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1. hag Move Region The Copy tot may be ied to move selected area to another position within he Bap ar to capy a selected area to another poston To copy a selecta ares click om the Mave Magion kurton Th ose cursor may then be used to drag he selection To move lec area ciek on the Region buon and then hold the Cr hey When dragaing b selection The area vacated by the econ wil billed with the Target clo Crop Tool a The Crop tol remove all ofthe Bimap except far selected Fill Region The Fil Region tol will lla electa ara with he color Select color by abi on ane of tae plc clo in he Image poletne dialog Select he ares 1o be flooded using the selection tol and ick on the Fl Region buton Quarter Bitmap The Quarter imap ton wil reduce the resolution af the Bap S0 in tems of iis width and height The storage requirements for he Bitmap wl be eed however she vil of he image may suffer Extended Information Tis tool wil display concen the dimensions and resin af the Clicking the Resample utn wili perfor the sme fiction as the Quarter Bona command Weg ith map mages Merge Colors The Menge Colors baton removes ali unused colos from the alte also ges cos that ane cecidi e nage palet dalog opened hy cing on the Pale button id the clon wit the curet Target color Posterize Region Posc
2. USERS UAL FASTARTIST VERSION 2 0 FOR WINDOWS MANUAL VERSION 11 REVISED FEBRUARY 2009 GRAPHIC SOFTWARE Basic Safety Instructions Please read this entire Manual as well as your prints User s Manual before attempting to Print Follow ali warnings om and about your printer Use pope power type tiated on the pine label and n its User s Manual 7 Connect al equipment to grounded outlets Do not uc same olet fot any systems such cop machine an sie conditioning unit or Heat Pres that may cycle ON and OFF Piace the printer where the power outlet i easily som Donat allow the power become damaged 7 Ifyou using an exension cond ensure the eiestion cod poser ampere rat metis or that ofthe printer s cond Keep electromagnetic devices and other potential sures of magmatic ells away from your printet and computer land Do mot use the ne in locations that may experience high humidi socks vibrations debeis or dst Leave enough space around the peinter foe proper ventilation 7 Do not eave your printer near heat sources such as radiator or beat venti 7 Do mot the peinter in direct slight 7 Piace be peinter on a stable surface that extends beyond legi and width of the printer Supports The printer will at work properly if iis or leaming When packing and moving the printer do not the printer side or upside down Tis
3. be exported to either Core DRAW or Adobe stator Map Named Colors The Map Named Colors eire is utai to peram color substitutions hen ports either AL EPS lee Truncate Tocat wl remove color pts that ae othe right of le currently selected color plats with the exception of ny colors that are cure being wsad n the Sort Colors The Sart Calor can be sed rearrange Shop palette color plates Sorted colon will be movad the front hich ie fr eN o the Shop ple Toe table the allowing page lists the various sort parameters available m By AN Objects By active Colore Move Process Colors to Fre Mose Spot Foils tor Move Duotone Colors t P Move Calar ta Fre MP mana td MEE 2 Find Color id Calor the same as Move Cobro Front The Move Calor fo Front dialog te select form sn alphabetical st of Spot within the Shap palete ik on Ok a move selected calot oe of he Shp Palee Only Spot Colors lied Find and Edit Color The colar selected om the alphabetical tof colors is located and opened for editing within the i Color dialog Spat Cor are listed Reset The Reser option will ela Shop paite discarding any changes that may have been made db color plate The default hop palette will be loaded unless thas baen specie that a eat alt sh
4. Set he Color Depth For a Bitmap that has millions colon choose the Calar 5 Set tbe Resolution high enough 1 maintain acceptable peint quality pattem will not rogis a resolution higher thun 180 DP detailed Bitmaps should set for 300 00 DP 6 Name that will be used to identify i Bitmap pattern ad lic oa OK to continue The resulting pattern Bimap will now be savad in the Fil directory af the FastARTIST falder The pattern Bitmap can be applied using he Pater Fill tool Apply the New Pattern Bitmap 1 Create and slot large shape obe with he new panem um qu in 2 From the Stroke and Fil Das Fio ps ic icy scc Paten Fill The Patern Fil wil appear nth 2 f necessary click 3 Locate the pattern Bitmap you wish to he pattem 4 Set the Seas canol or the Skee hol vou Sher Rotation of the pate Busan 5 Click Apply to produce the fish 6 Click on an empty portion af the workspace editing 7 EE Easy Color Adjustments Within he map Drop down Mona ae several onclick tool design ta split editing Bitmap images You may use any option repeatedly an image to pet stronger eet if You dont achieve desired rete fi Clean Up White The Cea Up White option wil she pixels th are very close to White um White Using his crates a
5. case the ink to spil Tum he printer OFF before cleaning Clean with a damp cloth and avoid spilling any liquid on he printet Caution Do mot unplug the printer to turs it OFF Fallow the proper shutdown procedures by wing the power anon and breaker Domo unplug the printer until he Main Power Swich has been turned OFF Du not black any oe printer s vents or foreign bjt ito ists 7 Di not attempt 1o service the pte yourself beyond he trubsooing techniques covered in tnis or your printer s User Manual Da not attempt to modify any software or device settings not covered inthis Manual 7 Keep the printer on a level surface Safety Instructions for Ink Cartridges Always keep ink cartridges out of the reach of children 7 handling ink be careful mot to spil iton your skin f iak does get your skin wash thoroughly with soap and water Ink gets in your eyes lush them immediately with wat Dosot pul your hand inthe printer or touch the ink cartridges while the printers in operation Domot move the Print Head by hand doing so may damage the printer 7 Myou remove the ik cartridges make sure to place hem in individual bags and keep them away from dust dirt and debris Store unused ink cartridges in 3 cool dark place Allow ink cries to warm to room temperature before using hem afler storage 7 Deo not damen th ink cartridge 7 Do not touch he IC kip on the ink cartridges This will adverse
6. desired fot and m Spell Check spelling errors are found the Spell Checker dialogue will oon EE L1 LLL Default dictionaries for several languages are provided The Main Dictionary selection reprenent th active dictionary la tion a Use Dictionary nay be cad by liking on the Nee har When checking far spelling errors both the Main and Use Dictionaries are erence ne word are the User Dieonary wil be io store the new word The Main Dictionary always entis Style Painter When editing a paragraph oftest te Sirte Painter ols used 0 copy theft siyle fim one semence to sober righu licking on the Sle Paver ban he Jerr Snle dialogue is o select What siyle elements wil be copied Character Width pg The Character idik tat 85 5 E can apply compression characters ofa word ight licking on the Proper Character Wadih bution opens the Character Spe dialogue The ik Se options are as follows m Relative with i Abate width Agee Once the type of Wadih Style has been sel highlight he text and enter a ale the or example the following indicates that sme characters have Character Wd ben compresi o 0 of thr auem pu EXT Sugaccous Ria between characters The Percent held it kerning is in be applied Reducing
7. em Femi EE CTT 4 Browse to the following location where all ofthe Fas oles are stored C FISARTIST 2 asp zip stem cis 5 Within this locaton is a sub directory datis named for he model T Jet hat you are win For example 2 Eatl prpoystemelbs 6 Foe some models ke the Tet Blaze ter be a subasquent sub directory ati named forthe elor model that the pete was designed for 7 Regardless once you have found he correct subdirectory chose the ICC pri that is you mode Once tnis ICC profile has been chosen in the Color etin dialog View menu gt gt Proof Colors toggle will correctly preview your job onscreen However keep in mind a this sening ik specie m the given printer and yous Want a rese the prot to s eft for work with ser devices Caper 11 Pep Paid The Gamut Warning Toggle Once the printing pratike has een configured in the Color Settings dialog the View men Gamut Warning can be used to check wheter colors in your al outside the that prse capable of reproducing Saving Photoshop Images for use with FastARTIST FastRIP in PhotoShop the File menu gt gt Print command is not capable of lain he dede information at was reed for the nage As such ji necessary 1 save your image in citer PSD TIFF or PNG rnt wbich can then be brought it Eso Fs I you need mone ofan automated system o
8. Polar cont are mae na eis meno System Toolbar amp ume moo The Stem toolbar includes the tools le operans ings the toolbar ON OFF set View gt G3 Wo forksp ace Te foolbar a ama 6500909 8 E 9l Ps Gradient Fils Mul Spot Gradient Fille Pate Fille Metamorphosis Render o Bitmap Clipping Clipping Clear Aine Fit Teto Pat Sort Colon By Al Objects Terent Zoom Prin and Cur Tools Toolbar E TNCS 4 ome d lm p Xue Zoom Tools oom loom Object Pon nf Out F6 Zoom 9 Workspace Previous Rane d cn Zoom seleled Percent Medio F8 Zoom 6656500909 The to funcione ED mon ra ar 8 e Blast in a awne cu nennt SmartBar Controls Selected Cue tede Ce SM code V I ES EIE Fits is ize a IS 1e is Actor Side Tie Siml ia specia toolbar in Fast ARTIST that provides context sentive cont to the ype of operation ts being performed When a shape selected he Sarti displays sche Object S
9. Save he foe Ll the foot is buffered A bulls fons somewhat in ibo and ic salable to Tex Compose but ts Been commited vo ie hard deive This menns yo ave the opin to Save or Discard changes to the fnt before exiting FauARTIST Saving a font means moving the infomation af the bafer om the hard drive making it permanently available Any font saved placed tn the directory where the existing VEF fnis Se cue located Clicking on the Save Font button wl result in the font being writen to duty The alternative at Fast ARTIST provides the option Save he font when ing am cit command Ifthe Toti not saved before xin the Create Edit Fon dialogue bos you will he prompted to do so when either beginning a new sesion exiting Fat ARTIST Save Font As The function of this button b very similar to the Save 4r command the File mem Specially St provides the opportunity to give edited font a new name and hen save the font under tbat ow name This s particularly infu when creating a mew font by editing an existing font sine St provides far saving he changes under anew name without losing the original font information Clicking OK will accep the current fant changes and close the Create dialogue Exiting FastARTIST Shou you choose to not Sane any font changes before exiting Fast ARTIST they willbe mE All graphic software applications have propri
10. ig eb a pT E Zoom The Magnifying las tool OR is used to Holling Al oa your keyboard ere oe Making and Deleting Selections 1 Star by selecting the Delete ca rh lke red brash on he ight of the tool palete Next cick inthe regions you want tw remove and they will tir rel Make the brush alle foc smal regions Control Z will aet aan undo if you click wang area a al the are you 2 can quickly slat elat you want te From the lape Ful one select Aute Fl with Check and Save your Results Tose cick on EO Tie preview is initially displayed as a background displayed as checker board you simulate the shirt color by clicking oa the lor picker This example shows how image vill ook on black cabin but by clicking othe black sque the icon i will display color palette and ou mm select any color to as a shin colo Vom ean clik between three viens EE I liking on he india tabs abled Sour Morkspace and Cutout you cin view cach individual view of te process in the Pevew Von To apply the cout and create the underhase select Save aad Apply fom the Pile menu Underbase Settings Once you have clicked Save and Apply you ane prompted with a dialog window asking if you would ike to
11. NOT lake into account the Clipping Path Thit is ust for the display onthe monitor The ouside dee of he image will be clipped fou choose Clipping Path Preparing to Print Fas ARTIST now places the image on the age with sampling fhe iral printed image To represent the Underbasing and Highligh ir use diagonal lines across image Ves image there you juste tse alla iL You ate sw ready o prit From the File mena select Print Foil This wl being up the Print Manager 9 Li Che Preferences in FastRIP Setup ue check the Preferences in Fai fora vein of tu ter Selection and pae si Qo 1o he File Pulldown and select Fax Setup or cick on the thsi dous in he icon o the Sartor IMPORTANT POINT Fou DO NOT have ta check Underane all lee witk or unless ow onerare what he Underbase Wizard done oa need to tell He Seep tab ir v many pese a make Viewing the Image in FastRIP will the image will ssy Holding By igh clicking You caa select he Spool Oniy opion EE os 11 When he job is done spacing ripping and geting ready lo pit right iek id chos View Raw Here you can change the background color Back ad see how etch Lone printer ead will ook Cheek to soe ifthe Underbase looks coercet Here you wil see Fal Sep ev
12. color plate will set the default Fil solar or ev shapes as well as set the Fi or of any curently selected shapes To change aspe Fil color without changing ihe drag ond drop a color plate onto a shape The shape changes to Be buton when he cis color of the color plate is over object IMPORTANT POINT When the mouse bution is rele ti he location af cursar ha determines the nere olor will appear In the example bove ifthe of the cursor arrow wa th aater of the atar Ste color would change to Han the il color a rater Changing the Stroke Color ighclicling clo plate wili set the debut color for new ages a Weli as set the role coro any cure elected shapes You may also dg ond rp colar plates onto the outline o a shape o change the color When boing the color le over a he color pte Will apes to be hollow indicating har sing the ous buton ve thst Spot wil change tne Side colar of the shape IMPORTANT POINT Bree Workspace shapes have Line Sie When the mme in reed ithe location of tip af the cursor tha determiner wh example on the previous page 1ip ofthe cur the ev olor will eas e ver He afe pis released is would a he Fl color rather than Se Changing the Fill Color of Grouy I yon dade a calor plate onto a collection of Te araggectand upd
13. remate Apply Soft Edges ___ The solution isto create duplicate layer ofthe image then the Magie Wand tool to clen the er cont of he underlying layer mage ram ore E The KnoekMeColorOut tol can then be applied the topmost image to remove white and off wite Adjust he Underbase sening to chiese the destred blend ol fur with the black shirt background Tis will remove the wit spots from the topmost image but the wbite spons rom he undying image will now show though thereby preserving the nage quality EE LLL Once the op images ead the Layers Pulldown Menu Marge Layer command Ia combine it withthe underlying layer mage The mage is ow ready for application o black hie Using these techniques Jou can blend even comple images like Tur nd iso your hie thereby obtaining the highest quality talit printing rs mea ene deo i cl bead de Mage Ti themes misono SS Other Photoshop Tips Viewing the Shirt Color in Photoshop eed sinule the shirt cloro PhasSbop ete a new layer hat le with the shirt colo und then drag the ayet ena the immage 1 la the Layers palette liek the Crate New Layer buon 2 The new ayer wili be selectat Fro the Tools palene click the Pant Bucket Tool From either the Color or Swatees palettes the il clo equal ta
14. the sam seit character emerat lat an be given ether a wide or a narrow For example using a negative value will create condensed font Ca t apr king ih Tat Use Bottom of Blank Page as Baseline The baseline wil determine the vertical postin of character When cresting a nsw fet the verc poston of ach charactar is defined in elation baseline Two ops ae available rien the vertel poston of caes Offret from Baselines Used mally adjust each of he characters Ue Boom af Sign Blank as Baselines Automatically assigns the character baseline To emble check the Define Character at Selected Object option under te Character buses ston of the dialogue and use Ali etre to arrange the characters long the bottom of e sign nk Monospace Font The Monispace Font option coser he ont a vidt font in which each character the same amount of horizontal space regardless of its widik For example the character would have as much width as an n Stretch zea aro and ll Slant The Slant Font dialogas is esty ie degree fot ihe font characters A positive wil create an Ii ot Whereas a negative per Mat wil eroate backhand appease pe Character Attributes Letter This box is edo pci chraircurenl being ret or modifed The elit box diis he character EE L1 Code Value For computers to recognize text characters sumi value called th
15. sometimes possible o produce 3 tace um poor qul AU detener he precision with whch edges ar col A tight Tolerance T or grener wil indicate that gh poison must be sed This the recommended hace fot for a detailed Bitmap ih Bitmap of poor quality or has long smooth floes Bon a Lose Tolerance should be use 3 ar less A ose Tolerance wil mime in a although details mmay be oat The Corners sider modifies corner cognition This sening o help distinguish parts of the Bitmap that representa corner versa paris tha repeat ight curve For angular tnt are composed mostly of sharp corners use a Corer selling of or rea For Bitmaps that are composed mostly of curves then use rund Corer sting of Jor pn Tracing Options racing Options define the general rules to be alid to the trace Speckie rer inops that ae gene nga ptc which me pel cand etch or deny scmper bd Tore ice imperet Sper Per apd prof he tree ogee ecg ch Potential mistaken or eir Set the Speckle Filer o the number of pixels that wil be recognized at being a speckle During the trace only Objects that are larger the set value will be considered Speckle lo be recognized in terms of percentage of he overall B size Setting the Speckle Filer to percentage is useful when he particularly dirty Ay IMPO
