Questions tagged [black]
Questions about the use of black. In print, black can have different appearances depending on the actual inks used.
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How can I reproduce this linen print texture?
I would like to reproduce the vintage cloth book cover texture from this picture:
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As you can see, the brown drawing and text are also textured. It contains "white dots" which makes it ...
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How can we deal with a white logo that needs to be placed on a white background?
Our brand has had its logo for several years and we like it. The only issue is now we need to place it on a white background, which obviously limits our options. What can be done (other than embossing ...
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What is the name of this font don't recognized by others tools
The letters are D&S.
In fact, other tools don't recognize this letters because I think the letters are black with dark background.
This come from a photo of a flyer of my client: D&S Esthetic, ...
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How to determine final greyscale look of printed color by B&W printer
I need to design a pdf document that can be both readable on a computer and on a paper printed using a "black & white" (i.e. greyscale) printer. Notably I want:
to ensure that some text ...
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Dimension Size to align the same size?
I hope someone in here can help or guide me to understand how this works. I work a lot of black and white aerial photos and they were contracted from a scanned company. They scanned a lot of these old ...
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Can I use 200% black ink for text to be sent to the printers?
This is what I (think I) know:
Rich blacks (e.g. 60/40/40/100 CMYK) are to be avoided on small objects like texts, because even the best printing machine may have a slight misalignment, making a ...
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Black lines save as grey
I am a very basic user, I scan pencil (comic) drawings as tiffs and use Photoshop cc 2015 to darken the lines and clean up a bit, and put text balloons and save again as tiffs. I use the 'levels' ...
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trying to create an hq svg, but also remove the black space top and bottom of image
im trying to create an hq svg, but also remove the black space top and bottom of image.
im having difficulties, ive tried vectormagic, picsvg, now i am trying to use
inkscape, but im not even sure if ...
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Pop of Color Photoshop
I want to have the background be black and white and then a rectangle of color be normal but I don’t know how and when I erase it it’s shaky. What do I do.
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Similar font to Montserrat Alternates?
I'm looking for a black, sans-serif font that has curved (curly?) "W" and/or "A" uppercase, instead of the typical "spiky" "W" or "A" of sans-serif.
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CYMK Black settings for InDesign where original artwork used very fine ink (and gouache)
I am using In Design and PS to create CYMK PDF for printing a children’s book. The original artwork was commissioned and is composed using gouache and black ink on off-white paper. So fortunately ...
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Photo has bright and darker on an aerial photo question
I am not very familiar how to manipulate with the photo i have has a bright and a darker in the same photos. I do not know if this is a common or not .
I got this from a contractor that scanned many ...
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Allign 3 B&W layers to make an RGB picture
I'm trying to process a picture of Jupiter from Junocam and I'm trying to align 3 B&W picture to make an RGB picture but it's not working, I tried differents opacity but it still not working, I ...
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How to recreate this colour change on Photoshop
I had previously edited this photo, however the file was corrupted and I cannot remember how I edited it, and I can't recreate the same effect of the colour change. I am wanting to recreate the black ...
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How do you invert the colors in a stencil drawing so that the result looks otherwise identical to the original?
I have a stencil image of Karl Marx. The subject is mostly white on a black background. However, I would like to create another version of it where the subject is black on a white background. I ...
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Editing photos for CMYK printing
This question is a follow-up on this earlier question here
As I am attempting on printing a photo-magazine in black and white, I am losing rich blacks in my photos when converting them to CMYK and ...
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Print deep blacks in CMYK photo magazine
I am very much a novice when it comes to working with printing and colour values and I am using InDesign for the first time.
I am working on an all black and white photographic magazine, which will ...
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Background idea for displaying black png images
I need a good way to display black png images in my webapp
Hover
I thought about using a "transparency tile" but that wouldn't look good
I even used CSS stripes but the result wasn't great
I need a ...
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How do you achieve that black/transparent look in photoshop?
How do you achieve this look:
Thanks!
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Handling inversion on black and white photos in Photoshop
I'm looking to recreate a similar black and white effect to the dome in this casino token. It's the Capitol Building in Austin, Texas.
I've looked at a variety of different images of the dome, in ...
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In a CMYK raster image, why does pure black look darker if I switch off other 3 channels?
File mode: CMYK
CMYK working profile: Fogra 39
Grayscale working profile: Dot gain 15%
Any region with pure black (0 0 0 100), if I turn off the cyan, magenta and yellow channels, it gets slightly ...
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AI .PNG not exporting a black background [closed]
When exporting my illustrator file as a .png and choosing to export with a black background transparency, it exports with a white background. I have tried one with artboards and one without, but to no ...
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CMYK to PMS - which PMS color should I use?
I am developing brand guidelines for a particular sub-brand where I work. Certain details are specified with a rich black, which is a CMYK mix of
C10, M10, Y10, K100. Mostly process printing will work ...
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Black highlights and shadows?
I'm trying to do a Graphic Design of some blocks using a certain color palette.
The way I did the highlight and shadow colors is to multiply the colors by 2 and 0.5 respectively, clipping if needed.
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Is 100% black good in UI design? [duplicate]
I was told that 100% black color makes eyes strain as it's too much contrast between white background and high color text. Ebooks, for example, does not use 100% black.
