User manual SCOTT FRESENER FASTFILMS FOR PHOTOSHOP 5.0 HIGHER REFERENCE MANUAL

[. . . ] REFERENCE MANUAL FOR PHOTOSHOP 5. 0 OR HIGHER PUSH BUTTON SEPARATIONS © 19982007 Scott Fresener & U. S. Screen Print and Inkjet Technology Home of the U. S. Screen Printing Institute Tempe, AZ USA ­ All Rights Reserved See the FastFilmsTM website on the internet!www. FastFilms. com Revised 01. 31. 07 Welcome to FastFilms TM You have purchased the most powerful separation software available for Tshirt printers. [. . . ] For FastFilmsTM to run correctly the image MUST be at the final resolution and be adjusted for optimum quality (sharpness, good tonal range, etc. ). If the image is dark in the midtones and shadows, apply Tone Curve adjustments. 6. 5 Opening the Working Files When you press a Run button, the separation routine starts and a help message screen will tell you that you need to load the masked version first. 35 The program will take you to the Open File screen of Photoshop® and you simply select the correct file. After the masked version of the file is loaded, the program creates the Underbase and Highlight white channels. The program then tells you to load the next file. You will again be taken to the Open File screen and simply select the proper file. FastFilmsTM will now separate the individual colors, place them in the correct print sequence, place the color name and Pantone® number on each channel, adjust for dot gain and ink interaction, adjust for the opacity of each color, adjust for shirt color, and do hundreds of other behindthescenes calculations. 6. 6 Previewing Images on Screen After you have run a specific routine, you will need to preview the image to see how it will look on a shirt. Photoshop® allows you to see a channel by placing the eye in the small box next to the thumbnail of each channel. If only one channel has the eye next to it, the image will be in black and white grayscale on the monitor. If more than one channel has the eye, Photoshop® will display the image in the correct color. Photoshop® versions 5. 0 ­ 9. 0 (CS2) display the preview image much more accurately than Photoshop® 4. 0 and earlier. (Note: Photoshop 7. 0 and later have the ability to show the channel thumbnails in color ­ but the default setting is to show them in grayscale. ) 36 6. 7 Working With Channels You can also preview a single channel by placing just one eye next to the channel (making it visible) and removing the eyes from the others. If you want to adjust a specific channel it will need to be selected. Don't confuse SELECTING a channel with placing an EYE next to it and PREVIEWING it. You can have channels set for preview (with eyes) and have only one selected for adjustment. In the above example, the Underbase White channel has the "eye" next to it (visible channel) but the Light Blue channel is SELECTED. Any adjustments would affect the Light Blue channel. 6. 8 Adjusting Individual Channels with Tone Curves Once a channel is selected it's possible to apply curves, sharpen or erase sections and much more. There are times when image touchup will be necessary if you find that a color is not intense enough. If the preview of the image is close but maybe just not dead on, don't be afraid to adjust channels. Good separators run the program first and then tweak individual colors. [. . . ] By pressing this button, you automatically copy the words to "clipboard" on your computer. You can simply paste these words into the body of your email. We will send you back a series of words called a Response that will then unlock FastFilmsTM. Please don't forget to also include your FastFilmsTM Serial Number (it starts with "FF") and company information in your unlock request. [. . . ]