16. this def Lock Proportions ok Proportions option esta E ope wil roke thickness to be sealed in option Fot example the two rectangles have been sealed by TES au Line Above defi a thick ine will actually overlap the contour af the shape he Line a Front option ie enabled dhen he lime style wil partially scu the shape Alternatively the Line ind phon will the line style be partially ebur bythe shape End Styles There are throe diferent liae styles waleh ane used o modify the terminntion of open paths Entendes Round End E EE LN SZ Corner Styles Thee are three corner tes that wil ect shapes with ceneral ees B e M Gradients and Pattern Fills Gradient File Panen File Spot Gradient Fal aada Gradient Fills The Gradient Fil styles selected at he far left af he Sar m Gradient Pelion Patines soveto Tet om Shon Peto 1 c area M spectrum mea pido Examples of the ile ns follows a cosa ru gi s Choosing a Fill Style When a Fil syle is selected color nubs will appear around the Object on Workspace The placement of calor muba will depend an the given style The alil abe wil also be represented in the G
17. a vector program ke CorelDRAW or FastARTIST you can duplice the image and place a Black background around one version and a White background around the other Export cach fle aca JPEG TIFF or other format dat Imported iio FatARTISE REE 08 0 Creating Print Files with FastARTIST in many cases he cure wil NOT know wha you need Tey will give you artwork wih the acta hr colar in the mage However cass you wil ge artwork with While in the canvas You ace o learn bow to quickly replace the White in the canvas with Bak Remember you don t want to replace all the White The design may have Wh in he image You just want to the mage looking The it would look 1 printed on a Black shirt Fas ARTIST has bitmap editing tools that will help the image soft edge ciel to ut White around i To only real way to make the edges going out to Black to he tool and actually paint sr the image Doing this wil help you encourage customer Using the Magic Wand Fast ARTIST fente also found in Photoshop called a Magie Hand To getto the iim wols doubleclick on image I his doss not change your arta the Bitmap took you to convert image toa Bitmap From the amm click on Render to Wah the Sara in Bitmap Editing Mode you can soe here are many more ols normally sociated with Bitmap The Magi Wand iol ia design
18. remaining ape on he the color plate wil cause the ia Color dilog to open Ihe Remane button te sow clicked ben a warming dialog wili prevent e color plats fom being pen The Baie color plate cannot be removed the gradient Fil shape uses ag as original ayer color To delete the color plate the gradient Fl shape mat be assign a iret fons gradini Fil color om the Shop palette Gradient Fills and Welds When wating design tha includes gradient Fi ts recommended that detailed ai be postponed un aera welds have been completed The problem is that when spes are Welded hir original color layers ated hereby losing any gradient Fil For ach shape that will evenly be applied with Gradient Fil assign a nique layer colar instead This will allow such shapes to remain distinct om the ther Workspace shapes Aer ali welds tave been completed e Gradient Fils may be apple to the unique color shapes If ases the unique colar shapes may be selected by SH clicking their color plate on the Joh palene LTT Pattern Fills Patera Fil wo pattern template wbich is bn ed over e surface o aspe Pater Fil accessible om the Soke ond Tol Ayu Sur similar to the flowing FEE Able fr lel ofthe Sari is he Pater tuto click om is baton o choos tap that wil be wed as the Cell indict the dime
19. EE geo nens Cum LIS Se ete Stroke Primer The Soke Primer indicates the primer colo that has been applied tw the Object no Object is currently selected hen the Sie Primer wil not be displayed Wr haere voe Halftone i Hane indicates the halftone that has been applied to the Fil color Iso Objects currently selected then PI alone willst be displayed Stroke Halftone Sie Halon indicates the halhane that has been applied othe Objet Sirte color I no Objet is currently elected then Stoke Hale wil not be displayed pem Scrolling and Panning Soroll bors long the edge boim of the sereen enable viewing any prion ofa arbi ot come in the wine Vertical Horizontal Scroll Bars itil ad Horizon col Bar wo stl Ugh the curent window t view shor part of the This very useful whan viewing grap i zoom mode Scroll Bar Arrows Clicking vow causes the wing window to move in the direction indicated by that Arrow Tiis wili have the appearance ot moving the arp n the opposte direction a sbort lance dances 1 10 the width or height of e view sere depending whether von are moving vertically or horizontally Scroll Bar Elevators Clicking Serat Elevator eases the viewing window to move in the appropriate direction luge distance The distance move i appeximatly equal 1 1 3 the
20. isa amod iden t convert import images t use your working spe Uis onum you ae Consistently using he same working space Pcp SS Color Management in FastRIP In as you can confi the working space sting as follows 1 From the FasIP Queue menu choose Propertio io open e Queue Properties dialog 2 Clk de ICC Pros tsb 3 The Override Input Profiles checkbox should already be checked if not check i For the Select pratile set to use drap list choose Cus The RGB and CMYK taps can now be set to mach your PhotoShop settings WROTE pay olla ote ap lv Tach Color Management in FastARTIST Yn PastArtist the working space can be set as allows 1 From the FatARTIST Options menu chose Fas ARTIST Setup 1 The Color Management dialog will pen 3 3 From the Settings dp lit choose Casto A The RGB and CMYK tags can now best to match your PhotoShop stings Settings baton and name this coaiuration amp 5 Click he Sve Cus amp 6 Click the Set Defaults buton On screen Proofing in Photoshop Under he View menu the Prot aa pr O Been ii T32 r e uan dea ae Eim senting da macte MER a configured withthe printing profile that is being used with Sm be zx 1 Tomte Ea en pene Te Cal Seng ing Prem Wilde Working pan
21. 3a ARTIST land Workspace 11 Page Size Pare Ste visual representation of the area that available far placement of a printable image This allows or th spatia arrangement of Workspace Objet t be ered prior o sending job o Fast Ser is normally selected by using a template specifeally designed fot you Fast T Jet prianes but you may customize this as long you doe t exces the maximum printable dimensions of your machine Consult your rates User s Manual for das The Page Sce dialogue is accessed by choosing Layout gt Page Bee Series Current Selection The Current Selection Dg don Menu is used to choose the dimensions width by eight ofthe Page Size Sze chosen ten the Width and Height elds most be anally pn A IMPORTANT NOTE Fast ARTIST refers tois Page dimensions in terms of Wide and Height Far purpose af printing a bo dimemsonel image on a garment or non textile item iti important aware of the fact that height means the vame thing length Dimensions The Dimensions section ofthe Page Size dialogue displays the current dimensions of the Page It be Landscape option i enabled the nage orientation will be rotted 90 clockwise Advanced Settings Click on the Adnced buton ta toggle ON OFF e display of the Advanced Hank Sc Cono te Blank and Page are synonymous Within this application These control are used crese anew Page Size Bond that ca
22. E the Run dialogue feld Click within the ld an Z SEERE peti lateri after the ese ae X Chek and the Dongle driver willbe reinstalled Afer the salon i compete resa your computer sit tan and eng Seared 9 When your computer has ested connect the Dongle to any available USB I should be properly recognized and associated with FatARTIST device If you ae still encountering problems plaise contact Technical Support Support Information L A MIYTIETS 608 5387 1 ca Spo tb ot op Monday ean day Aer hours Emergeney Support is available times listed are Mountain Standard Time USA Nate Arizona does nor observe Daylight Savings Tine Foe more information on support fert he pdt apport of dhis Dongle Warranty Ife cf the hardware Dongle arrested from accident abuse US Seren shal ave no responsibility to replace the hardware Replace wil be warranted To the remainder of the original warranty prd or 1 Whichever longer Ihe Dong eenst to operate within the warranty period it wil be replaced at no charge AFTER it hat eco returned 1 L S Sereen amp Inkjet Technology You must insure the Dongle for at least 3750 loss or damage during mailing Ifthe Dongle not under warranty replacement Dongle may be purchased Connac U S S
23. Ifyou the pon em Files of under the Inport ias ital ee formans dot FastARTIST can inport Nate EPS AL and vill keep the fles n vector frat and wl at conver them to bitmaps Importing PDF Files Although there are any number of ile oats hat as be used PDF EPS the most ihe formaat PDF posible request thatthe customer provide you with high quality ig resolution le o avoid any compatibility sues 0 Pupri lpenisund Guidelines for Obtaining PDF Artwork When working in otber graphics applications i recomended you save your original design SEDE hen Import De PDE imo FastARTIST By saving your design as a PDE his avoids compatibility sues wth difTerent versions of software lt has the added benefit of embedding to ensure caet type matching The method of saving your design asa PDF Wil however there are common conmands for saving a PDF Fle Publish o PDE Some destan application ave a dedicated Publish ro PDF oman under he File menu This will typically open a Seine dialog tallo you to city parameters for saving the PDF file Hle Save At Some design applications the Sane 4 dialog Wo creste e Ia the Save dialog designate the le type as Portable Document Format PDF 1 some cases the le type wil revend a Customize button that wili alow you ta specify the PDF les Esport Oller deign applications wil ly
24. Scanner of n band held device this ente provides the ability 10 choose oon the devices Seles Source opens the Selec Sourne alg bos The Source will all available TWALN complin devices attached to your computer Aie choosing ihe desired device click on the Secr bution geese and poring Scan and Trace Wizard The Seam and Trace Wizard clades he steps to Inport and truce n mage Ia ato to importing a scanner image the Wizard can accept either an mage data or mages that wore spo othe Windows clipboard from another application Digitizing Setup Fast ARTIST has the ability o interface with a able without the need for intermediary rivers the tablet connected Configure i using the Digitizing Tabet dig availabe inthe a men Enable Digitizer This checkbox to enable and disable e Digitizer In order to reduce the load on your system ti recommended the Digitizer be disabled when not in uwe This wil prevent Fst ARTIST om poling the ubie up system resources Track Pen This check bon is used to enable and disable the tracking of the Digitizing Pe I onder trece the load on the systema iis recommended that the digitizer be disabled when not in use This Vill prevent FastARTIST fom polling he tablet up system utes Reset Baseline When starting a bow drawing or if the original angle and position of the tablet baseline neat to be r
25. Select By default clicking within the region ofa shape will cause thut shape to become selected However this may mot be desirable where compen Workspace has muliple overlapping shapes I he Loe Filed Region o Select option s disabled ton a shape may only be leta by clicking the elge of that LTT Clapar 5 FanARTIST Taels ead ipn 111 Use Default Snapping Range The Snapping Range determines how close a mouse cilek must be before ana othe nearest arid or ine The default range is three pixels Uncheck this option and enter a number inthe dan torto n custom range Highlight Selected Objects The Highligh selected Objects option is ta da a barder around the desired Objects The Highlight size feld may e used 1o make the highlight more prominent Shapes that are Orly layer will be given a Hel highlight For spes that are on a Print and Cut layer you may select the color For the highligh These Highlights are intended as a quick Visual ene to cnim ihe of piven tape Sketch Tool Settings She Tool Sings are in conjunction it Creation boli and for ein Vector graphies om the Pulldown Manu Slo Option Fast ARTIST Setup Sick Toot Sti Under Curve nade beri bending ther are o options 1 The Linex pasy through noder E tion will cse lines to directly rough the cemer of given Node 1 The Liner pe near node option wil ase the line t
26. Select tudos dnp abe Color Management Monitors and printers are sometimes referred 1o by the quality of dheir mat represents entite range of colors thata device ts capable of reprodueing Although I na possible a perf ct gmt would De all he colors Tne human ee is capable of perceiving Compared 10 lage format primers monitors have a smaller gamut Furthermore some peter colore an not reproducible on a monitor and vice vena Colar Management setings can be accessed though the Options Menu in the Fast ARTIST Sup lia These senings Indiese the input and output rolls at will be used when Using a nar o ily he ark whe eng i 656900009 When Fas ARTIST is installed sting are ein he m dei Fr reves es spur Fast ARTIST users SignLab 70 pois Ens are available need Salett Custom and lick on Advanced welt the pecie desi When using FastARTIST for sereen prostog the Colar Management prole is icd to reconcile printer clon with that ofthe monitor and produce an image as it would appear wen primed Dnm Selection Tool Settings The Selection Sein determine Workspace when shapes are selected and moved using the cursor To edit the Selection Senings om the Pull Down Menu select Options Fant ARTIST Setup Selection Tool Sening Use Live Cursor The Une ive cursor vil whe it passes over an Object Use Filled Region to
27. The now 100 has ao been updated several atures that will make printing ara ln faet you can drag your ror dil o the RIP Quos printing rectly Bom Fas The update also oes a Mali Queue Manager Template Mode Costing Interface and much more For details on elated please refer to your FRI 100 User Mara Legend of Manual Symbols Throughout his Manual you wil e four wed o you of parat aca procedures Pay close tention to es symbols or you may with ial and error he Where you se this ion you should take note of the warnings Failure 1o follow any of he lied procedures could resultin severe al and errar in your solace damage 19 our pter ar computer large aunt of downline andor costly repairs even he possibility of severe bol injury or death This co is used uo denote important nates or points thst may atleet the proper operation of FasARTIST slong wi the printer and the viability of its output Think of this a MORE thun just a helpful hint This icon indicates recommendations or special nates frum US Sereen based on research ly and development or years of experience wikin the Garment Decorating business Following these helpful Hints will make printing with FastARTIST more enjoyable gt The aro indicates the focal point of photos or illustrations throughout his manta If You arein doubt about What the pho talking about refer 1o the aro ENUGEEEENEEGAS Hb RE
28. This can be eo big out detit in dak areas afan image Balance Colors Balance Colors rlisus he RGB values of individu ita pisi For each parel i Red ree and Bie components sd the cole siders are then used inerente or decrease the personae RGB values within each pixel nhs manner color cast Can be removed fom the Bia or a colo tinge can cred fran Sii effect Sening all color slides o 100 wil result in a Bitmap that entirely White all color to will produce lack Bina Swap Colors Swap Colors swaps te colar channels ofthe Bia This aue iae Por that would otherwise be dificul w achieve using the other Color Alien tol pem Image Filters Unsharp Mask The fue is actually 1o be a sharpening faction because it inerentes the betwee ight apd dark ares of the Bitmap Wherever there sa tni seen ight and dark th pare made pra he dark aren made darker the aston mre distinct A blurred copy of the Bitmap i crested where the amount Hui depends pon the Ra seing The Blurred is Then im the original and the resulting difference Bia ia referred toas the mask Where the difference exceed the Treo sening the difference ls pti by then and ien added to the original Bitmap Where the dence does not excel the Threshold seting the original pixel value emai unchanged
29. Version 4 Also Tor informastion on the included Paris refer to Chapter 12 Photoshop Pluginy and p Some plug ins require that a foreground and background color be set Bitmap gt Options gt Set Foreground Color or Background Color can be odo dh IMPORTANT POINT For on ig pecie plui pleas refer the documentation that vas provided wilh phia stallion package A lain fle rece by i Mj file tes For informaation n tst Plug ins ele to Chapter New Features of Veron 20 as well as Chapter 12 Photoshop Plug ins and Too Plug in Dialog When a plugin s applied o line art or ine art that hat boen placed ever the Plugin diale will open For mos lg She elect can be clipped by the Jine ar conton produce a pood However some plugins wil ereat an eflect that extende st the line ar conor lpi effects can create a Bitmap fim line art shapes For he Bima produced by bhe plug in effect he Effet Location sa be uso aunt apply your orginal ae art a 3 Clipping Path Bitmap The benefits of using Clipping Path are hag Woking 1 portions ofthe plug in Bitmap ane usually set to White color whieh are undesirable when arranging the with surrounding Objects Clipping to the original line art wil hide the empty portions af the Bitmap 2 The Bmp that is produced by the plug in will kave a jagged dge which will lok poor bn s
