digital imaging and photo emulsion silkscreen. what is silkscreen printing? silkscreen is a stencil...
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Digital Imaging and Photo Emulsion Silkscreen
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What is Silkscreen Printing?• Silkscreen is a stencil printing process.
• Ink is forced through a stencil made on fine-mesh polyester or silk fabric.
• Stencils can be made with cut paper, contact paper, photo emulsion, and other materials.
• Silkscreen printing is used to create multiple prints of your image, or image and text. Silkscreen can be used on paper, fabric, canvas, clay, and other flat surfaces.
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Silkscreen Examples
Poster by Carolyn Brown
16 Jackies by Andy Warhol
Lincoln by Robert Rauschenberg
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Digital Process: Silkscreen prints from photos
• This is the digital version of the Photo Lith process.
• Instead of making a high-contrast print with Kodalith paper and chemicals, it can be done in Photoshop, and printed onto acetate transparencies.
• This is great for detailed images which would be ridiculously hard to hand-render.
• Color planning can also be done in Photoshop.
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Supplies and Tools
Diazo Emulsion- Speedball and other brands
Emulsion remover- Speedball, etc.
Silkscreens- polyester for acrylic & wter based inks
Squeegee
Silkscreen inks
Black “stencil” made of paper, toner on acetate, ink on acetate or translucent paper
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Selecting a Photo Image• When selecting photos for silkscreen, look for clear SHAPES or LINES.
• Photos with good contrast are best, but others can be fixed in Photoshop.
• Avoid photos with distracting clutter around the main subject.
Poor photo for silkscreen
Better photo for silkscreen
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Preparing Photo in Photoshop• Each image needs to be output in black
to create the photo stencil.
1. Open photo in Photoshop or Photoshop Elements
2. Create a high contrast image:
Image>Adjust>Threshold OR Image>Adjust>Contrast
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Planning ColorsOnce you get the basic image done, you can use Photoshop to plan colors for printing.