Re: Who does the seperations?
Re: Who does the seperations?
- Subject: Re: Who does the seperations?
- From: email@hidden (Lee Blevins)
- Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2007 16:54:57 -0500
> There's still a lot of mystique surrounding CMYK separations.
As a color separator of more than 30 years experience I'd have to say
there probably is a lot of mystique. Some of it is just luck.
The single greatest factor I take into account when making a separation
is that I am painting with ink.
There is little other need for a color separation if one isn't going to
then overlay the ink to re-create the image.
I must know a great deal about the ink being used, the method of
application and the substrate being printed on.
But guess what?
The overwhelming majority of times that I have to make a separation I am
not able to get that information.
So life becomes a gamble. If I were to ask my clients this information
they would be hesitant to call their client and even try to repeat what
I have said to them.
Partly because they don't understand it themselves and partly because
they just feel that bothering their client is not good and they'd just
rather deliver a separation as they have been asked to.
Who know's what kind of separation. Ask them and they'll just look at
you and say something like "gimme a goddamn separation and knock off the
20 questions."
While technical people are knowledgeable about these details the
majority of people who request a separation are not.
If you understand the issues of how devices make CMYK separations from a
variety of input, consider yourself smart, good looking and underpaid.
The difference between the professional separator and the novice is our
ability to toss one out there and have it run based on little more than
kentucky windage. Since we're in a commercial environment, we have to
swing at all pitches. Just git 'r done as one comic says.
When I can't get tech info, I size up the customer. What is their
business? What kind of press would this job be most likely to print on?
Would it be a #1 sheet or toilet paper. Do they hire good printers or
cheap printers...
I process all of this into a workflow that I think will give them the
type of separation that will work best for them.
Where I get the tools and knowledge to do this is from experience.
Something at times I wish I had not accumulated because of the battle
scars I earned while getting it.
I've seen so many jobs bounce at this point that there's only one thing
I know for sure....
What not to do.
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