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Computers and Software => Raster and Vector Manipulation Programs, and How to Do Stuff in Them. => Topic started by: ebscreen on February 20, 2014, 07:09:05 PM

Title: Metallic Swatches
Post by: ebscreen on February 20, 2014, 07:09:05 PM

Anybody have any good metallic swatches for Illustrator (or anything else, can probably convert?)

The Pantone metallics are just solid colors. Anything available online is usually just a gradient.
I'm looking for what screen printing shimmer ink looks like. A gold nugget up close?

Thanks.

Title: Re: Metallic Swatches
Post by: StuJohnston on February 20, 2014, 07:12:02 PM

While it's not terrifically convenient, if I needed to make something look metallic in illustrator, I would either find something printed with that ink and patch it together with photoshop or print a flood of it and take a decent picture. Then I would put the image behind a mask of what I plan to print.

Title: Re: Metallic Swatches
Post by: cyw on February 20, 2014, 07:48:15 PM

There are plenty of shimmer and metallic swatches available at manufacturers websites. You're probably looking for shimmer if you need it for plastisol mock-ups.
I don't really have those. I use glitter swatches all the time though, like this.

Title: Re: Metallic Swatches
Post by: ebscreen on February 21, 2014, 01:41:08 PM

Awesome, thanks. Now to delve into Illustrator patterns....