bounty42
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lyonscc wrote:
Brown looks like a professional packaging. I'd expect to see that on a modern box of meat snacks.
Creme gives the old time feel, the muted colors make you pay a bit more attention to the message faster. YOu always get there, but you get there faster on Creme.
Cranberry has the something, but looking at the 3 like this, I think it's my lease favorite.
Numquam minoris aestimo potentia stultis, maxime in magna coetus
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■(1:40 PM, 7/27/2012) bounty42 quips, "Forget Guest Editor, what we need is a Guest Rejectionator."
■(10:40 AM, 6/21/2012 ) bounty42 inquires, "Is it just me, or do we not typically get this many Editors Choice shirts?"
■(2:02 PM, 6/15/2012) bounty42 runs numbers.
■(10:40 AM, 6/7/2012) bounty42 dispenses wisdom for all those 'too late' naysayers, "A woot shirt is never late, nor is it early, it arrives precisely when it means to."
■(3:20 PM, 5/18/2012) bounty42 states, "The turtle is very cute, and I love the smug look he's got."
bounty42
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meltedpopsicles wrote:I'm really new to the t-shirt derby rules. Help!
First question, 6 spot colors.
I'm having a hard time understanding the difference between: spot colors, shades and halftones. I have used solid colors and added white and black to them, but I'm not sure if that is considered a shade or a new color. Do I have too many colors and how do I create half tones through illustrator besides using dot shapes?
If anyone can help me with these questions It would be grateful. Once again I apologize, I am a polliwog! :D
The Key is to understand how Woot Prints your design.
They are going to make a 6 Layer PSD (or equivalent) where each Layer has 1, and only 1, color. They will then burn that image onto a screen. This will create "holes" where your color was. Then they will get some ink/paint that matches the color of that layer, pour it onto the screen, and press down. The color will pass through the screen and stick to the shirt.
This is why you only get 6 colors (that's all the space the machine has).
This is why you don't get shades (you can't burn this hole whiter or blacker than that one).
This is why you can't have gradients (you can't burn a percentage of the screen, either it's burnt, or it isn't).
This is why you need to watch half-tone size(dots get to small, they don't burn, dots get to close, they burn together into 1 giant dot).
If you build a 6 layer document, with 1 color on each layer, you will have a perfect idea of how your printed shirt will look.
For illustrator they are occasionally willing to help convert Gradient to Halftone, as the Vector graphics of Illustrator don't do halftone, but there's an export converter by Adobe that does 90% of the work for you.
Numquam minoris aestimo potentia stultis, maxime in magna coetus
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■(1:40 PM, 7/27/2012) bounty42 quips, "Forget Guest Editor, what we need is a Guest Rejectionator."
■(10:40 AM, 6/21/2012 ) bounty42 inquires, "Is it just me, or do we not typically get this many Editors Choice shirts?"
■(2:02 PM, 6/15/2012) bounty42 runs numbers.
■(10:40 AM, 6/7/2012) bounty42 dispenses wisdom for all those 'too late' naysayers, "A woot shirt is never late, nor is it early, it arrives precisely when it means to."
■(3:20 PM, 5/18/2012) bounty42 states, "The turtle is very cute, and I love the smug look he's got."