30. When changing the Pire Dimension 0 Weg ith Bmp ages Resolution Resampling involves hanging the piel dimensions bt he display size of image The available options ae Normal Th enl pion vil resize the nage mma hr dining b pel inen an Remi emo pia crete meni pw ie quil ge Ay IMPORTANT POINT Mary of the options available within Bitmap be agli Vcr imager doa converting them o Tol such as Hue d Saturation will a Weir image i e some as wold Stop Hovere sa of fiers requie yuu frst comert a Vector image imta a a Clipping Paths to perform Thee I thse tones wl be eked ta ener far na wen iri e Bitmap Transforming an Image Render to Bitmap The Render to imo et nthe comet any lee eco Bitmap The possible colar depths ee as follows uia Sig Momcheeme Convert he selected Objects to Black and White Bits 16 Gry levels Convert he selected Objects to grayscale Bitmaps with 16 shades aso ceayevely Converts the selested Objects Bitmaps wih 256 shades uf Conver the selected Objets to 4 Bi color Bitmaps with 16 colors 286Colors Conver he select Objects to bit color Bitmap with 256 colors Convert the selected Objects to 24 8 colo Bitmaps with milions af Ful Cole p The Resolution af Bitmaps are spect n Dots per I
31. White ink should be sirnple right Well i s noc For example wha happens if eustomer brings in a with Blac and requests some pits on light dhus and some on Blaek shins would be nice but sour sofware won t automatically know thar the Black ype needs to be outlined in White or Seid to White EE oo E This where the urn ctr comes ita play you wil ill have male ome decns IC you are new to compute ando prating on dark shirts this can result ina sight learning curve However witi a litle patience and itl practice you ll soo be printing shits ikea peo WARNING Myou have not configured FastkIP you cannot output an image to your Fast Tet IbjettoGarment printer Before continuing with his Chapter please ensure you are familiar with all the information contained in Chapter 7 Specialy Print Mode selection About Underbase and Highlight White When printing igl shir colors a at white below the colors wil help the age stand Ite mage has any white in he design ie will help the image look complete When priming on dank or Black sits you need more white under an image In order to help the parts of he design really stand out you may nsed an sonal white pss called a Fast ARTIST and FastRIP can control al af thi In fact many images eed mile pass White to lay down enough ink For very bright White on a Black shir it common praet do
32. a To set transparent haekgrounds in Fa ARTIST slc on the image to etr dig Mode Using the Esperto click on the background color Hedi tkis example and clik on the Add Calar bunn in Calor Selection dialog bon This will make the Selected ed the current color gu 2 OH To finish making transparent click oa the Eye icon nex t he selected color This acts as a sites selecting it again will ay wansparent color IMPORTANT POINT Tie hacked colar i he anp salud calor ot just Rek Far expe ca he Whit ck Bhae ek However FesCARTIST will calar hat emibiculoror graft acral ho necesitar application Photoshop to male the image prn red Your Tt designed to produce image using he fur colors of CMYK Can Magenta ad Black slong vi White it has been specie as a print color for Highlights or ae Underbase you are using an elo ym To print an image Oper ar Inport sf wing the Fie Ifyou Open oe Inport a maple om Photoshop or another program ensure the is n RGB fot The le open on the page the Wrong size ifi ie in CMYK Because di sarei very rowel too you also Save oon af creating the image FasARTIST Once the image is place in the Workspace select Print 1 Fost om the File menu This maa will send image to your printet h
33. absolute White or Blak from he image a ag A ir ier ETS Example of Using Levels Aer a grayscale image has bon inverted the separations between the porqueny n 2 are White Using the Levels featur the White is lower to equate all the Separations o White The White End Limit ith reduced to remove the separations Finally the Gamma is seduced to crete a Bins hat is is dark as in the originai grayscale 3 Contrast Brightness The Contrast seting is used to modify the perceived ince bcn he ligh and dark areas Bap Tie righe setting is used to modify the overall intensity of the Bitmap Hue Saturation HuecSataraon adjusts the Hue Saturation au Lighnest values of the Bitmap Hue is tbe Visual perseption ofa pei olor such as red yellow violet ar orange ovi The Hue seting arranged likea color wheel where adjusting thi sening will the Bimap colos rough the color wheel Saturation isthe colores ofan area i denn of eui at rune eel of Shadow the color appears darker even though s attin remaina constant Lightness is e appearance of a clon terms of how White or Baek it appears Curves The Curves mem adjusts the tonal runge Shades and Highlight of the Bitmap The horizontal scale of the raph een the range of testy Salus shadows progressing to ight viceversa and the vertical ait pesos the current intensity values The
34. an Undebase WAL be applied and tben Highlight White ll tsi conjunction with the Top Cols In His example the arrow it denying the use of Spot Wate 9 Sand eis Solid Spot Colors No Gradients Git File gt Print and your printer rom the General wh Click on Ppt Click on Advanced Set the Page and the Printer Features section t ceo he Print Mode moni Sele your desired Colo Print Made zd use the Underhase Made menu to select your refered Underbase Prin Mode Set the umber of lak passes Yor both the Linderhase and Colors Click on OK in Advanced Options Document Properties select Landscape or Porra for orientation and click OK Click on Print Gradients Gradients with Solid Spot Colors Bitmap with Vector Objects Goto File gt Print Prom the General wb select your printer and cick on Proper Click on and Sethe Pape Sc Go to the Printer Features section Sd access the Prin Mode menu Select the Color Print Mode Use the rhe Made menu to select the Underbase Print Mode Sc the number of ink ses far both Undertane and color and hen click 8 OK in Ade Options in Docunen Properties Select andicapeo Porat Tar orientata and ik OE Chick on Print IMPORTANT POINT For more information on designing and printing vector or map images Spot Colors and gradiens consul your Chapters 4 6 of this Manual and the Help sections uf your graphic application A Final No
35. automatici creste underhase for e transparency settings By clicking Yas and selecting a few options the image wil be converted into image unde read or ting Underbase Strength Thi has 4 setings for determining the underbase to be created P ee Gamma adjustment This option applies a Gamma adjustment to the wit undas Gamma is another err for e levels adjusted in programs like PhotoShop lightens darkens the midtones the most and then has a small proportional let on highlights and dove 100 pure color and 04 pure color are tall at al This s very efl for the amount of white used when blending n a graphie with the color and as an toa trapping tcl A low value will put es vhi ink where te kage e partly Transparent wes high value will put down more black ink iw same an This shows the Gamma oa white underbase gradient wil values of 10 128 and 245 so higher values le more wbite under ares uch can creste a white balo effect sar values will te lesa vhi and act as a choke on he white in these Too lanle al hat wl show hough though is the shirt cole Default 128 Gamma wili be covered further examples throughout ths manual Choke the Underbase This setting has options used hun the underbase is created to choke rg ahiak te ite nderose dhat he wil ik are eae dhan the colo plat en sul ps an
36. dente icis the mae witk the lack background and which i image wth the Waite Printing From Other Graphics Programs Adobe Photoshop Design Setup When ping a design fom Photostop Fas wil which components ofthe image Whe and conis the ouput so that hose areas do not receive an Underbase RGB 298259258 or CMYK 0000 I you wish to override these settings these areas toa slight iro olt White RGB 254254254 ee CMYK LLL In this ist example arrows identity that the N in California has been Sotto RGB 294256254 meaning hat til print White The aos this second example sow that he background et o ROB 285285258 making the background transparent whet printing wilh Fas IMPORTANT POINT Color Management must be turned OFF before sending the image to print Color Manageme found he Print with Preview window rto Fe Print with Preview Far more formation und instructions on hw ta Print from Photoshop refer to Chapter of your Fas ARTIST User Manual Printing from Adobe Photoshop Goto the File mem Prin with Preview Click Page Click on Printer la be Page Setup mem select your printet Properties Click oa Advanced Set he Page Sc Ga the Printer Feature section Bring the Print Mode men down w select the Colar Print Bring e Made menu dow to select the Underbase Print Mode Set the number of ink passes for
37. diagonal and chanse two points from the drop down list 3 Set dhe coordinates fr Point 1 and Point 2 and click on the Add baton The resulting viteline will pass through the indicated points Nett A asy ms y guidelines i either dieron ay be diaplayed an the sereen one time SEE Align Palette Holding the Col key while righe licking the Workspace wl display the Ag Polete This provides tools for aligning Objects with respect t any pd lines Set Origin Reale ped telat pice te ve peli M Turion C Mem Vertically Sup To ee the Origin chaose set Origin unde Options met Workspace Options General Preferences The General Preference dialogue canos baste Workspace setings tae commun o most To access windows Select ron de Pull down Menu Options gt Sein gt General Preferences ess otherwise spect he Units set in e General Preferences logus wal be used throughout he FSSARTIST Workspace and features You may abo change the Unis wed by licking on the Wodapace le The Laer Number toggles the display o Coo Plate nuben 6500909 Spe Scrolling active then dragging off the edges of the Workspace will ease the Workapcet col There are options foe spent scrolling ow Object Mave cut pte peti angara m taa 1 the Doplct command Ofc spose here will be applied to the placing s
38. dialog te 5 dub d PaA RTIST nation o moving shapes speci location e media the shapes may be sealed as flows Seta specie wid and height foe he shapes The Absolute Vales ial proportions of the shapes will not be preserve Percentage Saale the shapes by a percentage af thelr original sizes Values The proportions of the shapes wil be preserved Asa alternative ta expressing a percentage th shapes aio may be sealad acorn 1o a ratio value of their original ize Th proportions of the apes Will be preserved Fit to Page Page Size Page Siae indices the aea that is available for printing This is represented by a graen rectangle ound the shapes being The dimensions of the green rectangle determined by in the Page Senp tab ium the File gt Foul Sey menu IMPORTANT POINT Fast ARTIST refer to page dimensions in terna of with and height Por rating oo dimenional image on garment or on etl em iei important he vare af the fact ht heil means the same in ent The Print Toolbox is the Hating toolbar hut becomes active in the Print Preview mode Rotates he shapes by 90 degrees Perform a rotation to help sisinize wasted materia is ely oil pal Mirris FR sed where be modia is to be evene pphed such as the inside ofa noy pane The tools are used to change the perspective of the sh
39. dialog window wil open Tis window allows you select oles one yan hat you wan ein your image You can dise tolerance ofeach color to determine how uch of the zea You want 1o cover i that color esa 1 the cise selection nesta the Colar 1 Color 16 Next either select ihe colar from tbe image by clicking it fom the original p or click on the color Pos to assign a particular color to that cuir number The Preview Window st the bot wili preview what the nage vll ook like basai an your NOR pao evo panne irc unir psc pla Sing i oe Make any adjustments necessary using the and L Set OK when complete double click your image sd sala the tool B at the top located in the Shae You now vetcial You can also select the Sean Tool icun fromthe Toolbox then select the ole tog Fur previous iliematln on he clau vetrzation methods eer Chanter 7 Wine Bias Imares Photoshop Plug ins and Tools ust 2 tt and 179 e Taole Introduction When pig sr black or solar shi i often the hata white unde nad be eli art evn he sit cole P shoving Log an Haring wih pied ip chapa vill alin properans fua paie ing e pg efr your image ensure that the e is layer
40. edn images t be printed onto colored Shit tl save you hos of work Partial wanspareney is alo on complex ees Blend these into he si nd can also be as a means of advanced trapping Fd Maske a available as plugin for PhotoShop witen by a company le rate hich provides an extensive range of waning videos on heir we ie M wiwvertdechcon Users wo would lke w use Mask in PhotoShop shoul upgrade to the vention Getting Started 1 import the deed ime onto the Fast ARTIST workspace 2 With the image selected lik on Fluid Mast from the B map Paden Mena Wh Fd Mak fst launches it scam the age and ents it down et Series of regions each pio is separated by the e ines The timet fakes todo his vil depend on the nd comply of the image sod how fai your Adjust Edges You can increase and decrease the ube fees using the Finder Sider on right and side of ie window You can imagine thia ss painting by numbers and more yo incense is by the more regione there will be for you o paint EE LL LL Brushes Pd ie ante ees e ep yoa LL your eo ant A tad Each hrs comes ia wo or settings the Fnac Bra and Local Brush The Esset Brusk on bel works obe paint rsh ol nd only eis hears you brush holding the lef mouse buton down The Loca Brash il fil the whole ragion click af the brusti anywhere in pe aT
41. for an image 2 Select Cl Select nvr jr ek Leave unchecked the option for White Click on Cu inside bitmaps 44 The wo buttons onthe Smarta just left ofthe Carner Sider seictons provide the clipping options Either e Oude or bat deside and can be selected by engaging or disengaging the butions Nox ean tht Clipping wold be aser we were using he Cowboy image because it might ander edge on what sould bea so edid image When dealing wit sof ed mages youl just have to experiment Creating a Highlight The Underbare Hard vill also creste a Highlight Whe A Highligh il print afan Undebase White areas ht very ht in alor or ae Wine The Highligh Whine prints at b SAME TIME as you print he CMYK colors The next window you per will ask you if you want a Highlight Inon check No Highlight I you want it to print ih the CMYK colors this is called Overlap Highlight You cant FastARTIST do an Auto Highlight but you sight eel mor comfortable i you have more ental Remember tht you do NOT want to mach Highligh Whe printing other clas However do want a Highlight to print where re ts Wht in the design IMPORTANT POINT Dee to he nature of playing images the Highlight wll iplay in negative of how wil print Any areas that are Black actually wher the White ink il print Also the Highlight display
42. hag Ning ih Bap ges Average Filter This fier changes the colar of ach Bimap pixel a the average color af surrounding pies This sens ina blur eet Gaussian Blur Gaussian Ria will ool ot blurs pixela wit taco their surrounding pixela The Rei determines the surrounding ae ats considera en blurring apne Motion Blur Motion Blur crestes the of movement wih the image The sie of the blur s nied though the Blur Effect scing Angle indicates the rotation ofthe blur whores positive Angle indicates a clockwise blur anda Angle indicates counter clockwise blur I the Unidirectional lini checked hen he effect will extend nly in the dition specified by Angie Ifthe Unidirectional option then the blur effect extends in both Median Filter This fiter changes the color of each Bip pixel the average color of surrounding pixels The Median Piker 10 Ihe Average Fiber except thut Median Fer is primarily used fr noise reduction rather than a Br efc Add Noise u Nobel random pixels o the Bitmap Adding nice can he an fective means of taking an nage appear older o dinier especially Where e purpose is 1o distract he eye perfection tne original image Despeckle This removes speckles from Bitmap such as those presenti scanned images EE Stylize Artistic Filters The flowing Files available under he Image Pull down Mea ap
43. he File FastARTIST wil preview the job as S would appear upon media the top of the Workspace the current prit sting displayed ia the Smartur nation he Print Toolbar provides additional commands d tay api othe Ie mage is too large for the preset age sine the image will be tiled across multiple pages Sinse the Tet cannot ile You mast size he image fils one age only Once you tave i sized to fton page e contends for moving it and Centering it ane available in the Sarr Printing the Same Image Multiple Times with Gang Mode When printing wih the standard templates Fast ARTIST aces to build a very age fle Imagine how large a le would he was 17 x47 rather han a stad 13 x 18 image When priming he same ines you can actully conserve computer memmory by wing ang Mode n Gang Made anly one loaded and the computer places it in he proper ocaon on template wibou duplicating he lile mesa emo 1 To we Gang Modo you must lac the image to o printad on one af he preset Page Sizer hat coeespond withthe Shirt Boar you ane using Layout gt Page So Clik Pile FaslP Stop id set he nal Page Sc Clin the Page Setup abad eles Rall When yo at isd wid hee senings click Ok Send the eto by selecting File gt Print Cheek the small box that ays Gang Made This will being up the Decal Srp sere
