I m having an old painting from my grandfather and i want to make some silkscreen copies of it. The problem is that in four color process it looks like an ordinary printout like from any laser printer, even when I print it on canvas. I d like to print every color seperately. Ive counted about fourteen colors on the painting but I dont know how to separate them on my computer and how I must print the films. If anyone knows anything about this process or knows a book about it, please HELP.

Clough

What image-editing and graphics creation software are you using?

NoGenius

Im using photoshop 5 and Corel Draw 9.

Clough

I'm not very knowledgeable about anything that you are asking. But, I do want to try to help you.

What I know about silk-screening techniques and processes goes back to the days when there were no computers. So, the title of your question made me think of what I knew 30+ years ago. However, upon reading your question, as far as a computer program is concerned, I did a search for the following words: making separations Photoshop. And, I found some sites where maybe you might find information that will be helpful to you. I hope that you do find information that is helpful to you.

The first two links are for different articles, even though the titles are the same.

IMAGES - THE JOURNAL FOR TEXTILE SCREENPRINTING, EMBROIDERY AND GARMENT DECORATION

IMAGES - THE JOURNAL FOR TEXTILE SCREENPRINTING, EMBROIDERY AND GARMENT DECORATION

http://www.hutchcolor.com/PDF/HiFi_notes_04.pdf

creativepro.com - Bit by Bit: Why Your Photoshop Color Separations Are Wrong -- and How to Fix Them

http://imaging-resource.com/TIPS/LAWLER/SEPSETUP.PDF

http://www.thelawlers.com/FTP/SWOP_Essay.pdf

U.S. Screen Print & Inkjet Technology

color separations : CMYK : trapping & traps separating colors : QuarkXpess Pagemaker InDesign Illustrator

NoGenius

Dear Clough,

Thank you very much for your help. I ve checked the links. But there is no information on the exact thing I m looking for. Most of these links refer to simple four color separation or six color separation for offset like printing.
Thanks anyway.