The result of extracting the four process colours (CMYK) in a photograph onto four separate plates for reproduction on a printing press.
Usually in the four-colour process arena, separate film holding images of one specific colour per piece of film. Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Black. Can also separate specific PMS colours through film.
Individual sheets of paper or film, each containing exactly one of the colors that will be used to reproduce the page on press. When a page is sent to an IMAGESETTER, the page is usually sent as separations. A job which will be printed in CMYK is sent to the imagesetter as four pages: one for Cyan, one for Magenta, one for Yellow, and one for Black. If the job uses SPOT COLORS, one page will be printed for each spot color being used.
A set of three or four continuous tone or halftone photographic films made photographically or electronically from an original subject. Each film represents one of the printer colours abstracted and are used to make printing plates in colour process printing.
Additional drawings or overlays pinpointing areas where each of the printer’s inks should applied to finished illustrations. Separations were prepared by the artist in the early days of the printing process (until the mid 1980’s!) and now are photographed and prepared electronically. Mechanically produced separations employ the four printing colors of black, yellow, magenta, and cyan blue.
Color separations of the art are needed when making screens for the job. For each printable color - a film or mechanical separation is needed. A simple two-color design requires two separations and may take only a few minutes to create with computer graphics. For a process color job a set of separations is generally done by a professional separator who may charge $300 to $600. Separations for dark garments can range from $500 to thousands depending on the complexity.
Separation pieces of film, each containing image information for only one printing color. Separations can be either spot color or process color.
One negative for each color
Usually in the field of four-colour process printing, separate film holding images of one specific colour per piece of film. Black, Cyan, Magenta and Yellow. Can also separate specific Pantone colours through film.
The result of breaking a color image into four components that allow proper amounts of cyan, magenta, yellow, and black ink to be applied to recreate the colors on the printing press.
The four screens corresponding to the percentages of cyan, magenta, yellow and black used to define colors that are used to create the final printed colors, usually for a color photograph.
The actual splitting of an image into the colors that will be used in the printing process. Normally, Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Black (CMYK) are the separations for 4-color printing.
Colour separations either prepared by an artist using separate overlays or computer generated artwork for each colour or achieved photographically by use of filters.
The four-color negatives or positives, which are the result of changing full color, photos or art into the four process colors (yellow, magenta, cyan, and black).
Usually in the four-color process arena, separate film holding qimages of one specific color per piece of film. Black, Cyan, Magenta and Yellow. Can also separate specific PMS colors through film.
Black and white negatives that separate the continuous colors of an image into two to four colors for offset printing. The most common separations are for CMYK, or cyan, magenta, yellow and black.
Color separations either prepared by an artist using separate overlays for each color or achieved photographically by use of filters.