44. nd tuit Background layer To do this dec frm he Layers Pul down Menu Duplicate Layer A second layer will be Visible inthe ayers alt named Background Copy You now have a duplicate of e defaut chou layer ht you vame and ply PEEKGH oui acl we Se four wi lag SUMMER edel Background ye L0 KnockMeBlackOut This plugin i optimized for cresting an underbuse or ior black or nerd clos Ifyou hav an image tht already has a black background and you want ts print onto a black shirt hen ths plug in provides a one hit sequence or preparing he image Using KnockMeBlackOut The KnuekAfeBlackOut Dialog allows you to remove black and gray background tum your images and preview the resul To up the Kaack Meltlack Out Dialog select it fom the Fast ARTIST yout of the Filer Pulldown The window wil dilay original image above a review low it will appear with the black background knocked out adjusting the Under sengih shades of gray ca be ned with he knocked out Gesell his plug in is iz for crenting nee for ier lack or elk oin Ifyou have an image that already bas a black background and you want to print onto s black shit is lun effectively provides a iei sequence for preparing te image pcs diek al drag roit he pve wna be api wih cde sh et lapel Tbe bron e ce EE LLL Changing he vndihos etin dos not ange anea
45. no spaces between he wande created when composing tet Terr iic Mta Space charac be included when generating a ot Thes are twa ay to cet he Space character Tore the are character exit the Creel Font cra tn aigre ar a rra qi fo t e jet Sc open Coat El Fant md ests the Doe ors tr ar apare eto Define Character as Selected Object When editing a font an bjt to be acad tn the fontas character To denigrate a select object a he current character cheek this bo Nate Ve Noto Path wating appear hen select Arrange gt Mole Path Apply Changes Clicking on Apply Change will save the character infoemation and allow you to begin elg another character Note hal changes ane not saved to disk un the fot i saved using he Save Font or Seve Font As burion Display Box This ox displays the current information for the character being edited rabo displays bounding bo ore elected character including s plis representing the font 5 tig and he character s current placement he bos When changes are made othe character hose changes are medial reflected in he display box The Display Box will display kerning pairs as well as wonde where necessary Kern Letter The Kern letter eld indicates the character t be manually mad nein positon relative to the character being edited The leter puie vill then be displayad in The display bo
46. not have s specific PDF save tool in which case you are expected to use Esport command under the File menu Inthe Export dialog designate the le type a Portable Document Format PDF In somme cass the fle type wl reveal a Customise ton it will alow you to specify the PDF When choosing your sae parameters each application will present different cons ad heve nre usually contr than are disease hee However this it highlight the pertinent senings that you ned o check Take cael ensure that the following senings 1 Fon Folder Some applications provide the ability to save the font fles in a Separate folder ich ca be along with te PDE e When importing the PDF ito FastARTIST the PDF Ampart Options dalog wil read tne fonts Bom this folder 2 Font Embedding Ifa Font Folder is not used then Font Embedding should be ON 10 sue that ft information i available in FatARTIST 3 The font shouldbe embeded s opposed to subset that consists only of haces isl inthe saved PDF Others f your design requires any text substation e serialization be mise he ming quid claire ist ons when percent af characters ie es ho This option should either ono o o ins value set to ero o indicet the entire font should e LT apes mpariagand poring Bes 11 Override Distiller Font Dialer options should b overidden ta avoid any compressio
47. other Fills Editing a Triangle Gradient Fill m However the only real difference ie that here ares S sor pickers which are used 1 select the Fil colors m ced Gradient Fills and Color Layers When a shape is pid with a Gradient Fil dt shape will be considered 10 pte even though She shape will be renderat using the indicated Fi Ile aston Replay is opens then the Fil f e selected shape Spee Init ta hs a Spor Fil Ifthe Special Fil select and then the Del ey is pres the Gradient Fi wil be deleted and the will have the Fil of original layer color Sclecting Shapes by Their Color As previously mentioned hif clicing ow culor plate e Sap palette wil eet shapes tat have tht calar Fill However thls alao includes Gradient Fil shapes that originally ha har sor Fi For example consider ve shapes tht ad liga color applied and where one shape was has lho had a Spot Gradient Fil applied AERE Lots it was decido that iig shapes should be selected rom he Shap palene e Beige eror plate was ijf licked resting i al of the alga shapes being selected The Gradient Fi shape wil also become of he selection itis considered to be on the Bai color Deleting a Color Layer Ite ag shapes ho the previous example have been deleted andi Gradient Fil shape e
48. photography For cach pixel only th re colar componen is alate This fuae has no efect grayscale mages since i no red eye eflect in a image f desired a mew color can be hat is closer 1o the original eye Red Component or Pixel Result The Festa ol shouldbe used to select a mall region around the eye Otherwise all pixels Within the Bitmap will ected Lightness isa Percentage value that indicates wher the pixels that are replaced are lightened r darkened this vales prester 100 the replaced pixel wil be lightened If this value sles than 100 be replaced pixels will be darkened This function preserves the lightness of the rigina pixels and subse the red color with the new cole FastARTIST Plug are software modules sedo create special effect for exiting Bap or 1o cte Bitmaps fm line art modules be purchased trough Adobe or other thik part developers To use plugin select a Bitmap and then choose he ven plugin ftom the Bitmap Pali doe Mena Depending on pe of plug in a dialog may open allowing plug in parameters 10 rede FasARTIST includes fve plns Bon the Alien Si Ev Condy 4000 CD The available plug ins are Bevel Bow Chrume Corona Gradient Glow and Shade Version 20 includes lud Mask To masking out backgrounds and Super Image sed to upsize low resolution images Refer o Chapter 1 New Features of
49. ps at lsat espe Filo tt Goya a ren tan don the irl key to target single sae within the group for hat cob Magenta piate is acted new Changing the Order of Color Plates To change he onder ofthe cor plates within Shop palene any colar may be dipped fret cain of the let The color will be seta the new location ad colors 1o the hr that color wil be ahi wo the right Modifier Keys and Color Plates Additional functionality i available by holding the SA Cri or AM keya while clicking on ola plate The following e summarizes thee mode EE L S SET Rig ons Shit Lick EES Leti nannte Lek micat Holding the Coi key and clicking oa color will toggle the active status ofthat color late Objects that have active colors will not be edible The Invisible Color Layer The fst wo ol of the Shop palette ane the Ive Colors e A DEBE EI n ust be ance of color far eter an Obes Pll Sr Line Style Colors be applied Objet a a regular palete color When applied as Fil enlo the Object wil be reduced to the sum ofis thick ine tributes which is uel for creating curing paths When applied Sirahe color he Object Wil effectively have no thick ine The Line Fill Selector Button The baton periode nile Calor ia the Ln btn wich Weis T oases odes IEF Modes el
50. saved as either an EPS or A e e imported t FaxARTIST esing the Map Named Colors et while preserving he aneto ome correspondence beween the nga clon and the Fat ARTIST palene Acoma technique sto create custos Shp Palette that has all the Fo Spot and Duotone lors available in your shop By exporting these clos to CorelDRAW ce Adobe orar let you ensure you designs not sing colos that will be cal subsite oe apr Stern and ipai Scanning to Acquire an Image cir mage lon provides ates to TWAIN support ff by FastARTIST This supper provides te abili to erae TWAIN compliant ener directly m within FMARTIST without any intermediary software However to function properly the scanner tl sofiare mus be properly instala wii Windows Th Acute nage options are salable frate miei Thi call the software initializes your scaner and prepares he system to a scanned image Upon exit om the caning sofware he Sequel image be automaticly imported into FatARTIST Acquire Vector This variation on Acquire command Wher the Acquire command wil produce bia image he cqui Feo WI produce line art Bom he cane image Select Source The Select Source option provides the g ability 1o choose the TWAIN input device that will acquire images IF reis only ove source ie only one scanne aac to be system st ie more than one ip sce available on your system at bad
51. the percentage wili decrease the space between Characters he percentage vil Fara Far Fein Tos Tetituen THT f Kerning of 115 Kerning of 90 Customize he Auto Ker eae by rin on the Aut Kern at Normale Wide Touching Pup Wei ses ad Dei dier ilo Rg kr ora aedium iy ca aie eire e ag ma no AE LAE ip irri trim Manual Kerning The On ren Kerning feature i edo make manual adjustments to text using a special set of ing nbs The kerning nubs may be used to adjust spacing e kerning individual ter pair and the alignment skew of text EJ soe E E N E EE x silo sius ssl Holding Ctr and ne ccn on text objet will also allow you to access Or Son Kerning mode On screen Kerning enis handles may be dragged using the mouse In addition clicking handle wl ease that andi w become selected and the cursor keys may be uscd move that andl one pixel at Stime Holding the Shit key will move handle by ive pixels The types of keming handles The Line Movement Handle used o position the line o text Holling the Ctrl key may be se constrain he movement of the line Holding the Si key will align all the text lines lng path between the currant handle and the handle of the irs line 7 Line Kerning Handi uod to adjust kerning for the Line Holdin
52. two or three or passes of the base color Under followed by pass that prints the CMYK colors AND the Highlight Wht Types of Underbase Cartoon prints with soid Spot colors fen requires White Underbase Photographie images or images wil lott radars do not always need a solid The woo great ooking Back parents t le he shirt be part image A grayscale Underbas that ly puts White where iis needed will Sene a sof and professional ooking print Therefore you wil have choose type of Unde you anto use for a given plase of artwork Ves decisions decisions decina Printing White ion dark ihi wil eque afew Sample prints as you experiment with ihe proper number of White passes solid or grayscale Uaderbases and more Underbasing Simple Line Art Vector based images created FastART ST or images imparted ror plications such ae Corel DRAW or are easy to 1 you were to crente a solid White Underbase fr this mape you would acces Fat UP Setup dialogue fum the File mem White SF color el Cheek Linderhase with Solid Color and st the number of passes in the Number of Linlerhase Color window Select you Print Mode a lick on Configuring FastRIP to Hold a Job When printing an Undertase i is ofen desirable to view the iral print mage prior to outputting onto garment To do this You must ell Fato HOLD pr
53. width or height of your ew sorcen depending on wether you ar moving your view vertically or bint Scroll Bar Thumb Dosis bet of e thumb in very large increments Hon the view sereen actualy moves depends on how fete tub oval vili the Soll ars When deciding how far t drap the Scil Tisi be aware that the ends of the Sl Bor represent the outer edges of the e on sereen Seo Bar Tamb within e Srl Bar cass the viewing window to mave in he a FARTS Talend pen 0 Guidelines Aanidelie vertica or horizontal reference Hae for placing Objects Objects will Spt location when they pss over a guideline You may rat and edit guidelines several different ways 1 Right click on arule to creste a puide 2 Tocrate guidelines for a Os pes SI and rightclick on the Object handles B mE wilt nat wok wen flog farmer tape Toad guides when Node ding prs Sin and righe on the Nade 4 Open the Edit logue by right clicking on the Workspace wih no Objects elected 5 Open he Edi Ces by selecting Options gt gt Ei Guides 6 When dragging the positon oa guile press Shif constrain a guideline to the nearest ler cenet 1 To remove a guide press Shi and righe clic onthe guide with no Objects slot Asia example the following sep vill create guideline between nwo poit 1 Right click an te Workspace o open the Edit Guide dialogue 2 Set the guideline orientation
54. wih pect 1 the original The arid dimensions are set in the General Preferences dialogue The Sap Angie uad When Cel is held during certain operator sach a whew ning line segment and Th Polya Polygon setting indicates the ype of shape lta produced by certain ch as Me Shades or Outlines Export Error Tolerance When sporting le fom FasARTIST the le sometimes contains a very large amer of Nodes This cell tue of ark that ws origin imparted om another illa application Asa Fast ARTIST canbe exported sog a certain Tolerance Lee This will male the exported mone well subtil reduce he number of retire Nodes Tolerant is apc using current Workspace nis We caution against a high Error Tolerance value snc this introduce distortions of the exported Objects Generally the leat values 0 01 or 10D of an inch will work very well gers HARTI Tel ead pen 111 Undo Setup The Undo Setup dialogue is used to iit the senes atre ed for soring Undo operations Limiting the resources can revente loss af syste performanse could ccu when urge siis of mage dita arin the Undo stack Select Option Fac ARTIST Setup Undo Sc os e Pulldown Menu E Font Setup Font Seige wed peril the font pe sd siae used in dialogue bones Slc Options Fast ARTIST Scar Dialog Font S fom the rs Freue gx Use eet ae tte ors Ded 27
55. 31 3 1 3 Foe the resulting charis ntc tht the horizontal axis shifted for each chr Placing Objects on Layers doti are placed on shert layer 1 Tol ew layers doubleclick Layer 1 to open Sheet Laer dialog Select Add to add a ew layer asem aeri uec ces Tie following sereen sot shows a Workspace wher there ae hee layers present For selected Objects clicking on a layer plate wil place those Objects oa thut layer An Object suy alao b led to a layer by clicking oa amd dragging the layer plate om he Shes lever palete Ts A small square wil appear to be drugged by the sr Hold the dragged square over a Workspace ape and then lease he mouse to Thal shape Nil belong to the given layer EE LN LLLI Selecting All Shapes on a Layer on a given soit layer may be selected by holding the Sif key and Ief clicking the layer pte The shapes wil be added 1o he current schon Highlight Selected Objects The Highligh Selected option is used a a highligh boner around selected Object Shapes that te on a layer wil be given red highlight Fo shapes thut are om a Prin and layer You can elect the color highlight These highlights are tendo as a visual cue cof the ofa To enable or disable these highlights select gt Senp gt Selection Toal foe the Options Pull dos M
56. Aft selecting you want to delete for more complex jobs alt Clan Delete on the Imone Mena This wil any you may have used or deletion Lf tbere ira small regn in the left in the middle of he deleted ext aono gos cleaned up sd naked Tor deletion When you sele Auto il with Keep had Mack will rate a blend mask Between the od and green aes which Wil be displayed as blue ss if ou bad he the blend bri Indes this whenever you select Aute with Keep The width this blend is controlled by the Blend Mask width on right hand side of the EE LL LLL The following ese options vill let you control the bend between the keep areas and the dele None Nolen ma wil be Mediam ha blend ask will be appli a shap ees med Mond mask wll Beck alper dtr Kn bu Fed Mast wil apply ed mak wih prt toi demie E ae EIE EE IEEE Inteligent lending vill contr how the pixels in e end area are processed for he inal Pa o bas oils fo blending te ein ecu ou oder sae Pater and Sure Te Fer abo la a even anion ars edge The Sart mad is e dace feror d amd cts an egeo emis ov an stl be Hee Shar dg eni tur ard edge ri te alie fiori wih back pound ses ove Smart Blending typically produces higher liy ets However ifan edge has low contrastar alot of nonse the edge produc
57. NEE Welcome to FastARTIST This version of FstARTIST includes this Manual an installation CD a CD with clip art and bets taining CD taining DVD und a sowane dongle FatARTIST 2 0 will work vith any T Jet Inkjet oat printer Fas ARTIST isa customize versio ols sige ad vinyl cuting program called Sigal Some otis ed aic that are mot applicable o ake Garmont printing have hee removed however this is still a very powerful program dt can be wed as a standalone graphics application comparable 10 Adube Photostop or Corel DRAW The purpose of dis is familiarize you wili this program as well as pet you started priming to garment as quickly as possible not intended 1o be a comprehensive guide If Sou wish to ilir say of the application s advanced features the complete AB 7 1 Help Section is accessible via a deop down memu within the FastARTIST program MEO acne pie St you par nen be Paper 2 talon aad Geng Seed System Resources and Requirements peed ad confgratio of yout PC wil have great effect an he performance ofthe Fast ARTIST program Windows XP System Requirements images amo an di at Windows Vista System Requirements toe ep rear won 9 ra USI printing port tert tara and eng Seared Installing FastARTIST FastRIP 10 0 Installation of the CD ROM 5 You wil be asked if you wish t instal tbe Fo
