RAZEPRINT Posted April 5, 2020 Share Posted April 5, 2020 I know this issue has been around for a while but is there a way to output a pdf to separation studio for screen printing while preserving the separate spot colours as you can when exporting from Illustrator. When i try to export from Affinity i aleays get gradients exporting as cmyk and showing incorrect colours. I have attached an image to show what i mean. Jowday 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeW Posted April 5, 2020 Share Posted April 5, 2020 Sep Studio. That's been awhile since I last used it! Probably. But I don't know how SS will see it. You could try making those as 3 different frames with a single spot color per frame and set to multiply blend and perhaps need them set to overprint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAZEPRINT Posted April 5, 2020 Author Share Posted April 5, 2020 It just seems to be an issue that stops screen printers from moving away from illustrator. i have tried inkscape without luck, as soon as i introduce and gradients it goes haywire. I'd like to know that Affinity are working on it ,surely and if it is fixable at all, otherwise i've wasted my money. mackleys 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeW Posted April 5, 2020 Share Posted April 5, 2020 You'll only know if Serif intend to enhance this issue of spots in gradients if one of Serif's staff replies or it is announced in the beta and/or release notes. But for now I think it's safe to say how it works is "by design." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAZEPRINT Posted April 5, 2020 Author Share Posted April 5, 2020 Thanks for your reply MikeW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeW Posted April 5, 2020 Share Posted April 5, 2020 You're most welcome, RazePrint. I wish I would have been able to write, "Yes, here's how" without a terrible work-around. Stay safe & healthy to you and yours. Mike Jowday 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Sean P Posted April 6, 2020 Staff Share Posted April 6, 2020 Hi RAZEPRINT, This is something we have logged with development to be fixed. I will get it bumped with your comments. Thanks for letting us know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAZEPRINT Posted April 6, 2020 Author Share Posted April 6, 2020 I have now had some (variable) sucess. I am outputting as PDF high quality and have managed to get a gradient of 3 colours to load into separation studio on occasion. I have found it has to be a gradient of 3,if i change it to a 2 colour gradient,it fails to load, if i make it 3 colour with 2 of the nodes the same colour ,it fails to load. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAZEPRINT Posted April 6, 2020 Author Share Posted April 6, 2020 I have also found that working with a colour to transparent gradient does not work at all unless it is balck to transparent. Any other colour to transparent is split into a cmyk colours rather than spot colours Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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