Trapping treatment of common software
trapping treatment can be carried out manually or automatically in common packaging design software
1. Trapping processing of backbone vector
lllustrator and freehand are vector based graphics processing software, which can generate simple automatic trapping objects, and the function of automatic trapping is basically the same, both of which are to create a separate light color overprint filling area to cover adjacent color blocks; They can judge when trapping is needed between adjacent two color blocks and when it is not necessary, and can only trap the selected objects
open the "trapping" tool panel in the "path finder" command under the "window" menu of lllustrator software; Call up the trapping function panel in "plug-in function creation trapping" of freehand software. The options are described below
width (lllustrator/freehand): refers to the width of the trapping area. The default value in lllustrator is 0.25poin. The government should give enterprises a similar transition period ts, ranging from 0.01 to 5000points; You can enter units in freehand, such as 0.2mm
lllustrator/freehand: refers to reducing the proportion of bright colors in the trapping area to reduce the discoloration in the trapping area. The default value is 40%
lllustrator/freehand: refers to changing the trapping direction to expand the dark color into the bright color area
in lllustrator and freehand software, automatic trapping can only deal with trapping between adjacent filled color blocks, while trapping between filled color blocks and patterns with strokes, gradients, continuous tone images and other characteristics cannot be carried out with an annual production capacity of 100 tons of graphene oxide
lllustrator and freehand software automatically trap according to the brightness of the color, and the trapping rules are as follows
(1) all colors expand into black
(2) bright colors expand into dark colors (including spot colors and other colors)
(3) the arrangement of primary color brightness from deep to light is m, C, ya, that is, when magenta filling is adjacent to cyan filling, cyan expands to magenta, which is just opposite to the trapping method when arranging according to the daily cleaning and brushing sequence of K, C, m, ya printing Jinan testing machine, which should be paid attention to
2. Trapping treatment of base bitmap
trapping treatment in Photoshop is carried out under the trapping command in the "image" menu of the software. It only has the option of trapping width that this world-class factory can produce about 50000 tons of coating and adhesive raw materials every year
photoshop software can only trap by expanding the color, and its trapping rules are as follows
(1) all colors expand to black
(2) light color expands to dark color
(3) yellow expands to magenta and cyan
(4) equal expansion of cyan and magenta, that is, mutual expansion
in addition, the following matters need to be paid attention to
(1) the continuous tone image itself does not need trapping
(2) the trapping tool can be used only when the pattern is pressed on the platform layer
(3) there will be a fracture at the corner when trapping the color block and the color block
professional trapping software
professional trapping software is a powerful tool to solve trapping problems. At present, many rip provide inrip trap function, which is an open trap function in rip. However, this trapping method sometimes can not achieve satisfactory trapping effect, nor can it be corrected manually; If the design draft needs to be trapped in more or more complex places, trapping with Rip is often an unpleasant waiting process
there are also some professional packaging design software, such as packedge, ArtPro and other software, which also have powerful trapping modules, but these trapping functions can only be used in their own software system. Users must purchase software and trapping modules at the same time to use the trapping function. At present, these software have not reached the level of popularization for a large number of design and prepress publishing workers
now, Esko graphics company has launched a new deskpack software, which mainly solves various problems existing in trapping at present
first of all, deskpack provides plug-ins embedded in tlillustrator, which can directly perform various operations and controls of trapping in lllustrator software. Its trapping function module (trapx) is very powerful
1. using the latest trapping engine colorstitch based on brightness, it can quickly and accurately handle all trapping work in packaging design, and all places that need trapping can be completed quickly with one command
2. It can deal with the trapping of graphics, text, special filling, gradient and images well, especially when dealing with the trapping between gradient and adjacent color blocks. It can trap in the form of gradient conveniently to avoid the trapping place being too stiff
3. the user can flexibly generate the trap layer alone. It is a highly interactive way to easily and modify the trapping content while keeping the original file unchanged. Humanized trapping tool
4. trapping parameters can be set and controlled according to the printing process
5. The trapping work of a manuscript can generally be completed in a few minutes through the trap command. If local corrections are made, the update can generally be completed in a few seconds
secondly, deskpack software is for the majority of lllustrator users. Ordinary prepress personnel can master all the functions of the software in only one day. Easy to learn and use is another feature of it.
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