[Gimp-user] Re: how to break down a photo into printing colors and newsprint shading

2006-11-06 Thread graffoo
Look for the Decompose plugin - ColorsComponentsDecompose... CMYK - you'll get an image with 4 black and white layers. Then you can save each layer as separate files you can use for silk screen. To make shadings with dots, use FilterDistortsNewsprint and play with the settings ;)

Re: [Gimp-user] Re: how to break down a photo into printing colors and newsprint shading

2006-11-06 Thread Chris Mohler
On 11/6/06, graffoo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Look for the Decompose plugin - ColorsComponentsDecompose... CMYK - you'll get an image with 4 black and white layers. Then you can save each layer as separate files you can use for silk screen. To make shadings with dots, use FilterDistortsNewsprint

Re: [Gimp-user] Re: how to break down a photo into printing colors and newsprint shading

2006-11-06 Thread Joao S. O. Bueno Calligaris
On Monday 06 November 2006 09:32 pm, Chris Mohler wrote: On 11/6/06, graffoo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Look for the Decompose plugin - ColorsComponentsDecompose... CMYK - you'll get an image with 4 black and white layers. Then you can save each layer as separate files you can use for silk

Re: [Gimp-user] Re: how to break down a photo into printing colors and newsprint shading

2006-11-06 Thread Chris Mohler
Either way, I'd like to hear how you are doing when using GIMP this way. To be 100% honest, I still haven't done too may separations with GIMP yet. I'm slowly gathering all the bits and pieces necc. to replace AI and PS with Inkscape and GIMP - but it's taking a while :) I have used spot