On Sun, Oct 25, 2009 at 7:18 PM, Ismael Barros² <razielmine@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sun, Oct 25, 2009 at 7:04 PM, Chris Mohler <cr33dog@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> On Sun, Oct 25, 2009 at 12:54 PM, Omari Stephens <xsdg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> Guillermo Espertino wrote: >>>> Ismael: >>>> I don't know the official position about this, but I think that the >>>> Wilber image you used looks pretty dated. I'd use the Tango version or >>>> the icon for Mac that Jimmac designed. >>>> They look much better and as far as I could see, the Tango version is >>>> being used for GIMP since 2.4 >>>> >>>> http://macin.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/gimp-icon-512x512.png >>>> http://jimmac.musichall.cz/images/blog/gimp-mac.png >>> >>> Gradients are hard and expensive to do on T-shirts. Most t-shirts are screen >>> printed, which means that distinct colors are layed down one at a time. >>> Usually, there is no blending. >> >> I do t-shirts with gradient/blending all of the time - it's not any >> more expensive, but it can be trickier to set up and print. The main >> thing I see w/those PNGs is that they are too low-res for a full-front >> print: >> http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/45/The_GIMP_icon_-_gnome.svg > > That's with transfer/sublimation or with screen printing? > We use this: http://www.freewear.org/images/navigation/compiling/compiling_xr.jpg > With our technique what Omari Stephens states is true, that's why we > always try to remove gradients and to minimize the number of colors of > each design. Heh - I've pulled a manual halftone screen before, and I assure you that _with my own eyes_ I have witnessed a woman screening four-color process *manually*. Onto sweatshirts. Now I would never recommend 4CP on a manual press, but it can be done ;-) And a halftone gradient with 2 or 3 spot colors is really not that hard once you've nailed the halftone size/shape/angle, screen mesh, and exposure time. And for the record I dislike DTG (direct to garment) and sublimation printing - give me screens and good old plastisol any day ;) Chris _______________________________________________ Gimp-developer mailing list Gimp-developer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer
