Exploring Adobe Photoshop and CorelDraw Applications in enhancing Imagery for Screen Printing on T-Shirts

Abstract

Accurate print registration always poses a problem when an artist tries to achieve full process colour prints with Serigraph technique. This is so because the steps and printing process is by hand or mechanical. Consequently, artists who employ Serigraph printing technique resort to the use of spot colour and two colours in printing their jobs. This study documents the possibilities of using filter effects on Adobe Photoshop Application and tracing effects on CorelDraw to ameliorate this situation by creating and enhancing colour layers for shades, mid-tones and highlights, respectively, for full colour serigraph or screen printing art. The study aims at achieving accurate print registration of Designs carefully laid out and prepared for printing on five model T-Shirts.