Printed products for studio workshop
Using a linen tester we looked up close at different prints. I was amazed at how it was made up of lots of dots of CMYK as from afar it appears as one colour or a clear image.
CMYK
Silver foiling
CMYK
B&W Monotone with a gloss
This was blue stock and you could see the texture of the stock
Card packaging print - you could see how it was slightly smudged when up close
CMYK
CMYK
Spot colour
This appeared as spot colour as there was no DPI visible
We had looked previously at different print processes. These were small scale examples of what the plates would be like.
Copper plate
Pad printing
Aluminium plates - this shows the different plates for CMYK printing of an image.
Reflecting on this workshop I was shocked and amazed at how many of the prints were formed out different coloured dots but appeared to the eye as a whole, clear image. I knew images where made up of CMYK but didn't realise it was so visible when up close so this took me by surprise. I did take a liking to the high quality prints as I preferred the stock, the spot colour clear appearance and techniques such as foiling or spot varnish. I did also learn that some techniques weren't what they seem but really added to the appearance of quality but were relevantly cheap. Things such as textured stock and metallic inks made the prints seem a higher quality.
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