options come in to play.

JBLUE:
You do bring up one very important point about the size of the dot most shops can or hold or what they think they are holding. Most printers are not truly dialed in to what a real 15% dot is. What they think is a 15% is really a 25 maybe even a 30% dot. So until they fix that they will not be able to get the real benefits of what you are doing.

Are you making anything that can compensate for a lets say somewhat average dot gain that may be experienced on film before it ever makes it to the press?

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