CMYK Color Separation with Halftones | Affinity Screen Printing Tutorial

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• The tutorial demonstrates how to perform CMYK color separation using halftones in Affinity, converting a graphic into an image composed of halftone dots for cyan, magenta, yellow, and black. 0:05
• Begin by creating a new document, ensuring it is set to CMYK color mode with a 300 DPI resolution, and adjust the canvas size if needed. 2:21
• Rasterize the graphic layer and navigate to the pixel environment to access the individual CMYK channels. 3:19
• Crucially, set unique screen angles for each channel: 15° for cyan, 75° for magenta, 0° for yellow, and 45° for black, then apply the filter. 4:39
• Apply a "round" halftone filter to each channel, using a consistent cell size (e.g., 10) for all. 5:33
• After applying halftones to all channels, enable their visibility to see the complete color-separated image composed of halftone dots. 6:14
• To create individual printable separations, right-click each channel in the channels menu and select "Load to Pixel Selection." 6:40
• With the selection active, create a new fill layer using black as the fill color, then deselect and rename the layer to its corresponding color (e.g., "cyan"). 7:12
• Repeat this process for each CMYK channel to generate separate, exportable halftone layers suitable for screen printing or other individual channel applications. 8:39