Scott Fresener of T-Biz Network announces the release of a major upgrade to his T-Seps software. T-Seps 3.5 Separation Suite is an automated colour separation plug-in that is designed to work specifically in Adobe Photoshop CC 2014 on Mac and Windows computers.
It allows screenprinters to do high-end colour separations with very little Photoshop experience. According to Fresener “With the evolution and changes Adobe Photoshop is making we have to constantly be upgrading our program to meet their demands. The new Photoshop CC 2014 required a different architecture than earlier versions which is why T-Seps 3.5 only works in Photoshop CC 2014. But, users of earlier verions of my software including FastFilms and T-Seps 3.0 can easily upgrade to T-Seps 3.5.”
Colour separation
T-Seps 3.5 offers a variety of colour separation methods including Simulate Process Colour, Index Colour, CMYK, Spot Colour, Discharge/Waterbased Ink separations, Monochrome Black and White separations and Old Photo/Vintage separations. It also has a lot of special graphic effects built in including edge effects, the distressed look, and image improvement routines for low quality artwork.
T-Seps 3.5 is an Adobe Photoshop plug-in that works the Extensions Panel and it has a very easy-to-use graphic interface.
Improvements
Fresener says: (…) “Starting with T-Seps 3.0 I added new routines for images with faces and flesh tones, images with flames and orange, and a routine for boat/ocean images with lots of blues and water colours. And, I have greatly improved the Discharge separation routine.”
“Most separations take less than 30 seconds to run and then with just a few minutes of final tweaking the printer has a great set of seps. T-Seps recommends the mesh count, the print order and even gives the final ink colour callout. New printers find that it takes them to a new level.”
Free trial download
T-Seps 3.5 comes with a detailed 85 page PDF manual along with test files and Fresener offers a 20-day free trial download so a printer can try it before they buy it and it includes a built-in RIP that converts the file to halftone dots, adds registration marks, and even lets you preview the final seps as halftone dots and in colour so you can see exactly what the separations will print like before you ever got to press.