58. RTANT POINT le higher Speckle ler stingy resul in fewer extraneous Obits being ace it mav a resul in the lass of maler Objects Exercise cation wen choosing an apprise er etin Sap Lang Line to When using a scanner to crea Bip e original document may not be perfectly on the scanner bed As res es that wene intended to be precisely horizontal or eral vill be sligtly The Snap ong lines tn vertcaUhorzonal sening can compensate o misalignment of the orginal document For example seting oS degrees will correct inos that are of by that amount Ifthe Degrees can not be set high enough then the document should be sand again or the Big can be rotated on the workspace Smali Shape Accuracy The effectiveness of fhe Line Fit senings may depend upon the relative size of the Biimap venus the component Objects that male up the Bitmap For example small Object may considered as dirt When the Bitmap is small However the same Object wi signitan when the Bitmap is large To determine Small Shape Acura assess the size ratio between the largest Bitmaps versus the smallest When e rto le se tbe accuracy to high 7 10 Wie bts similar tn stee e he 1 low OI agri At part ofthe racing the Bitmap is scammed in onder to identify the component Objects of he imag The Overlay option is used choose he style of scanning that is use Trae Scanning Sole Whe Overlay btn is disab
59. Sec Select Draw Lasa Dav Seet Magie Wand Magie Wand Soup Clip Region Invent Sein Modifier Keys When creating a seen to modify holling down the Shi key while clicking with the et osos baton wil add sional tems groups oe areas to the selon Holding down Cri ando mouse buon click subtracts Grn the previous selection Adjusting the Size Auth ight of the astScan ola is e Region Selection Us these data lds 10 Mt be se of he seen Bitmap Palette The Target palete color is displayed above the Ple button Double click on he Tanger color 1o add colors to the palette The new color wili not be added nt used with ekter the abor Fil in New colors willbe appended to te endothe plete clicking on the Palette baton will display the color inthe map palet The palette dialog be used o select rss existing palenie colon Sever of he colo be selected ich wl cause hen to he highlighted Clicking om the Yo From buton wil shit hese colors to e stant ofthe palete Clicking oa the To Rack bution wil shi these oot the ed of the pate In ton the Re Order ton wili sort the palete iom most o ay nese RN Mee o armonia Es the Book or Fil ool used with Brush Tool The rus lol uses the Tange aro touch up the Bip Thee several brush haps avanlable by clacking n the rath Section but
60. Underkase nd olor Click OK in Adve Options In Document Prperie set lo Lonbeape or Porat for orientation Click on OK Click on Prin either nage Heavy or Noma az our Prin Mode CorelDRAW Design Setup When designing in CorelDRAW set Where no Uds desiradas pure White ROB 255 255256 or CMYK 14 0 To print an area as White set the igh it of ott White RGB 250284254 or CMYK LLL In this it example the slot anes is set Vo CMYK 1 11 lich in White and wil eive an when printed through Fan When working wit vestar images if you Spat Colors use the Spot Color White and Fas wall create a Highligh White when t ps the Top Colar pass This menns an Unde vil be applied and tben Highligh White will be printed in conjuseton with the Top Colas In is example the arrow it denying the of Spot White Adobe Illustrator Design Setup When designing in Adobe sat set areas where no Underbase is desired as pure White RGB 25925 2 or CMYK 0 0 0 O To print an area as White ete are o u sl ooft White ROB 2 251 254 or CMYK 1 1 1 1 In is example he selected ares isnot a pre White RGB 254254261 meaning That Lhe image will print White When working with vector images if you use Namal Sot Colors use the Spot Cator White and Fast RI will cee 2 Highligh White whe it prints tbe Color pass This menns
61. a may be uneven In such circumstances other Blending should pm Ion set the eligen slider ali the way to one side ot the other Fluid will always use the chosen method or blending I you choose one of he intermediate senings Fluid Mos wl choose which method 1o based on alge characteristics the sider cloner o one Side be choice will be weighted toward that method Fluid Mask makes the decision fot cach des along the border of your cuou This example preview below shows you the Edge of the Rowers the left with a transparent background and o he gh as i wil lek on a black shirt _ eem You can change he Blending Gut gain to see the on the edges ne and ck Once you fec you bave eg blend as you want lik Save and Apply der the File Piden Mon m The cuoi creste underbase dialog wil at the amount of white ink used in those de EL mu eu This petvie ofthe urbe asing Hack ot white ink using a Gamma value of 10 vien and a Gamma value of 128 right view A Gamma value of 10 will choke hack the White blend and allow more shirt olar to show through If you are rouble wh white eps o yon image dore a the righ value all depende how mach white ik you pur down ss part f your undertake ad tis depends print modes model of printer and we ink and pre treatment Masking Hair Some a fles may have harder edges o
62. apes beng reviewed ts adition odes buttons shortcuts may be used Clicking the Prin baton will senda fI pe i9 enn The FastRIP Queue will open and the job wit Although Fast ARTIST 20 several exta tools fers and printing methods some users decide stisk with the ll methods of peinting with FasARTIST or maybe don t bave necessary ime can take to learn the new methods aad tool of version 20 chapler will caver he previous version methods of printing using the Undbose Wizard along with the steps that go along wi sening up the art and undersea well as Highlight vhi In any we taking a look the following chapler Advanced Printing with Fas ARTIST 21 aet tbe Tali betta ths very powerful sawane Introduction Made ja rinse print cbe Tour eslar CY or samne cnn Seven or siah colors vile Mack and even Ligh Ligh Black In order a pin White ok homer i a naceni sepe he four ight cles with Waite This allows he Whit ink o be applied through four ete of because ts pigment on 2 gerent very walk This is why FastRIP Fast ARTIST were created These peogran were specially designed Yo handle de requirements of priming White ak When you combine the power EF u open the valves and the unique abt to White ik output printing on dark shirts So with all of this great soar and handiare printing
63. at he current FIU color i blue process color plate 2 The Ted ouine around the blue square indicate the line syle color ed To change the lime style cla for a a colar plate in the Shop palene Alternatively you drag and drop color plate the outline ofa shape The color will appear wbare the of the cursor is located when the mouse is released the mous ia relent Wien ihe tip of the cursor is within the shape then the Calor wili change cases where Workspace shapes should have ick Line Styles none are visible verfi that the Show Line Style pin hasbeen elected in the View meni s Fa EE L ZL T To a a Line Sl to a elected shape choose Line Sem the Sake and Fil Tools yu BIT The Smtr enol wil appear sitar to the folowing Mn set ela ajne Pools Rat Bence 18 i wn 1 sfam 4 meei um pen MB em Th Pes d he Cams am Set Cent ire Noured Mee tne aor ofthe Soria the type of line style then be seid The available line Able fir sgt ofthe Sas he clo picker may be used to select he Line Se E olor In adition clicking on a Shop palene color wil also change the Lin pos Forthe Thick Line attribute parameters of the line may be set m the Sa Ba zs ju Click the Ser Dealt Line Sl button to store the Sani senings for ese However color wil arbe stored as
64. ave or Save commands are used a backup BAR fe wili also be created The backup fle will have Sume prece name as the Workspace CDL le and it will be ora he came directory SFE ag espn pea piae a nee ig ieee M Pet ltt aye ayo e Ruler Positions To change he ler pons on the Workspace sleet Option gt Ruler Potions Soles iex gt Shox Ruders toglie les ON or OFF Hot Customize Shortcuts This dialogue box allows you to modify any Hot Key combination o one af your choosing Listed on following paget are the default Hot Key combinations ting Generic Hot Keys Nudge selected Object by fve hal p Change curent focus 1o sext Object in sequence E Change focus o previous Object in sequence Pacta with hiv and eral contint est Alignment Hot Keys Horizontally align Objects along lage bounds m Havin centet Objet within bounds m Horizont align Object along right sdpe of bounds m Verically align Objects along edge of bound m EEUU 6659007009 Verily cene Objects within bounds align Objects along boone of bounds Cente Objects both horizontally and vertically Nates Bounds sefer to the rectangular outline of ench Object File Menu Hot Keys New Workspace Open Workspace Save Workspace Print Workspace Objets Edit Menu Hot Keys Und last command Red ist comand Repeat ast command Cut selected Object Copy selected Objet Paste O
65. bject Delete Objet Duplicate selected Objet Edit selected Objet Edit het of selected et Select al Objects on Workspace al bss sene the selection of Objects ets he Workspace doy E 11 Layout Menu Hot Keys Activate he Alignment Apply the Alignment dialogue stings Group be seletad Objet Ungroup the selected Objects Arrange Menu Hot Keys Move the selected Object to the top layer Move the selected Objet to the boston layer enm Move the selected Object up one layer enn Move the selected Object doen one layer en Reverse the onder ofthe selected Objet common path Fon the selected Objects foto Reverse the common path that was applied ta a proup of selected Objects Conver the selected text 1o graphie Objects the selected Object iam a clipping shape Bom the current selection mee Remove the clipping that was ret View Menu Hot Keys Toggle the display of Objet lle m Toggle the display of maps Toggle be display ofthe line style m Toggle he display of the rulers m Toggle the display of the Instant Replay window m ana td 665650090 Options Menu Hot Keys Use guides Functions Keys Hp m Disable ali Shop palette coles except the cent target colar ra Refresh the Workspace Activate the Zoom bn tool m Zoom out m Zoomin minor Zoom to selected Object m Zo
66. bject 1 be mouse or by ering a new value wm one of the els After stein ew in a eld preas the Enter key to confins the new perm Object Width and Height The Wind Heigl esa the size of the selected Object mouse or by nes new value in one of the ells entering ses dn in feld press he Ener key io conf he sew values Object Scale The Object Seale elds are to the Objet percentage of is original dimensions The Object Seale arrow will size the Objet in 3 increments or you may the values ew data n a ida re he entering data tato one or both eld Afr tn Enter key lo confirm the new values Aspect Ratio When an Object is either resized or scaled the Aspat Ratio buton be maintained by aai this bun Rotation he Rotation ied indicates to what degree the Object will be rotated Rotation Ars will the Object in 15 degree increments may be manually changed by entering a new vale in the del entering new data ta a field press he Enter key to conim the new value Object Color The Fil and Se calor forthe selected Object is displayed at the far righs af the Smart Bar Objet is currently selected then te default Fil amd Serko colors are displayed Fill Primer The Fil Primer idis which Primer calor has boen applied to th Objet If no Object is currently selected then the Ful Primer vil not be displayed
67. cascading within the colors turning the let pixels White and averaging ie color charge with surrounding pixels Each mouse click wil increase e amount pre White pixels within he image Clean Up Black This command vill make pixels that are very close to Black go to Blak Using this tool creates a cascading fe within ae colon ting e darkest pae Black and averaging e color ange wih surrounding pach Each cese click will neca e amount of pure Hack pixela within he image Make Lighter The Make Lighter option very similar 1 cnl Using this feature will en dicens Grn Baca to White Make Darker The Mahe Darker feature ts just the opposite af Male Lighter Using this option will darken the nage srs the ele tonal petu Increase Saturation The creme Sram oan wil crei intensity athe CMY calor wilh changing paren Blur Image Sharpen Image These wo option very stro the Bhar and Sharpen Filters dtc lnter in this chapler hag CMYK Color Adjustments Levels Levels be dian of color intensities throughout the Bitmap either ta correct a image or a create an attic eflet the lak eel wll equate the darkest panions 1o Black Decreasing the White kevet wil quete portons to White Increasing or decreasing he Gamma will modify the overall intensity ol the Bitmap End Limits are used to adjust he and values which is effective means of removing
68. d ito ten tral Clicking within he gap nae at the en interval whieh be dragged up or down to vary the int As des dragged te Cure values will be Sitom to maintain a sooth ol nt For example this sereeshor shows to modes that have Been created atthe 3 and 6 intervals The 3 interval has bee set to 150 and ie ier has been e to S0 When varying the tint ata given interval the remainder of the curve will be Sutomatally adjusted 10 provide a prn To remove a node o mde md Cone Ammo from the context menu and the node will be Ad iB pron PEE H igh liking within ay ather part of he graph wll aces more Contest The Reet Carve command from this menu wil delete al ofthe intervening modes and reset curve to a aight ine From the boom le 350 obe eh 0 obe graph Render Pattern Fill Bitmap Tie Render Pantern laur available in the Transform Pul down Mna o crems a pattern Bitmap at Wil eed wie Pater Fi ol vale the Stroke and Tools lout An example of bov to creste a Bit pats follows 1 Uing be Rectangle tool create 22 inch 2 Apply a Radial Gradient Fil hats centered in the suae 3 Select he square and choose Render Panera Bitmap hos Transform Polio Mera The Convert Selection Joa Fil Bimap dialog wil preview he sop that will be crested
69. d dere icon For an object that has a ik siroke right click o he om lo apply the tebe the eases poo c RS Viewing Raw Data of the Highlight You see how we have changed the inal nage by sending the fle 1o Fast and choosing Vew av Data Vos wil se that when you view ONLY Layer 4 Highligh and CMYK White has been added to boost arts ofthe desin However it can t perform magie The asia ator lo ie is art has a ard edge lke the Air Show image Artwork that s tander o Undo has or vigen edges like the Cowboy image When opening the Underbase Wizara you are given he opto of Soin Loan previous Misr setings i oder io rel previous Underbase or Highligh sigs Th comes handy if vou are wi slr inne ron nee a an the Dicha Wiad for he Sle this he fa tne we have ae Undestasing an image we have no configurations to recall so have todo it asa To work with hard edge images thar have Whine in the canvas like the Air Show fist suke sure you know image ecto Pic using the Underbase Wizard your image must be resampled to the Anal act size a 1S0 10 300 DPLLA good rule ol unb the more texte higher a resolution shouldbe used It mainly an sto ike the Cowboy then 150 DPI is seceptable IMPORTANT POINT Mihe image is 72 DPT anda low quality JPG fle Jor example from your customer website it may be sot and jagged and no amant wpsampling mil sare te i
70. d the olor picker uy en be used to change the sl By double clicking within the Gradient Bar color mub wil be crue he color nub Wili be assigned the shade of color that was presen where he Gradient Aar was licho This color may be changed by iin the Color Picker Note To ema olor nuh hold the Cr key and then Le click he mb Subdividing Shapes Before converting immo a contour imag the Ginsu tol may be used o subdivide he shape For example suppose that the tol has bonis to subdivide a gap between each d apply n Render Cantoni Bap operation A ichi then combined ino the al bn he Bender Corea map cite vil Clipping the Edges of a Bitmap Onc contour Bitmap has hen created he orginal shape may be wed clip the Bia When the contour Bitmap able the Keep Original option atthe ari of he mi a clicking on he Apply bution eta to the Generosity Generosity haga Woking Click Bitmap to make be section From rone meni elec Onder and o Bock The Bitmap will now be behind the original shape Draga selection manque around bah he Bap and shape 1o select bth Under the Arrange menu choose C ipping The Bitmap will now be clippat according to the of tne original shape Render Multitone Bitmap The Render Mulitne feature u used to creste dre dines chi
71. d to be lange to Orange Frm the Shop and drag orange color The cursor will appear lo be dragging the color pe Move the cursor the Jol palete and position the tip of iecur over the rl color Release the left mouse burton al rd shapes will now bese Halftone Palette The Palete is used o apply Knock Ous Overprint Overlap Underbase and Halfione properes a Workspace shapes Since a halftone ia mot needed when printing oa inkjet primet tne halfioae feat has bec disabled BUT di palene is sill called the Halltone Pati The main purpose of this paleti i to apply an underbase toan mage da EBEERE The Line Fill Selector Button OLE M Fil Mode a Line Mode Fil Mode i selected then lef clicking a halftone or primer will apply ito the il of a seed shape fbe Line Mode is selected en a primer will apply it to the line siyle ofa elec shape Line Style Tool The below deseris the different line styles that are available to work with Neline temm pie ale Line Sadat Es B eee The Line Style Tul is used to apply a thick line effect 0 mE Workspace shapes When a shape is selected the colo af its ine style i visible in the Str For example the the Sour shows th
