What color separation software to use?!?!

EthanLLK · February 18th, 2011, 02:06 AM

I was wondering if anyone could give me a heads up on the most user friendly color separation software they might have used. Right now I do all of it in Photoshop CS4 but I was wondering if there might be a product that would take some of the guessing out of it and just easier and less time consuming over all??

THANKS!!!

BlueMobster · February 18th, 2011, 10:54 AM

Wilflex EasyArt 2. Hands down. It's not only the cheapest, ($299) but it's the most efficient and has the most options out of all the color separation programs and plug-ins I have used over the years. 9-color separations used to take me hours to do, yesterday I separated a 9-color front AND back in only 30 minutes.

The only bad thing about it is that it only has e-mail support and the one guy who does it is in the UK, so it takes about 12 hours to get a response. After you buy, it takes 12 hours for the dude to manually send you an install code. I have been using this for quite some time and have never had any problems.

type1teez · February 18th, 2011, 11:38 AM

I would agree, Wilflex Easy Art is powerful and affordable option. We use Quick Seps Pro. and works great also. I got it on sale for 399. Separation Studio is 900 bucks I think (don't quote me). All of these programs offer a trail version so play around with them and see what works for you.

BlueMobster · February 18th, 2011, 12:15 PM

I think Separation Studio is down to $700 now, but you have to separate outside of Photoshop and then take it into Photoshop to tweak the seps. It's good, but not $700 good.

But boy howdy, is their email support system fast. We had an AccuRip (made by same company) issue and they responded within 10 minutes.

hieveryone · February 18th, 2011, 08:35 PM

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