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Separation- Photo realistic skin tones
« on: November 01, 2011, 06:02:28 PM »
Skin tones are a challenge to most printers.  It's either too brown, or too orange, or it just becomes a blob of white highlights.  Here's a separation I did from high resolution photographs that came out pretty nice. 9 colors.
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Re: Separation- Photo realistic skin tones
« Reply #1 on: November 01, 2011, 06:10:06 PM »
Nice.  Most of the mass numbers of shops don't have more than 7 colors these days. It seems to be a trend to get less colors or maybe more of the smaller to medium shops are able to go for Auto's with limited colors.

Most times, I'm asked to do stuff like that in 6 color and a manual press. Of course it doesn't look a good as if it were don in 9-12.

Nice job on this one.
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Re: Separation- Photo realistic skin tones
« Reply #2 on: November 01, 2011, 06:11:08 PM »
Nice work
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Re: Separation- Photo realistic skin tones
« Reply #3 on: November 01, 2011, 06:14:29 PM »
Its actually 8 colors but this customer likes to print black on black and also the seps need to work across all body colors.  So I always include the black plate even if its not needed.
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Re: Separation- Photo realistic skin tones
« Reply #4 on: November 01, 2011, 06:18:57 PM »
I am more accustom to using black than not. I separated a job the other day with no black (on black shirts) and it would have been easier as well as printed better. Not sure of the result hadn't seen the printed version yet.

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Re: Separation- Photo realistic skin tones
« Reply #5 on: November 01, 2011, 06:53:01 PM »
I am more accustom to using black than not. I separated a job the other day with no black (on black shirts) and it would have been easier as well as printed better. Not sure of the result hadn't seen the printed version yet.

Did you get my email this morning?

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No, I didn't get your email.  Make sure you are using my new email address scott@myseps.com
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Re: Separation- Photo realistic skin tones
« Reply #6 on: January 31, 2012, 02:57:00 PM »
Skin tones can be tough. Nice print.
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Re: Separation- Photo realistic skin tones
« Reply #7 on: January 31, 2012, 06:47:56 PM »
Great skin tones. Now if only Plastic surgeons can make realistic looking tits.

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Re: Separation- Photo realistic skin tones
« Reply #8 on: January 31, 2012, 07:08:16 PM »
Great skin tones. Now if only Plastic surgeons can make realistic looking tits.

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Nice looking print Scott. Flesh is tricky indeed.
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