About Alyn Expertise 12 years experience with art for screen printing. can answer questions specifically geared toward color seperations, camera ready artwork, and how to translate your artwork for screenprinting. can respond to problems regarding vector vs. bitmap artwork as well as gradients and process.
Expert: Alyn Date: 4/29/2006 Subject: freehand color problem
Question I want to know, Why does the color change from one freehand to the other. I made something in a certain blue on a freehand, and then i send it over to another computer with freehand it comes out completely different.
Answer if you want to make sure of exact color my suggestion is to use the pantone color chart to create spot colors in your design. when this file moves from computer to computer the file reads the exact pantone match. the colors may not look the same or print the same from one computer to another because of monitor calibration or the ability to read postscript color information to your printers. the up side is that any art you are sending out for printing or seps for professional production will carry the accurate information to ensure that your final product will match your intended colors. your spot colors should translate into illustrator as well, however gradients don't properly transfer between files. also large color shifts will occur when exporting as any pixel based files such as jpg, tif, psd, or bmp. also exporting as a pdf will erase any designated color information. but when transfering between freehand on different computers you are probably just seeing a difference in monitoer claibration or printer sensitivity, one output as seps, or on a good postscript printer that recognizes pantone colors you will have the results you desire.
