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screen printing => General Screen Printing => Topic started by: kidink on August 16, 2023, 09:53:14 AM

Title: Choking a white base correctly?
Post by: kidink on August 16, 2023, 09:53:14 AM

When working in photoshop with a white base that has a mixture of solid areas and halftones, what's the correct way to choke it without messing with the gradations and areas that are not 100%

Thanks

Title: Re: Choking a white base correctly?
Post by: Sbrem on August 16, 2023, 05:01:29 PM

Depending on the resolution, I just make the selection and Select menu, Modify, and Contract. Zoom in to get a sense of how much you need to choke and give it a shot, maybe make a duplicate file to test on and leave your original alone until you've made a decision...

Steve

Title: Re: Choking a white base correctly?
Post by: blue moon on August 17, 2023, 02:52:55 PM

You should probably expand the top color unless you are printing with very opaque inks…