72. desired is reached You can do the same thing 0 addam area that as bee delete by selecting the Exact Ke OTE TTT TEE E TOT Prepare to Vectorize Wizard Fam ARTIST provides vo methods of vactorizing an image into line art The clue ectorzaion method provided leading edge ols that were suitable for previous version iers The new method uses the Prepare to Vectorize Wizard whieh introduces new tools Toc he umage qul Locking out te background and posing the image colors pir to acing This i very helpful when you have a logo or vector looking Rit that you want lo be skarp and elean To leam about the cie Veteran method refer 1 Chanter 7 Marking With Bitmap Images Getting Started 1 Import Image you vant to vetare by selecting Imper om the File Men For tnis example We are using a 2 From be Bimap Meneses Prepare Wizard A window will apen up giving you the option to Size your mage before Veclosaion and ssk if you want o remove the background or salare objet by running Fluid Mask For this example a image will be which has already been through Flak Mask so No will be selected here gear a 3 Select r oc No lue Fluid Mask anl click OK I selecting fallow the instructions on ting Fluid Mask eade in this chapler then ren here t coin on with bust Sekt The Posee
73. e ANSI andan it used widely accepted standard tht ensures et will understandable between diferent models of compiten Fora given Dot there 285 characters in the ANSI character set wich encompasses uppercase letters lower case een tombe and sometimes symbol Because some ofthese ANSI values n lel or communication protocols Between devices stall ofthe characters will be printable For example dhe irt 31 character are eseved for pecial command sequences that would be recognizable by a modem or printer but which have mo significance for purposes of eding a font The flowing table indicates some sample values d Which weknow ast CASHEWR Font EMBASSY Font EI The eter Sot 9 A B Co 4 e White Space After Character Thi edt adjust the wid of a character bounding box la lle this wil increase the separation tom the folowing characte Although his is similar to nrc keep in mind tha his sening i on a per characte Inierpuce ts used to e overall Xing of he font characters Character Backspace Character backspace is used to move character wih espe ois bounding hox origin In effect this will place he character iere away or closer 10 e preceding character 2 Offset from Baseline The from Baseline adjusts the versal character placement with respect to the baseline Fot example an uppercase H la a sni s
74. e fle Foe it example we l ran the Super Size Image based on the amount we would need m enlarge pe 3 Next slot imapSaper Ske io the Pall doe E Gh Ie PE EIER Been smo ams goes Set your prefered resolution G needed and percentage of enlargement un We Smarr Menu tthe wp of the sereen For thit example we not need to adjust the resolution but nod to clan the image 300 The vale entered er vill conta the amount needed in he flowing 4 clik Appl Adj your wings inthe stings window E pr SGT dede ien p ig poli wea Roa al When ised lisk OK The next step is seing Your image 10 the needed Size will af couse epena on the amount you p NOTE if you seaiaed your image prior 1o ui Super Size Image you will ot peed x l i H 2 EERO FES Showa boe sre the original and dist les boh enlarged to the meded print Size in FasARTIST Advanced Controls Wah he default setings the spay image loos bur if you wore Super Sizing a more photographic smage there will be more in depth sting to allow the sage o print excellent on aTait There is a lot of artifacts stron of solor that has boo caused by the jpeg compression and nti fete en is been duced la sine To fx these we will use the Surface smoothness sd Son cont Click on the soft checkbox and increa
75. e lauded Objects ee AREER FastARTIST Import Filters Ino trs designs o conver data ito Objet that can edid within the Fast ARTIST Workspace Ofen customer will provide an obscure e formal for an ordered je ou may also need o reuse artwork iom older CAD stare that longar in In ease FastARTIST supports wide range o import e which should allow you to oad uh ler with few retine Fas ARTIST will a wide variety of common e amat ining TIFF PSD JPEG aad ES The mort command is i the File menu When Importing withthe Merge oon checked he imported wl eu to the existing Workspace the Merge option checked then he exiting Workspace will be overuriten For ceti types of fles the button Wl became active in order to specily eertain parameters for the given fle The Filer button is used o customize le types that are listed within the Filer af ype mena EPS Files When imparting Encapsulated PostScript EPS be aware that there is fair amount of variety now dilereni panties applications Esport to an EPS fle I you encounter problems when importing an EPS fle into FastARTIST tben a useful alternative to the dta an Ade A le instead Importing from CorelDRAW CorelDRAW uss is own rope ype calla CDR however FSARTIST wa Oper or part a COR Gle you Wish 1a keep the eee properties of he fe you Epor Ce Save it ina geni format sch as EPS Alor CMX
76. e of et cones a mi of chro it then vert compresi wil be hene the eight af e frst character on hane Properties eet aC pum asia nmt eng bc on PETREA iria wih ond mig cien Relative Leng wil resize the line sera Spacing to determine the venial stance beween seni lines of est apr ing ih Tat Alien will itin distanse between ces inen The X and Y fields will postin a line of ext at specie coords Frame Text Droo XT ERE height and width Click on the Frame Properties button to open e dapa Fz Simp repent Pl pac pr MM ay nora fie dacs en Auto Spacing Checking ut pa pin te Te wa i ida on n plies a Sco renee IMPORTANT POINT use the Auto Spacing controls lest mast ET 3 Salter secre idem rompe pos PL m fece tre ont The Pocta Margin Sze stings affect tero spacing A of less an O wll decrease the distance between the ines of text A value preter Weight Spacing Scis Wi Spacing wil rae e cing ence ines o tes t Septem an Ng vl cee note Line Compression al Geno 2 Nexto the Frame Properties toni the Line Congreaso eld Ths feld i used ia compress line toa
77. ealed up toa poster Clipping wil bin the jogged edge such ht Sealing acceptable NE pU ak pe pa pa dili EEE The esie Clipped option wil tonis clip the plug in imap to your original line shape Use option to hide empty potions of the and to im apo edges that plui can sometimes produce The Mmside Outside No Clipping option wil not apply a clipping path This option should used when the plagin effect extends beyond the bounds of the original ine such as the Corona or Gradient Glow plug ins Margin Amount species the mount of empty margin around a suing plug in Bitmap Image Quality Image Quay determines the resolution DPI af the Bitmap producat by the plug in The result wil vary the size and complexity of the original artwork Keep in mind a high osi image wil require a large fle size Bitmap Source Most plugins allow for an eic to be applied to more tha one Object with the Objects being site ne nrt ot images ln a case where thene more than one original Objet it win be clear o FASARTIST which should be the sourre far use by plain To solve this problem the folowing opdon usad o specify how these Objects vill be ad by the plug in effert ie Lu Mant jet opion ese hen oniy de cat fite ne slope wihe wel Uae curent fil ionis scc te he oral pte af the art wil be Ths pon ie pc ed when a icy or r
78. ected then clicking color plate will set the Fil calor fa selected High clicking oa color plate will se the Sod colar IE Line Mode elected left clcking a colar plate wil set the Sirake coor of selected shape Right licking a color plate will tthe Fi or The pale also has a Line il buton which operates in tiir iion for Kock Overprint Overlap Primers and Halon Each platen th Shop palenie is indexed according to the EE order of colors in he palette To bid these labels uncheck Show Layer Mamert from the Contest Meme or select he Options Palette gt Shi Laer Mens Filond stoke Color colors of selected When an Object is selected its color plate i shown shape m he Smartr sad the index mabe i visible wat the plane An adition to index ber cach plate displays a eer hat dentes ls color type Procss Spot Foil SE or Spot Colar SC The letter designation ib visible from tbe Smart Edit Color Dialog The Blt Calor dialog is opened by doubleclicking color plane i the Shp plete The main controls af ihe Edit Color dog are within the op hint oe dialog These contol are to indicate he secl color value i color spase RGB CMYK ete and how the color should appear on the Workspace The oer woth o the dialog has controls that indie the ol cna ces or Spo ade manufacturer of hs color Setti
79. ed o select of image thal have a similar colar You adjust the strength tthe Masi Wand ia Be Magie Wad Setup window This Called the Colar Mach Radius For sow set the mite ov Before you sel an area to il with Blue you nee to change the Color Peto Blac Doubleclick on the Palette sach White rectangle and choose Blak Click on Move the Magi Wimd neas the edge of the image and lef click Depending on the Calor March Raine stonth le Magic Wand wil search round the mage t will not do interior ao and selec the Ire strength is too low it wil only a White ede wil mow soe a Line around the nage This called a section wich n be Sle with colar By cheking on the Paint Bucket icon the selected area will be filled with Black Ibo image has interior areas that need to be changed to Bak use the Magie Wand the samme exact manner and work your way through the interior sections NOTE Bine should ahvays he naing a working copy af amy mage o vow don ruin he rena When yon heve competed changes or modifican sav e aei image under a name that s dierent dhat f hc original artwork Using the Underbase Wizard on White and Black Files Once you have boh versions af an mage prepared opor em into Fast ARTIST and 1e the Wind wrk both a he same tne Wit to le open oa the screen deag he tw t
80. ely Thee many clients who provide you with tiny JPEG ar web gap and expect you to print highquality with he image Although the image may look sereen when enlarged Rum 72 dpi to 200 300 enge priat very zy About Image Enlargement Resolution Below prime example of tbe sont of web graphic sometimes supplied fr printing on t Tin thi SK jpeg inge igi view OK when small on your web browse ss you an sae when ow or Shit graphies fr Ron acceptable qal This nage has been enlarged om wide 09 wide ot 250 dp The enlarged image would Jk and peint even wore IF the dpi was 72 aal screen elton We recommend inal raphe wth elton of 200 300 dpi fr outstanding pit pe 10 Be ee Using Super Size Image Super sizing image dane na few spe tes 1 Import your image into Fte gt tmport opio ros he Pulled 2 Determine ie you will he imported image to be In this example he en onts inch JPEG image witha elution 250 dpi We won adjust he resolution he sine la percentage For lage pint plan on enlarging an image ike this example 4 Su enabling the image tobe enlarge up to 9 inches wide oe S times he original size Another options enlarge the original JPEC the needed print size and running Super Size Image omining Yne at step ol enlarging the Super Sized Imag
81. eme and check or uncheck the Highligh Selected Obits pion The High Sie may be sed o make the highlight more prominent Select orm the Color Picker for the Print and Layer highlights Image Properties Image Size To obtain professional looking prts is important to se high quality mages wilh a resolution o 150 to 300 DPI ts per inch Under Image Size om the Bitmap Moro You can id the and resolution informatio for selected This information will be displayed Wittin the as flne 4 mo cic Appi 1o change Pisae ana resenton 72 from tho Bitmap menu Sets wage Tet the pint sae of image before image Sue tings Pinel velers ta the onsereen immage siae in pixels evolution is st i piel per inc ke like DPI Image elects the actual size thich the will be printed expressed n the current rir aniis dimension are not diable weithia tbe Jaage edit mode You ust ae be Sore state to change the size of te image File Siae indhentes the total amount of hard drive ace the mage wil require wen saved Please be careful when creating le bigh enlm images the size quickly become excessive The Maintain Aspect Rai preference is applied when changing Pl Dimensions oe Resolution Below the Maintain Aspet Ratio checkbox the Sampling Method Dropdows Jia This tbe resampling method a wil be used
82. en Remember FastARTIST a core vasa sign printing program ad ths one was designed ta print wil ages hak wall he surme on a sheet of dca 3 Inthe Dec Seip window choos the appropriate Shirt Beard configuration fum the tse election window Choose Landscape o Port 4 Once you haye choosen the orientation Fast ARTIST will display he inae the way wil ok o he Shit Hoard You will be unable to move the images around at ihis point S Press the Print icon in the Print Tolles Print Preview Controls Landscape versus Portrait Orientation The Landscape option idt toggle th media orientation between portrait nd landscape IMPORTANT POINT he Landscape option il rae any sealing or psionng previously performed Tis Ovarian biota and erica senings are applied with espet orematon Lending edge of media media that is loaded io the not the orientation of image Portrait Top c preview pon he meli For example ifthe Landscape option is toggled the image Landscape Lent cage ot preview wil be rotated however the Tile Overlap setings wil not be rotated with she mage Repeats and Gang Mode Thes modes are designd for multiple images onthe same page Alignment BEES Th sete adhat he plasament o he stapes upon he metis EER netter oti when te capa maltis Da de mela Size and Move P Wil open the
83. ereen for pricing for details purchasing oF feng a Dongle returns must be shipped by a acabe carrier and have eum Sabor number on the box provided by US Sereen Print amp Inkjet Technology Chapuet2 antalien and Gein Seed Installing and Configuring FastRIP RIP se beart af the iting process performing ets ofa Raster Image Processor RIP controlling hw much ink i bid down haw passes are made by the Print Head and bow White ink i printed Fas abo manages the memory needed for raster imaget nd the of lile job o de pir by utilizing Vial Memory VM disk processing Fst does most ois with Posi PostSeript ia aust standard scripting language ted to communicate the text and grape elements ofa job om a computer to peinter When Fas processes a job these PostScript elements are used o generate a raster mage a series of horizontai es that th printer is capable of rendering The peinter vill then output your age ome raster line a ine When the Fast ARTIST installation is complete it ean be launched by double ticking oa icon However you will not be able to PRINT an image using your Fast until FastRI bas been cnr INSTALL FASTARTIST THEN INSTALL FASTRIP REFER TO YOUR FASTRIP 10 0 USERS MANUAL FOR INSTALLATION AND SETUP INSTRUCTIONS FOR FASTRIP tain and ering Seared Unistalling FastARTIST inthe event that Fast ARTIST is not operating correctly or yar and
84. erif o will generally have an of This am tha he dom ofthe actual leter will be the same as the bottom of dbe ete bounding box other hand a lowercase g will require negative flt so descender he til wil fal below the baseline e I Select Previous and Select Next Buttons Font characters can be designed on the FastARTIST Workspace and then dad ta new font Fast ARTIST odes Workspace objet sconto the sequen in which they were crested ing h Select Previous and Seleus Next tors yon browse Workspace objects Without leaving the Cae Edi Font dialogue When the correct abject is selecta ick on he Anis Changer button to create the character For example if you have created a new alphabet with objects for A cc in the Workspace you would po ta the Crate Ei Fon dialogue and set the Code Value 65 You would then use the Select Net button to select the object witha e Workspace Click Apply Changer to creste the now character and then increment the Code Value 10 6 Click on the Select Next button o sele the obj at click on Apply Changer again This process would be repented Tor each character that you crested for the font Wei Define Character as Space There also non printing character hat is aften forgotten but which must Be present in a font e Space character Without de Space character which appears when the space hri pressed thee would be
85. erprint and UTE Stew vacancies enn Show Grid oF dpi Show Guide Lab nn LL Show Replay times Show Bin piri Multiple Document Windows To have more hn one design window open at the same time enable Mil Joe under he Options Pulldown mena To rate anal windows you use the Fil gt New man To manage these windows there will be o additonal commands under the File Having era FastARTIST windows allows for componen of a dein to be edited separately then combined To move selected Object beween windows use the Copy and Paste You may also drag and drop Objects beween windows Workspace Colors This will customize basie appearance of the Workspace For acces select fromm the Pull dowen Menu Options gt Worbpare Colors Page Cleef he ge o the Pug The colar ofthe Pages set within the Current Selection tribus found in the Layout gt Page Sie dialogue Refresh Screen To refresh the Workspace select Edit Reden from the ul down Mona Origin Selection Origin Selections sedo indicat te zoe 0 0 position af the Pre df this non is set to he op left corner Orientation Orientation veters to the rotation of the Page This seting is independent of Page Orientation Which ia when priming Caper
86. erythings cot you are ready for output Wil a shir tha should be pretreated deed and onde ight click on he job and eleet Prind Two Versions of Your Artwork May Be Needed Itis portant you have two verskans af de more comple images with lots of eor ares oe artwork with eie Ifyou are going n any otber colar bu Bleck you maod have a version of be artwork wi a White convas and a version with a Black cama The White version is used for th colors and the Black version is used for the Em IMPORTANT POINT Yow need two versions if ou wont t the problems ans Clipping becuse of interior arco that rend shirt elar or DO NOT eed Whe itd wi These files must be identical in size and resolution Using the Fas ARTIST Underhare Wizard can rete the Underbase fle and Highligh without usinga Clipping Pali Then ali you have to do ell FastRIP bow many passes you want of the Unease and if you want a Highlight OT nage came to you PSD file with transparent background ti a simple matier bf duplicating the le and creating one image witha White backround and one image wil a Black background NOTE he saved as a single layer PSD fle without a hactground layer po mori the lays Jaus image vil hive end hackaround seing iranparene Ith age was
