On: Wed, 21 Jan 2004 Philip Mobley wrote:- > Also, many high-end commercial silk screeners use 12 or even 20 colors > for a single print, although the cost to separate each photo is quite > high as the quality work is done by few talented individuals.
4 basic colours (CMYK) plus 'spot' colours - such as gold and silver and flourescents....maybe a few different blacks to liven up the shadows. You can do absolutely anything with silkscreen, it just takes time. > CMYK was never intended to be the best at reproducing all of the colors > in the rainbow. Instead, it compromises quality for cost. It is a compromise, but if the RGB to CMYK conversion is done well, then the illusion of full or 'true' colour in print is very convincing to the eye. Correct me if I am wrong, but I find that a good 48bit scan plus minimal colour corection, yields a lot of colours in RGB - meaning more colours gives a better overall conversion in CMYK. A really good conversion will make those troublesomely subtle gold/silver/chrome colours almost convincing. I say convincing as a good photographer will use lighting and composition skills to make up for the rest. William Curwen http://www.william.ws =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
