Color reduction in textile and surface pattern design

Опубликовано: 05 Сентябрь 2026
на канале: Pattern Talent by Darya Karenski
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Take a peek behind the scenes of professional textile and surface design - learn why, how and when to reduce the number of colors in artwork! We'll touch upon color matching, Pantones, digital and screen printing, indexed mode in Photoshop, color reducing in Illustrator, the process in CMYK for stationery and RGB for textiles. This video will be useful if you work in house, for hire or freelance for retail product development companies or can just give you an insider look on what happens to designs when they are purchased/licensed!

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