87. estored select the eset Baseline The baseline ofthe tablet will be reset to notch that tthe materia Set Baseline The baseline ofa drawing deines both he bottom of ib artwork as well as the angle of the Typically a Digitizer designate the bottom ofthe tlt as the baseline bich Fast ARTIST Wil use a reference Use the Set Box buton to align the baseline with that of the artwork ater than the tablet bottom This avoids the requirement ate artwork be precisely aligned wih he otn ofthe tablet Using a Digitizer Curse Nodes dea by a Digitizer are differen om thone crested by the mouse in standard ran Mode Draw Mode wes he Nodes has ial pl atthe curve as in A curve drawn in Digitizing mode will ps dicc hough the Nodes in a more connect ihe das alios When using a Digitizer certain button combinations may be use o orm busie shapes Place wo Corner Nodes t form the opposite cornent of a rectangle and then double click Finish tonto complete the rectangle You can place Wo Curve Noder to form the diameter ofa circle then double click the Finish buton to complete the cile Placing thee Carve Noder and then double clicking the Finis ton will Ata circle within the thse Nodes I four or more Curve Noder are placed ena circle will be created to best ft within those Nodes Buon Function Description Top Gamer node comer node on Workspace tet Curve nade Place cu
88. etary format storing dta and each of these Formats designed for a specie type of image Generally speaking formats are designed 1o either ine art vectors and carves or bitmaps raster mapes Ths eats many challenges hea swapping data between dierent applications Fortunately most graphics applications provide Import and Export lers to fcit the exchange of le The FastARTIST Workspace supports both art and bitmaps so either type of dala may be Imported oe Exported The native FeuARTIST fle Tomat CADIink Drawing File CDL ie nerd tae combination fle because it can contain boll nea and bap data Working with CDL Files The CADIink Denis File CDL can be pena into ts owm Workspace using File gt Open ACDL Me may aio beimported twa CEL an al aa into an existing Workspace File gt Import provided the Merge option enabled When the File gt Open command fo the F apse fist time FaSARTIST wil query whether the intention hd actually been to ue the Inport Restoring Printer Info When CDL is saved Fe Sane the information om the s Setup digi stored within the CDL When opening ihe feine ftre enable he Restore Prine Informatio heck t load the printe and cuter segs Zoom Open When the File gt Oper command is use the Workspace will ne to the loaded Objects The File Zoom Open command i similar except tha he orm evel will alternate been 1 he asm levet and 2 zoomning to th
89. evice IMPORTANT POINT DO NOT LOSE OR DAMAGE the Dongle Wihow the Dongle your sofware wi son fiction Should you lose our Done vou wll be required to PURCHASE a from US Sereen DO NOT insert your Dengle ino your computer ail art ode Mara Pug your Dongle into an available USB The computer should automatically recognize he dongle If your computer for nay exon does aot recognize the dongle fellow the next eto Dassie Bier Dongle Error Myou receive a Windows enor ballon stating Unknown USH device arif the computer st recon the dongle follow these st and Geng Goto Start gt Conte Pane and duke cie an it to open a new window 1 Within e Conta Pare window and dosi clic on the Sym icon Click om the Harve Cok the Device Manager button You see displayed all uf ih that curently connected tw your corte Within the Device Manager window locate the USB device hatis denda an known device ths is your Dongle and choose Uninstall the Deve Manager aad close System window Sonnen Unplug the Dongle im your computer 5 Place the Fas ARTIST installation CD in your CD drive I prompted to choose langage Cancel 6 Goto Sur gt fn Within the Run dialogue lick Arse and the called INSTALL EXE on the alli CD Davi clic on it select 1 wi ow be
90. f printing then i is possible to configure a Ho Falder in Fas such hat saving your is automatically detected and Psp FORMAT passent ie imas Wau wilh PSB PSD shuld Wark ae Hee rg cr iiie nos uy wh e TIFF FORMAT When raving nays Hk the pole cack that an embed ple ah wih Pcp SS PNG FORMAT The PNG farmat does support of colar protes As sach more care ight be so ce ah st ae wi PNG le ops yo ie JPEG FORMAT mieten ln Petey doc nt credere sing ef umen tran i EE Ao Toole Other PhotoShop Tools PhotoShop provides several tol fr preparing an underhase for your design Technically tht gts you good esl sibl The Windows Underbase Method sentially dis technique requires you to specify where you don t want an underbase by seing all such pixels to wite RGB 2SS 255 255 However te of this method are Color Range Under the PhotoShop Select menu he Color Rampe tol is used to select a specifie hue or of is However for black or cach be performs ignita Peter than Colar Range Magic Wand J ation to the previous tools at we have mentioned the Maie Wand Toal can ohen be sel for quickly selecting hue or range of hues Note that SB key can be used add huc to e current selection
91. g the Cul key sell adjust e word kerning while kevin he space bee adjacent characters coms The Leer Keruing Handle adjusts the Kerning of hanes that are oppose the Line Kerning handie ME E EEUU it ih Tat Font Editing and Creation Fast ARTIST can modify exiting fonts or create ones from scanned digitized or and drawn objects Regardless of whether th font is new or edited will always be saved in VEF Format even if the original font had ven stored in another sc as True Type TTY or Postscript PFB Any Workspace object can be converte lato fot character However te object must bea single pal graphic Imported ar grouped objects mast be welded nor com citado Single ib pror t creating ot verston rom those objects To objects hat have multiple patis use be Make Pank command ts conver thers into a single path The Test 10 Graphies command must also be applied Editing an Existing Font When edhing famis 8 is important to understand ow the plasm of individual etter ke comple As a rule each characters font metris include wo general pef fortis A the shape and sizeof the character self and t placement i elation 1o the oer characters iie fn There ata character oceupies can be though fa being an enclosed box The bon condere io have an x ani a and an origin in the lover et corner 007 Suck placement infomation peces to help arrange adjoining ete comi hile also considering any
92. gh pir drier called FastRIP Fax IP Image Processor that ells the ow many passes to make how much ink to ly own bebe to prin in or detonate and how to print Wit lk if WARNING Myou have not configured FastRIP you cannot output an image o the Fle liera Garment prinser Before canianing with this Chapter please entere are familiar with al the information contained in Chapter 7 especially iat Mode selection RIT Using Templates easiest wo ose up gentis by utilizing the preconfigured Templates These have been d out to comespond Shir Board sists ich onl Be ring Goto File gt Open and locat the Template folder in the Fas ARTIST directory Doubleclick to open dis folder and yo fles for each Shirt Board size Consult your peter s User s Manual for the specications and dimensions ofany aval Shirt Boards Fach template be londe im ethet Potato Landscape Mode and there ane three template types Coto mage cement Template and Aon Image orien ar eneste le s ht win he guidelines and place hem tempe i op via qua in Template ile When fle ie arene yom are ramped for Sena 10 be laced wih the Teste Fah RIIST el etal rice your test oe Tei pe 8 ta minis PMARTST 0 Print Preview To print a jb choose Print to ftom
93. hcp SS 9 Clear the caret selection ie Select menu gt gt Deselect 10 Select Channel the Windows Pull don Mea In addition to the RGB channels here will be a Layer 1 Mask channel At this point any be PhatuSop tol cn be used to modify the underhase es brush ols mage men adjustment ele For example in he Channels palette clisk the Layer 1 Mask Then ftom the Image cna choose Adjustments gt Levels Use the Levels dialog to adjust the nites o the underbase so as to modify how much of the shirt cr wil show through 14 Once the adjustments are complete the chanel can be removed in the Layers palette ke in he Layers palene right ciek the Layer Mask Thumbnail and choose Apply Layer Mash Color Management unnm lor mages E CT senings in Phan got kan 27 erom 8 nnd m 3 Ex Since hocstop isa penent pe a purpose apbis design Ems qe plain tat can be spelled 10 Saber of wes ti the def cen Color management setings 2 a idolo and adjunt hese seinas hes you have spec caput m pease The Color Sening dialogis wedi SEE set the color manspemet stings in PhotoShop In Adobe Creative Taole Suite products note ht Adobe Bede is used to set color management that it sed aeos When you use several appliestions fr cresting modifying and outing your jobs itis pot you bave consiste
94. he oprig 20 Black in he tol and 30 Black inthe bottom right ch sate Customized Swatches Asan alternative to using the standard swatches custom set of solches may e esed Fio the File select Color Snicket Select Customization and click oa The we parameters are set hom the Sura AL the far lef of the he calor model may be set either RGB or CMYK IERGB colors are se len each primary will vary from D10 255 1F clon are used then each primary as well as black wil vary from O44 1o 100 E Grid Size The sine of he ean be Salt or Large The teria gi _ E the more cr swatches vil be created Axis Colors The chair fi colors will deenine how the color swatches are arranged For example ifthe horizontal yellow tben the yellow content of the ches will eese forn lf right The amount of the esas i determina by the Percent change tween swatches Percent Change between Swatches 5 This penne inn a hr shi ha wl cr vee ces pth value tube youve wih ol ve dng ore coop e pd Multiple Charts Mone thn one chart be created at once wher successive chars will vary according 1o the chart anis color For example if the horizontal axis yellow and he chart anis isalo yellow hen 2 tional percent change between swatches apr et This shown inthe following Smarter seins Three charts wil be rest whee the orent 4373 3
95. hoked ts 300 PL Ifthe image s relin is less tat 300 DPI the Choe Gesture wil est in mere piels being affected Choke Settings IMPORTANT POINTS Do not choke back too many pixels on light shirts f you choke back too many pixels the af your image may shift color Decause of a lack of nderbue under he color pixel Use Minimum or Medium IT You are printing to dark shirts you may apply a slighty larger Choke The ee of your image may shit color but won t be noticeable an dark shirt Also it is VERY important ta choose a White SF spot color White from the colar palete Proce White loos White but wil NOT printas an Underbave or highlight NOTE Hyon ase the Che choone Srong Urbane settini wil apply Underbase under I so do not vou he aca n qu image where terere py ck oput and Whe Printing an Underbase with a Highlight Oue Fighing Cardinal sample imag looks good bur look even bettet wi the iion of High The tech eyes and he word Cardinal would al brighter if another layer of Whites printad at the same time as the olors This layer is called Highlight Wie IMPORTANT POINT Highligh vor BEST with vector images they can alvo he applied to imap images The droebach o uring B map images a that FastARTIST ve Heer image nd des NOT ak acct any canat areas around ke mage the kus nass pr
96. ie and Prior IMPORTANT NOTE 1 sou dock or close the Smartlan here ino bution t push find or restore the 5 Ifyou do not have a SmartBar please cll Technical Support for help with restoring i Objects Selected The Object ype is sted theft Setar The number th Objet ype indies the database order the Object When rowing TAB advance between diferent Objects he TAB order ie same as he database order Current Nub Selecting an Object wil reveal its bounding tox 1 Which are nine qan bs used br movin Sealing and resizing Wah the Smash anchor nl indicate the current nub When the Smarr to move arret an Object die current mb is as e reference poit For example clicking the lower efi nub in the il indicate Object hold be read with respect to is overt bounding box Ifthe anchor mub ice in th Sms then small anchor icon will appear within the bounding box To use the anchor muh position the anchor over specife part of the Shape nl ype mew X and Y coors in the Smau The anchor will be moved othe new saute Object will be moved with the anchor X amp Y Coordinates of Mouse Cursor Below the Objects Selected field he X and V coors of the JEU ur are displayed as wol asthe current units of measurement that being d on the Workspace Object Coordinates The X and Y hells display the coordinates of the selected O
97. ifon ile process rem lor palene ea Bip where one exit expand sie ofthe es e pax s atacod oa Ba Click on the Perise m Region burion to open the dalog and choose me SE tube oes will compose he eig ina The Sharpen opin fects the color boundary between Object the Bitmap narrowing it 10 ene the impresion of sharp edges Bitmap Vectorization R mep Vectra cl trace components of a Bitmap and gene a sequence of vec These vecors may be then edited and cu ike regular Workspace Objects Refer o Chapter 17 Whats New With Version 24 lun about the new Wan added 10 Fast ARTIST 20 IMPORTANT POINT Tie Veclorizatioa eae may on he applied to Bimap of 8 his or est 23 er Howeer Fata fers acu ate wil produce 28 bit Therefore 2 fiter bas heen applied Bitmap then the Mode ofthe Bop mast he rede Bitmap before acing haga The evel of Vectorizatian detail is determined by the Setup controls which are locu at bo acht of the FaxScan controls LOGO Long Lines C The Hetoriation baton vill begin processo the vectors and the drops is available for electing previous saved stings Click on the Tace Sengr amon to edit hese senings in the Trace Senp dig Line Fit Tue Line Fit controls wili determine how close the cing vll occur along the edges of scanned aad mmm Iris oy
98. ina diagonal ine represents the gil shat af iter amos he tna ranee The Toggle Gradient Mode ton is sedo aleae how the intensity values displayed The raph ean either display shadows to with values neces frorn O 10 25 or spay highlights 1 shadows with values increasing form Oto 10 To st soci als either lick within the or enter he value using the edit ells maximum of inen intensity vues can be set Invert This selection avets the colors in the Bitmap producing a effet similar to photographie negative This feature can be wed to invent thecaler oa grayscale image making the Blk Whine and the White Black Posterize ster is the number of cole levels per plane rod groen and blue For example wo Teels mean too of Red vo of Green and ivo IB The valid range for the number of levels is fom 21064 Histo Contrast Hit Contrast increases or decrenses the contrast ofthe Bap image using histogram to determine te median ihnen Once he media higher has boo determined pixel values above mean brighiened and pl ales below the median dene rrr Stretch Intensity Stretch Ine ics the colar contrast in he witout hanging the number of dete values tary const adjustments ca se ihe and iow end vale Histo Equalize Hio Equal linearize the number of ach isthe Bitmap based on the specie colorspace RB Grayscale e
99. ing bacane the et needs to be raseriznd when oup Ifa al possible do aay tet we Wii FastARTIST ad hes ly he text with he images om PhotoShop For cases where Soo mast layout your text within PhotoShop use the advice as explained bent When ang tet Pk bera reali pt elder vein my haven helo far tgp he ni aiadrg ONOFF When enabled naling wil btur the aes of eet it the background anti treating olen tex ito koa ics sly m ant aliasing ST Aga age Rn mea iere Emp a a NOH Wingy ag er n Cer ai ed NT Directly Adjusting the Underbase A having applied either the Knock MeColouto Knock MeblackOut plug ins may be desirable to selectively odit the undas This can be don by converting the ados intonation an edible channel lo which the standard PhotoShop editing tools can be soli including the Image mena gt gt Adjustment yout ol Suppose that we have image on iis own layer and we have KoectMeBlackQukd o remove the ge background From the Select menu choose Load Selection The Land Selection dialog wil open Clik OK to accept he dialog setings The previously created underhase will now be the active selection From the Select menu choose Save Selection From the Channel pls choose Layer 1 Mask ie the name of image layer OK t contin Mn be Layers palette tbere wl be Layer Mask Thumbnail apr D
100. int job before it spook ek doh frost hs rec Fait Ey you decide when you want 1o print When you are ready to print the job click on the Printer But T Ths vil Fa xg IMPORTANT POINT Jon hae the Print wi Preview pon enabled yox wil Be PARSER 3 that erect Once ye re done analizin preview vou would Selec the printer con rom Print li will open and the job Pending Right on the job itle and select Spo On The job wil sart to process and you will see it Processing cc Eventually will say Holding Right click on bo job tile aguin and select View Raw Data View Raw Data Window The Hex Raw Data window ie VERY informative Planes ali the actuat paning inci gach actual pass or Layer or Saag he background color To simulate the color ofthe You may also tarn ofa Layer uncheck t t see wha it ike Layer 1 is he FIRST print pass your Tet wil make We india in the Fst RUP Setup window we wanted THREE passes T White so you wil notice that hene are throe layers that skow ONLY White being In This example Layer 4 shows the CMYK colos being printed We did NOT tell tis image we Wanted a highlight White You may also choose to view only the Underbase Yes bw k looks The Rave Data sereen cnu be mnde age ong with the Select Planes windows THis ins actual
