Tutorials

This collection of tutorials focuses on the process of designing and creating color separations for screen printing using Adobe Photoshop®. Currently the topics include a brief description of the color separation process, a discussion of how to prepare an image file, and an overview of halftones and film output techniques.


About Color Separation

An introduction to color separation for screen printing on textiles. Color separation basics and a brief overview of three separation styles.




File Preparation

Preparing files is an important step to creating a good color separation. This tutorial includes a checklist and overview of steps to prepare a file before creating a color separation.




Film Output

The final step in the digital color separation workflow is outputting the image to film. Most aspects of film output can be managed within Adobe Photoshop®.
  • Featured Tutorials

    Color Separation is the process of converting an image into a set of colors that can be printed. Color separations for screen printing can be made using Adobe Photoshop™
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    The individual colors from a color separation are output onto sheets of transparent film.
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