What is Art/Color Separation?
After its creation, the art must be converted into final separations. The goal of art separation is to create individual films, either vellum or acetate, in which the print areas block UV light rays and the negative areas allow UV light to pass through. Some common methods of art separation are tracing, blocking, cutting, and computer. For multi-color printing, a design is usually separated so that each color is printed with a different screen. The separated screens are printed one at a time, with each specific color aligned on the printing surface to produce the finished composite.
