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Printing 50% opacity layers...

Posted: Thu Jul 01, 2010 11:23 am
by carnal
Hello

I'm designing a shirt which will probably gonna be screenprinted, and as I've never seen the actual printing process I don't know how would a layer that is 50% opacity act when printed. Actually the layer has full opacity but just some parts are erased with a 50% op. brush to appear darker.

Will this have the same effect when printed? Or do I need to separate the darker part as a different (100% opacity) layer?

Here's a little nasty looking sample to give you a better idea what I'm talking about.

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Re: Printing 50% opacity layers...

Posted: Wed Aug 18, 2010 2:30 pm
by RonaldTurner
Well i am not so much professional but i think u need to separate the darker part ...

Re: Printing 50% opacity layers...

Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2010 11:56 pm
by messabout
Draw anything your heart desires. Take the artwork to an experienced print shop and they will do the separations as needed. If you have various color densities the printer will use halftones to get the effect you are after. Halftone work is not appropriate for an amateur shop, take your art work to an established pro.