Tired of taking the guess? or even paying full rates to creative people for just color separations? what about wasted screens and films for lack of registration or bleed between the colors? worst of all is the project delay and have to pay again to re-do the whole thing. We can provide with precise color separations by providing absolute attention to minor details and eliminating over ink deposits and hours of setups in the shop.
The 5 kinds of Color Separations
Vector and Raster graphics
1. Vector
Spot Color Separation | Vector
Colors are isolated from each other (knocked out), a graphic can contain the same color in different places in the image but they are still isolated, some times a graphic has Gradients that blend from one color to another but they are still separated from each-other. Spot color separation is a process and not an ink type.
Output Settings
LPI Solid: 45 for simple Spot Colors
LPI Gradients : 55 for simple Spot Colors with Gradients
Dot: Elliptical
Angle: 45°
Screen Mesh
Base: 110 – 160
Solids: 110 – 160
Basic Gradients: 160 – 300
Color Separation Pricing
Solid Spot Colors: $30.00 – $60.00
Basic Gradients Spot Colors: $40.00 – $100.00
Complex Gradients Spot Colors: $60.00 – $150.00
2. Raster
Spot Color Separation | Raster
Colors are isolated from each other (knocked out), a graphic can contain the same color in different places in the image but they are still isolated, in this case graphics have some basic and advanced Gradients that blend from one color to another but they are still separated from each-other. Gradients are separated in large parts of the image. Spot color separation is a process and not an ink type.
Output Settings
LPI Solid: 45 for simple Spot Colors
LPI Gradients : 55 for simple Spot Colors with Gradients
Dot: Elliptical
Angle: 45°
Screen Mesh
Base: 110 – 160
Solids: 110 – 160
Basic Gradients: 200 – 300
Color Separation Pricing
Solid Spot Colors: $50.00 – $80.00
Basic Gradients Spot Colors: $60.00 – $120.00
Complex Gradients Spot Colors: $80.00 – $180.00
3. Index
Spot Color Separation | Index
indexed color is a technique to manage digital images’ colors in a limited fashion, It is a form of vector quantization compression. Colors are isolated from each other (knocked out), a graphic can contain the same color in different places in the image but they are still isolated, in this case graphics have some basic and advanced Gradients that blend from one color to another but they are still separated from each-other. Gradients are separated in large parts of the image. Spot color separation is a process and not an ink type.
Output Settings
LPI Solid: 45 for simple Spot Colors
LPI Gradients : 55 for simple Spot Colors with Gradients
Dot: Elliptical
Angle: 45°
Screen Mesh
Base: 110 – 160
Solids: 110 – 160
Basic Gradients: 200 – 300
Color Separation Pricing
Solid Spot Colors: $50.00 – $80.00
Basic Gradients Spot Colors: $60.00 – $120.00
Complex Gradients Spot Colors: $80.00 – $180.00
4. Process CMYK
Process Color Separation | Process CMYK
The 4 Color Process works using the CMYK channels, Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Black, these colors are combined in the printing process by using different half tones sizes, you can achieve thousands of colors using this process. This technique is commonly used in offset printing. CMYK Inks are transparent and it can only be printed on white backgrounds.
Output Settings
1. Yellow – 75° screen angle
2. Magenta – 45° screen angle
3. Cyan – 15° screen angle
4. Black – 75° screen angle
5. Highlight white – 15° screen angle
6. Spot colors – 15° screen angle
Screen Mesh
Base: 300
Solids: 300
Basic Gradients: 300
Color Separation Pricing
No Color Correction: FREE
Color Correction: $50.00 – $200.00
5. Simulation
Spot Color Separation | Simulation
This process is mostly used to print fine art or photorealistic images that contains hundreds of colors. This process uses oil based and water based inks, also used in images that has colors in very small areas in the graphic like a pixel 5 inches apart from another pixel of the same color.
Due to the square dot pattern already embedded in the screens, setup output separations with elliptical dots at 55-65 lpi and 45°angle for all inks is one of the best results.
Output Settings
LPI Solid: 45 for simple Spot Colors
LPI Gradients : 55 for simple Spot Colors with Gradients
Dot: Elliptical
Angle: 45°
Screen Mesh
Base: 110 – 160
Solids: 110 – 160
Basic Gradients: 200 – 300
Color Separation Pricing
Basic Separation: $70.00 – $150.00
Advanced Separation: $200.00 – $1000.00
Color Correction: $100.00 – $500.00
