Create a Three-Color Illustration for Screen Printing – Psd Plus Tutorial
Feb 18th in News by Mark Mayers
We have another great Psd Plus tutorial exclusively available to Plus members today. If you want to take your Photoshop print skills to the next level, then we have an awesome tutorial for you. Discover how to use Photoshop's channels for screen printing. Delve into advanced issues such as trapping and detailed steps on how to use Photoshop for a professional apparel workflow. Learn more about this informative and stylish tut at the jump!
Pro Printing Techniques in this Psd Plus Tutorial
This tutorial shows step-by-step how to create separated artwork for a screen printed T-shirt. Screen printing is regarded as the best method of printing onto apparel because of the quality it produces – and should not be confused with the inferior 4-color heat transfer printing which does not look as good or last as long. The tutorial also demystifies how to manage special or spot colors using Photoshop's channels. Plus members can Log in and Download! If you're not a member, you can of course join today! You can view the final image preview below or view a larger version here.
Detailed and Professional Instructions
To start off, you'll assemble a CMYK illustration, then create a convincing mock up on a T-shirt. You'll then make full use of Photoshop's selection tools to create the necessary channels for screen printing, then discover how certain colors will maintain their vivacity by under printing with white. Finally, you'll apply the often misunderstood concept of trapping to your artwork to counteract any slight misalignment that may occur on press. Plus members can Log in and Download! Otherwise, Join Now! Below are some sample images from the tutorial.
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User Comments
( ADD YOURS )dayday February 18th
Too bad its a plus
( )Keith March 9th
It’s only $9/mth – Basically nothing for the quality you get here.
( )JohnM. February 18th
Arg! I really need tips on Screen Printing, but I don’t have a PLUS!
( )vectorss February 18th
very nice stil. thanks
( )Dullface February 18th
Looks cool, I just went into producing shirt designs myself, so this has lots of potential. Looking forward to it! Will post my response once I’m through.
( )Sean Hodge February 18th
@ Dullface – I look forward to your review, after working through the tutorial. Thx!
( )elpbulldog February 18th
anyone know the stock used, specif. the girl?
( )Tom Kruk February 18th
If you need it… Then get PLUS. Support these people.
( )Skunkie February 18th
Advanced stuff shown here. Very nice!
( )Gino February 18th
This sie is very advanced,im tired of all the other sites and thier “sigs” this is real art
( )Kendall February 18th
Ooh! Great colors!
( )sam February 18th
How weird, I just spent hours looking at screen printing tutorials. Comes in handy!!
( )Lorenzo February 18th
awesome stuff! i’ll go plus as soon as i can.
( )Abethebabe February 19th
Anyone know where you can print single screen printed shirts? All the stores I find have a minimum of 100
( )insic February 19th
really awesome! this is really really cool. I really have to sign up for a plus
( )DKumar M. February 19th
Wow, it’s good that i have plus… really smashing effects Mark… Thanks for sharing !!
( )Edd February 19th
i really need a plus cuz’ this is amazing …..
( )mojito February 19th
Well… that is something very extraordinary – an really advanced and helpful. It’s good to be PLUS
( )aflipya February 19th
Looks like a great tutorial, I would consider a Plus account for something like this
( )Kid February 19th
Is that the deal now with the new plus site. All the Tuts are pay to play?
( )designwashere February 19th
wee! cool. Plus PLUS!
This really is a great resource for aspiring t-shirt designer.
( )jason February 19th
@JohnM.
( )go check out computerarts.co.uk…there are plenty of free tuts on screen printing.
markusw February 19th
I think “tutsplus” is making a bad move with this plus membership thing.
( )John February 19th
Guys,
I love this site, but its obvious u are trying to grab a cheeky bit of cash – $9 a month!! its abit steep, considering the competition out there.
Keep up the good work tho – some great stuff here (sans membership)
( )Misael Arroyo February 19th
Everyone who doesn’t have a plus membership should really get one if you can, the quality of these tutorials are awesome. I doubt you can’t get $9 a month, or get a $30 dollar visa gift card and use that to pay for 3months, and you still have like $7 left.
( )Rob Jones February 19th
Looks like a nice tutorial, but subtle details (the halftone on her face/eyes, for example), would be lost on press.
( )Skellie February 19th
@ Kid: Nope — exactly the same ratio of free vs. membership content as the last few months.
( )Mark Mayers February 19th
Thanks for all your comments, I enjoyed doing this one.
I’d like to thank Steve over at:
( )http://www.t-shirt-printing-cornwall.co.uk/
for casting his expert eye over my final artwork seperations and to my lovely daughter Chloe who’s constant doodling was scanned and put to good use!
Joefrey Mahsuay February 19th
This is nice! Keep it up!
( )John D February 21st
Lol, I was actually searching the net for inspiration because i’ve got to make a 4 color print for tuesday.
What would be cool and not really covered anywhere else would be how to take an image and make a 4 color print by separating it to 4 colors (CMYK) for silkscreen print.
( )rkrshoaib February 22nd
can you learn for easy??
( )Nuubzta February 22nd
Damn! I wish i had PLUS membership right now!
( )robwarne February 24th
Great tut– thanks, Mark!
( )ruben February 27th
You should get a plus if your serious about photoshop you learn quickly you can download the tuts and keep them in your usb disk forever.That is how I learned photoshop fast.
( )kenn boostrom February 27th
youtube has great silkscreening tutorials
( )http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ee_8IMx0uMo&feature=PlayList&p=C8A9E7F0F769685F&index=0&playnext=1
lilibunch March 1st
thank you awesome!! =]
( )Steve Brown March 3rd
Thanks for the mention Mark, it is a good insight into basic trapping for screen print. Good example of a design suited to this medium.
( )Jobama April 13th
The color separations are wrong in the first graphic, the pink you’ll end up overprinting the pink with black, and on a shirt that would turn into a mess.
( )Mark Mayers April 14th
All my artwork was checked over by a professional screenprinter: Steve over at:
http://www.t-shirt-printing-cornwall.co.uk/
The black overprint is no problem.
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