Gamut Warning!

Have you ever experienced getting a printout result that don't quite looks like your artwork in computer? I've been wondering what is the problem all this while and after the last tutorial session, my questions are cleared.

This is due to something called gamut. So... What is gamut?

A gamut is the range of colors that a color system can display or print. A color that can be displayed in RGB may be out of gamut, and therefore unprintable for the CMYK settings.

Ways to solve Gamut problems:-

Gamut Warning View.
If you want to see which particular colors are out-of-gamut, you can do this using Shift-Ctrl-Y or View > Gamut Warning. This grayed out view is not what will show when you print, but this shows you which of your colors will be muted for printing.

To solve.

First, choose a the image or artwork you wanted to print.

As your press Ctrl-Shift-Y to enable the gamut warning, you can clearly see the areas who are out of range.

Go to Image > Adjustment > Hue/Saturation to adjust it to get the optimum result.

This is the end result. Now you can get exactly what you see on your screen. 

Good luck trying!

Halloween~

Changed the header for this lovely halloween~ ;)

Blog header!

Since this blog is something personal and contains my artwork, I decided to make my own header for the blog as well. As the title for my blog is "Photoshop For The Win!" (not WTF reversed) I made the picture showing that the photoshop icon is dominating the illustrator icon.

This is how my artwork is done:

Step 1:

I drew the two icons using Adobe Illustrator. I used the rectangle tool and 3D effect to draw the icons and fill them with gradient colors after that.

Step 2:

I exported the artwork to Adobe Photoshop and pasted an image that I found on the net as the background for the artwork.

Step 3:

Next, I added a lens flare behind the photoshop icon so for some effects and to show power and dominance.

Step 4:

Then, I adjusted the contrast and brightness of the artwork so that it matches the background.

Step 5:

Finally, I move the artwork back to Adobe Illustrator to add the header title and filled it with color. 

And my header is ready to be uploaded! 

Introducing~ the great author of this blog XP

My name is Pook Khim Wui. 2nd of June is the glorious date I was born. I am 20years old. Student ID 1102702172, Alpha level in Foundation in Creative Multimedia. I come from Ipoh, Perak. You can contact me through my facebook or my email. Loves chocolate. Loves dancing. Loves music. Hates.. Too much to be listed. I have not decided where am I heading yet in Beta level. But it will be soon as I explore the subjects. I think that's all =)

I'm currently using Adobe Photoshop CS5