Are there any studies that ...
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Why doesn't Illustrator automatically overprint 100% black?
I am creating print PDFs from InDesign that contain Illustrator files. Most of these Illustrator files have black outlines used. When you create a fresh outline with 100% black, it's not set to ...
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How heavy should ink coverage be for a custom CMYK rich black?
In recent jobs, I have skewed away from pre-mixed rich black formulas in favour of making a black that fits dominant colours in the publication. For example, in a publication with a dominant full ...
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Getting Illustrator to send true black to Ricoh printer
My Illustrator design shows "rich black" but when I send it to my Ricoh Aficio GX e3300n printer the black comes out dark maroon/brown.
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How do I remove black lines from an illustration / artwork?
Hi all! First ever post on this great site so, please be kind :-)
I have a panoramic shaped image of buildings that I have studied which I created using ink on paper. The original piece is just that: ...
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Glossy black logo on matte black background
I remember seeing high-fashion packaging with black-on-black printing; but, the difference was with only the finish. Normally, I see gold-on-black, or silver.
I want that same black "shiny effect" ...
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Integrating a photo into a "black" background for print in Illustrator?
My print knowledge has gone a little rusty so I was wondering if someone might be able to clear something up for me.
I am designing a box which has a photo that fades into black around the edges/in ...
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What would happen if I made something - CMYK 100
It would literally be:
C: 100
M: 100
Y: 100
K: 100
For a total of 400% color
I know you're never supposed to go over 300... but
How would this affect:
The way it looks on my ...
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InDesign: Black colour in blend modes [closed]
I have a white background, on top of that a black vector shape (A), and a white vector shape on top (B). I have B on difference blend mode. My goal is that both shapes appear black, but that the area ...
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How to check a PDF which is presumably only supposed to be using black text with no coloured elements?
I have been provided with a text-only PDF which is supposed to only be using black in 100% K or tints of black (50% K, 60% K, etc). The client needs to print this using a black plate process and ...
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Photoshop CMYK Workspace vs Saved Image question
I'm a screen graphics guy trying to transition into print media for some projects, and I've done a ton of research on CMYK Black versus "rich" or "dense" black, and it all makes sense to me. I have a ...
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PDF: Convert CMYK 100% black to 0% RGB black
As explained elsewhere (1, 2), converting CMYK (0, 0, 0, 100%) black to RGB always results in some dark grey.
So how to replace CMYK (0, 0, 0, 100%) black with RGB (0, 0, 0) black? Is there any tool ...
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100 % black logo in scribus
I need to include EPS pictures (logos and barcode) in a Scribus project.
These pictures appear as CMYK(0,0,0,100) when opened with Inkscape, yet the printing company complains that it's not.
I ...
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Photoshop help me change color of object
Hello is there any possible way to turn this box black, leaving it looking naturally? How do I do it?
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How to change blacks to 100% black in Illustrator?
I've been stuck with this problem for a few days and I just can't seem to figure it out, hopefully someone can help!
I did a job where I edited a brochure, the original design files were destroyed ...
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How to use CMYK "true black" in OS X Pages
I am new to Mac but am seeking to design a brochure for printing using the Pages app. The normal color settings of RGB and CMYK do not seem to be present. What color setting do I need to use to obtain ...
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How to turn off overprint in Indesign?
I have a brochure that was sent to printing and the printer staff told me that I need to have the overprint turned off for some black text on a square that was to be printed with Metallic silver.
I ...
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How to fix “’registration color’: black” error in PDF Preflight?
I'm preparing a document for print and I am in the preflight process.
One of the errors is the colour issue shown in the image below.
“Registration color”: Black
How can I fix this?
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Can I check whether plain black or rich black is used for text in a pdf?
A design agency my company is using have created a flyer design for us. Upon print, it looks as if the body text on the flyer has been printed in a rich black, because the text has come out a little '...
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ID CS6: Matching blacks for printing via POD services?
I'm an experienced but self-taught InDesign user. I can put a book together for print, but I've got gaps in some basics. Still, everything I've done through POD services so far has printed clean. Now ...
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Will I need an extra plate to print a tint of black?
I'm scoping a print project that will include one red PMS and black. I'm thinking the print job will be less expensive than a 4C process because there are less plates of color involved. I wanted to ...
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Difference between "Black & White" and "Grayscale"
From my previous question I found that Grayscale ≠ Black & White. So, I want to know the differences between "Grayscale" and "Black & White" clearly/completely.
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Adobe I - PNG export is not transparent and cannot be viewed in Photo Viewer
When I export my image as a PNG file it does not come out as so.
When I view it in windows photo viewer the image is just black. If I import it to Paint the image comes up but it has a normal white ...
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Printing solid black on transparencies for creating plates
I have a requirement to be able to print graphics and text on transparency (just black). We use those to then create plates for labels. The output needs to be solid (not pixels) as any light passing ...
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What black should I use when printing on a metal tin?
I have to make a label for an olive oil brand and the background of the label consists of an olive trunk that fades to black.
What are the cmyk values which are appropriate for printing a true black ...
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Photoshop picture black and white with colour (Lights)
I came across this picture online and I want to try and create something similar.
Can anyone give me some tips on how to recreate this image?
I have tried the following:
Create new layer & ...
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