Photoshop 7 for Screen Printers [With Cdrm]

by Joli Ballew

This book describes step-by-step everything you need to know about four-color seperations, using specialty films and vellums, and printing with Post-Script printers. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1556220316
• ISBN13: 9781556220319
• Release Date: November 2003
• Publisher: Wordware Publishing
• Length: 558 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Photoshop 7.0 for Screen Printers - Larry St. John, Jr.

If you purchase this book just to learn about Photoshop 7.0, you may not get what you expect. However the way this book deals with the screen printing attributes of Photoshop, it has been an invaluable source for setting up jobs for the screen printing business. As an advanced edition of the already powerful application, it has proved extremely useful. I would highly recommend it to anyone with the special needs of the screen printing business.

The Screen Printers Bible

***WARNING I AM NOT A SCREEN PRINTER NOR DO I PLAY ONE ON TV*** First off Photoshop 7.0 for Screen Printers is written for Microsoft Windows so you Mac users will have to translate, second it expects you to already have a RIP and a printer that prints on film to do the final output. Although it does go into output media such as Vellums (A semi-transparent media that is easy to print on like paper but shrinks like the dickens.) and Specialty Films or transparencies (A true transparent media that has been reformulated for inkjet printers and such.) the book does not really give a great deal of information about their use. That is the problem here, there really is so many brands and so many ways to tackle the job that you can easily get lost in the product information available and allot of the knowledge comes from knowing your printer and your capabilities and your press. PHOTOSHOP FOR BEGINNERS The book is laid out more along the lines of a typical Photoshop teaching manual, which is both good and bad. You begin with your basics in the Part 1: The Photoshop Interface, T is for type, B is for brush, blah blah blah. Then we have a whole chapter in corporate artwork Part 2: Creating Artwork and Logos and then on to Part 3: Working With Clients Files which from experience I can tell you boils down to telling them for the millionth time "No! I want you to save it as a J-Peg, No not GIF, NO NO NO this is not for your website its for a t-shirt!" and playing with computer color correction voodoo like Scanner Curves and Monitor Curves and the all knowing, all encompassing, Pantone Colors. "Well that red was not sooo red on my computer screen. What? You printed 500 shirts already?!" COLOR SEPARATIONS AND THE DAMAGE DONE Stuffed in the back of the book after page 389 we get to the big money shot of Photoshop 7.0 for Screen Printers, Part 4: Color Separations, here is where the price of the job and the amount of effort in printing come into play. The decisions you make in how many screens will be used and how many screens you can afford to make for the job effect the price you quote and the quality of the work you do. Will the image be photo realistic? Will the t-shirt be white or a dark color? How many Channels or colors will you use? How many stations are on your press? Is it automatic or manual? Do you really love your job that much? So here the book separates the various tasks into four main parts... SPOT COLOR SEPARATIONS Spot Colors are for the simplest tasks in Screen Printing, used for images with very few colors involved and uncomplicated designs. This takes very little effort to setup and print and it is how most Screen Printers start off and make their money. PROCESS COLOR SEPARATIONS Here is where the going gets tough and the tough go mental. Process Color is used for all those photo realistic t-shirts you see at rock concerts, they are difficult to create, setup and print. This is also where you will find various companies such as $Fas

AMAZING!

This book is essential for beginners and advances photoshoppers alike. Many of the basic elements presented are overlooked in other photoshop manuals. Easy to understand and loaded with valuable information.

Happy screener

I'm a screen printer from the old school. This book has opened up all kinds of possibilities. Now I can take my artistry to new levels. The step by step approach is wonderful. They've covered everything for beginners to more advanced techniques.

Better than just Photoshop Books Alone

This book has some valuable info for the screenprinter who utilizes photoshop for creating designs as well as color seperating.. I purchased this along with the Photoshop Classroom in a Book and found them to be of enormous help in starting my own t-shirt business. It also helped me in getting images ready for the web which came in handy since I sell t-shirts online. Check out my t-shirts that I created using some of the tips I have learned. www.absurdatees.com ..