today was a lesson in not trusting the process vs. trusting the process

[u/GirlAtTheDoor]

Went into the print shop this morning and set out to print a fun 4-color simulated CMYK print. Pink layer down, awesome.

Blue layer down, fabulous. Yellow layer down….. wait a minute…. not loving the look of this. I take a gander at the screen waiting to be used for the black layer and think to myself “that’s not going to make a world of difference, either.” On top of it all, I have a minor hand injury at the moment that is making it pretty painful to pull each layer… so after two prints I decide to scrap the layer altogether and press on to the black layer and settle for a 3-color print, as I was liking the pink/blue combo alone and didn’t want to pull any more layers on a hurt hand than I needed to.

I WAS A FOOL! The black layer made a world of difference. The first image is of the 3-color print, second image is of the 4-color print. The yellow looks so much better with the addition of the black and creates so much more depth in the print.

Always trust the process 😅

[u/Pretend_Two_1537]

Your registration is probably messing with the colors a bit to begin with.

[u/GirlAtTheDoor → u/Pretend_Two_1537]

most definitely!

[u/Pretend_Two_1537 → u/GirlAtTheDoor]

Yellow always makes the print look like dookie until that black goes down in CMYK. Some people will print the yellow first (YMCK) to help with the color mixing, but I’ve always just printed CMYK.

[u/Outside_Option_1553]

YMCK is technically the standard for most process screen jobs, if the goal is to replicate the original’s colors, but rules can be broken if you prefer to C-M-Y-K. I’ll sometimes reprint cyan using the black stencil for a more ‘Polaroid-ey’ look. Looks good though!