101. inting around image lir wil end up be printing a Whe White Ink Selection Fas ARTIST gives you seven pre configured Lndrbase stings covering the varius sombinans of Underhane and Highlights oa nyo these ion wil allow you tose he setings for each DEHHHX s 9123456 Assingning White to Design To create hg far the Whine i he werd Cardinale ungroup he design iC grouped und Sos ONLY the wond Cardinals Dukle lick oa e con of chic This will open up the Linderhare Highlight Mena From here you decide what to do with the wo Cardinals fa this ense we want all ofthe White in the won to be part ofthe Undrase and Highlight Ac clicking on Add you can now select other parts She image Ifyou wanta solid Underbage under the entire design group he nage and dude lick un the appropriate Lnderhave icon You bave bow old FastRIP ta create sod Tor everything you have selected You may also drag ond d the Lnderhase ieo grouped Adding Highlights to Other Elements WW really should the teeth and in the Highlight o you gap ete design you can drag the dre and Highlight icon oto the Meo he eye and och Tho vil now apply your previously statue t these objects as wel Undersea Highlight can automatically applied selecte cst by selecting a object an cheking once om the desire
102. ipe versus Blend By default Fils have a Blend tie Spectrum Up and Down By dei gradient Fil between wo colon wil ony have progresive shades between those o colors By doing so he intervening colors of the specum are ignored clicking on either the Spectrum Up ot Scrum the end color wil include these te ning ctun clus LT For example consider the memory aid ROYGBIV which is short for Red Orange Wn Groen Blue Indigo and Valet the gradient Fi aly between Orage and Blue hen the following wae Spectrum Down Spectrum Spectrum Up Blue sew Blue range Be Save Fill tthe fr ofthe ihe Save Fill button When this clicked the Gradient Fil vil be savod r new calor plate and appended tothe end of the Shap pate The Gradient Fl plane may then be applied itea Singe reple pale color Baeri he name of the plste wil be Gradient Fi I he Gradient Fil plate double did then he Edit Grant Fil dialog Will open The Et Gradient Fil dialog may then be used to rename he Fil choose diferent colors f r the or change the type of Fl IMPORTANT POINT The Triangle pe iot lae rom the dropdown lt The Triangle Gradient Fill asa dierent Edit Gradient dialog tha in incompatible wth the other gradient Fi Fora Triangle Gradient Fil te Edit Gradient Fl og behaves slightly differently than for the
103. is the PDF file By al is expected that this folder is named Fonts and he same directory a he PDF being imported Ifthe Font Folder i ina different directory click the Brose buton to specify be locaton 3 Allow Sabon A subs subst of the original font info that is esta o the Characters used in the saved PDF Ble I this option erable then any embedded foe wil be used Otherwise n alternate fout location will be searched followed by earch of tne locally installed fonts Ie font lal is not Found then a bite foc will be required Pupi lpenisund 4 Inport Pages For a muliple page PDE indicate whieh pages Inport Mer the pages are imported the Paging Taol ean be used to browne through cach 5 Do Not Show hi Dialog Check hs option iyou wid to hide this dilog Hidden can be restored wii the General Preferences vind lick o OK w clase the PDF Import Options dialog If any fant information la not found the Font Replaermen dil vil pen The missing font vill be isted and assit Tont must be Selected Irom the depo st of locally installed fonts The Font Replacement dialog Wil reappear for each font that requires a ibi A Final Note about Importing Files The import command is designed to Ind dens im ober application wil ing to ein rue to the types of Objects that were nthe orga For cumple asque with a radi should come imas a square witha gradient as oppose 1o th
104. led then he Traditional scanning style wil be wed a ench Object wil be identitet ax an independent part of the Overlay Scanning Style Overlay scanning wl create a mask or ac palette color and each mask will then be aed to help distinct Objets o Given his Big the Traditional style would yield thse Objets E Et Given tis Bitmap Overlay syle would also yield these Objects Sine masks are evaluated according the order af their colors ia the Bitmap palene i is recommended hat the Re Order bution be used pulente dialog 10 the importance of mone frequently used map colors rela cing would be the preferred if you wie for Object to be produce or for no overlap 10 occur between Objects Centerline Tracing The Centerline avaiable in he Fast Scan This too uses Bitmap giis ro prodee a centerline raced desing can be routed or engraved by FastARTIST This feature works best wil perse Objet whore bins andlor bias bave an obvious Asa esl feature does mot work as well wilh photographic mage Paper Weg with Bmp ges Applying Centerline Tracing Pressing the ectarizarion bao applies a Centerline Trace tthe selected Object bse on the setings providet Creating Transparent Bitmaps in FastARTIST Some images may sedo have transparent background menm th there is no background TT sep Rs ge H a Pai
105. ly eff t printing operations A Letter from the Developer i Basic Safety Instructions Chapter 1 Introduction 1 Chapter 2 Installation and Getting Started 3 Welcome to Fas ARTIST 3 Sytem Resources and Requirements silio FastARTIST 20 and 5 a 1 Dongle Warranty Installing and Configuring w Uninstalling Fa ARTIST n Chapter 3 FastARTIST Tools and Workspace 13 Workspace Elements s ee EUN Page Size Ha Toolbars tn i z Workspace Options E cu ag z Tol SS Sketch Tool Seng E Import Bitmap Step Display Unie MESS x Hot Key Linings Chapter 4 Working with Text 39 Tent Composition 80 0 2 5 5 2 5j Font Editing and Creation Creating New Font E Character Chapter 5 Importing and Exporting Files 59 Working with CDL Fes Fast ARTIST Import Filters o Fast ARTIST Export Filters SS Sonne to Acquire an Image s 228558 Chapter 6 Palettes Strokes and Fills 69 Working with Color Palettes Color Space Content Menus 75 EE SS QNNM Line Style Tool a Gradient and Pattern Fills Color Swatches 95 ME E o Chapter 7 Working with Bitmap Images Transforming an Image MES 3 CMYK Calor Adjustmen
106. ly scana de mag printed und displays i pixel by pe if you choose However this cam be VERY slow proces ts olen easier to just Zoom into view a partion of th mage This is where fast computer wih a lot of RAM realy helps IMPORTANT POINT Far any part af an image hat requis White as a printed colar you MUST il that ection with Spot White and not Process White Underbase Strength For even more contol of you Underbase output an UinderbseSrength opion conan Tous Undertase levei modis and a Gana Adjasmment conl are sail Upon importing PSD TIFF EPS or PNG nap with aspen background hs window Wil automaticaly query wheter you wish to apply an Vodetosetoheimage Underbase Option The det feature will fleet the Milone of the Underase in the event it 100 weak Highlight Waite Options 9 Li Choking the Underbase Fst allows you 1o Choke the Underbase to prevent pecking Peeking occurs when the White dere appears ss a small fringe beyond the borders ofan image This mos likely to E and CYMK colors however peeking can occur even if both moles sre he sme DPI This because the ink wl eed sigh ast m The Choke feature wil reduce the size of he Underhase image t prevent peeking The amount of Choke applied 1o an image depends oa the resolution of the image The resolution ar rS age to be c
107. mage Sect le image wi the Selection tol and click on the Lindenb Hand co The first sereen you see wll give sampling of what the Linderhane will ok ike The default Preview Made 3 Back on Wie You really anl vo see bow look with White ink on Black shirt o change his 1o White on Baek Make sure to pick the Cinders colar of White You bave a lot of over the Uinderhase You can control the Strength and make the entire layer solid Wie You can also make the a greyscale mage tha lets the Shirt breath EE oos 11 esp in mind you looking at ov the Urb wlll priat on dark o this ray tk t practice When in doubt apply more Underane but 1o void f ihe image that wil be dark or Black Using a Clipping Path The White camas af original artwork isthe nex concern I you are viewing image with Wie an Raek you wili seth hers Wie ink AROUND Tbe image FastARTIST is just doing hati tld Any asea of White is Beg printed with Whe You mast REMOVE THE OUTSIDE EDGE OF THIS IMAGE This is called Clipping in computer called Clipping Path A Clipping Path ids the ouside alse oka design and removes 1L li viously easier 1o clip a hand edge bana edge The Air Show image ik perfect for removing the tide edge ising the Clipping Hah method Applying a Clipping Path 1 Go to he Transform gt Contour Object crente Clipping Path
108. mask such s hir ar zy ages This lesson wil be similar to the previous bt wil aso cover wing be Blend Exact Brush to pl ou ad blend the porn that sil showing hough wuch things as hir or As shown far his example a basie routine as been un and cuit on this monster character and set 0 blae shirt clo eT Sich a a mn Myou lool closely you will ntc he hard ege of the whine aroun the outside at ba been le hee Fd Mask nse to be told what to do wi this soft ms 1 Co back w the workspace tib to conte masking 22 Select the Blond Exact Brush from the Toolbar Adjust brush size Gif ood and brush over he haies tht have the wit background peaking rough This will delete the white pixel and keep the piels fom the hair WU ideam dc ir gei niic ME a ati tirare en pa e c 44 When you are finished select the cutout form your ols to see complete NUES Smudge Touch Up You en soe that your design has an unknown are ar incorrect deletion or maybe an edge docs look comet This example amp cutout ofa person The arm however an odd aren that needs touching up 1 Fist select the Exact Delete Brush 2 Next under Edge Blending piek a setting will correspond to he surrounding ars In ths example Blend Mask of Thin wil be used EE LL T 3 Next manually delete the area that unwanted
109. moted as x stundini in 1976 by e Intemational Commision Illumination CIE The purpose of L a b was to standardize the practice ol predicting cla differences where previously there had bee as est twenty forman o account for calo differences n production Workflows The L lor space is sed to color consistency between devices undi colar reproduction workflows As such tne L atb color space is a superset of hub RGB and CMYK colar spaces component fers ta Lightness The component varies rca a and component varies om Blue to Yabo Context Menus Wat the exception of the palettes al of the color altes have menus at accessed by within the bounds of e palene Cling on the reds in the lower eft quadrant the Workspace Wl beng up the Contest Mem EE ae Ses and Fle OU SOS Opening a Pantone Palette Selecting Oper Pantone Palen wll open he Pantone Library folder where i411 ou can selec fom several Pantone E multos Those pats are representative E e snatches availible trough the PANTONE MATCHING SYSTEM Any o these pales ay be set a he default Shop ple or they may be opened as Morifacbrer paleis In FasARTIST thse colon are elie Spot Color SC and are defined in terms o ei LAB colo value accu calor matching IMPORTANT POINT The fst jur color in each palate are Pantone calors Thee are colors that ane ke
110. n IMPORTANT POINT Creating a new Fast ARTIST Workspace will not cause palet settings to be Ve pat use the Save AS command to save such settings before creating a nev Workspace Load During installation Paletes directory was crested within the Fast ARTIST directory The Paletes oder contains color paletes for a variety of manufacturers and each alt can be Mentis by its PAL fle extension To lada FastARTIST color alte choose Lod gt New ftom Contest anid the new palene wil place curent Shap put configuration Menge i ied select a palene PAL and append ito the current Shp palene Use this command to combine calor plates of soror cunmonl used palettes When Fas ARTIST i acho a standard palene it aed with a selection of commonly used process colors Use 5 default to specify an alternate palene 10 be lade instead of dwe standard Shop Palette Wizard The Shp Palenie Wizard isa visual browsing tool used w creste custom palette by browsing and selecting from any of the paletes tat were illad with Fast ARTIST Colors from more tas oe pakene may be obo weth no on caa a palete contain Trom dierent masacre View Installed Palettes During Fst ARTIST instalation purchased modules vil determine what color alte are includ To conti available paletes choose Inala Peer om the Contest Menn EE LN SL C Export Palette Fast ARTIST palettes including Spot and Duotone clos
111. n be added to the Caron Selection li The Advanced Controls window conta vo liss a Page Sizes The tp lit contains Page Ses that have yet to besa to the Curent Secci n Dropdown Mena The boom it contains Page Sises dut already available om the Curren Selection Dp dova Men Create and Add a New Blank Ie Create and Add new Hank size button is pressed the Advanced lak Size Controls will be temporarily replaced with controls for entering new Page Sie Ali entering the Nano Wi Height and Unis or the new Blank click on the Ad New Blank baton The new Page Size wil ead 1o the st of available Page Ses Add to List For a selected Page tn the tep list click an the 4d to Lis button to add it the Current Selection dropdown mon Delete For a selected Page Sir tn the top list lick an te Delete lon to remove completely Remove From List To removes Page ftom the Current Selection Drp dov Mens tin the bottom tad click on the Remove From ist buman The Page Sce Wl remain in the top Ut to be select ter ime EE le Display at Start Up Order of Workspace Objects Toolbars 66500909 Custom Toolbars The System Workspace and Tole toolbar available by det The additional tuus Operation may be toggled ON from the ew Should you with to creste a Toolbar you would use the Cane Tolar dialogue 1a Aid Remove or rearrange the available commands The
112. n color management or partal font embedding The Daler refere to application that Adobe provides covering documents no PDF amp PDF Quali Image Compression U possible tr of all compression to ensure the bizten image quality ln some eases there wil be slider that allows you to choose the pos PDE Compal Compatibility should be set to the most recent version available setings are wed in consideration of distribui PDF where may oui older version a Adobe s PDF Reader 4 Sine the PDF Sein M possible save the configuration setings that you are using to est your PDF By having hese setings available less time wl be required when 3 PDF is saved and there is less risk facil gati a acting Importing a PDF Choose File gt Import to open the Import File dialog Sal he le ype ss Portable Document Format and select the deir PDF to opor Click the por button and he ese will become an angled Click om be FeARTIST Workspace t e tap left commer of tbe porta point e PDF dialog vil Tn allowing you to select fom the following apart mee eng 1 Import Graphics tis recommended fus that this be OFF preserve the anginal Cien foc ifort J Use Aliernate Location This option is icd ben a Fon Folder was containing the fonts uod
113. nch DPI The deb resolution is 72 DPL ME hag Ning ih Bap ges Render Contour Bitmap The Render Contour Bitmap ese ed vo create tee REI dimensional cell or bevelled pates wing proce olor When a varies in ike the fet wll be 1o conss proportions throughout he ps When the Render Contour Bimap consid i chosen the Set Bimep DPI dialog will open The DPI ld ates bz per Inch of the Bitmap will be produced A igh DPI setting wil produce higher resolution Bi ale aliasing bul a larger size The Constant Slope option wil cause the chiscbevel efect to reach its maximum height same For of the Bitmap that have a Short distance between the edge and ome he B will tend to plateau The Constant Height option wili cause the chisel bevel effect 0 dp peak slong the centerline of the The Direction option crestes a chiseled appearance that effective with leering Clicking on OK wil close the Se Bitmap DPI dialog and a preview ofthe Bitmap wili be displayed Inthe Snnt the pri ar will dice he range S shades used to construe the eic The left edge Of the gradient bar indicates the elor that wili be preset along the sues edges ofthe shape The ight deco the Gradient Bar indices the color that wile poset atthe emg sene of the shape Clicking either he left of the Gradient Bar wil select that un
114. ng the Color Value Sliders dicite speci color value to the Color Space sening ROB CMYK ec ou can change the Colar Vale by adjusting ese sliders You may click on he Mean aston to reda color from color measurement device Once a color value is ads i will previewed next to the current color The ROB yale of the new color wil be shown below he Coor PeWewot coorchonge Color Set olor tom Calor siders input device picker Color Space Calor Space chosen rom the dopo ist in the tp sight corer of he da Color The choice of Color Space will determine the method used to define the color RGB ROB is the most common emu used o additive color mining For example a canguler monitor is designed o emit Red rco and Blue RGB light which corinne to form the desired color CMY Cyan Magenta and lug CMY is he format most commonly used when performing color mixing Tus sort of mixing works on the principle hal an extera ight cure Wl be required to vien the image ap ete Sand i SS CMYK Coat Magenta ley and Blak CMYK ian extensin ofthe CMY model where tal poros af CMY colorants are replaced with a single porton of Black K HLS The Hue Linen and Saturation HLS model identifies colors according the following vial persi ec color maeh ae Rd Oranas Vie or Crees LAB The L b Color Space otherwise known as CIELAB was pro
115. nsion oe tile The Bitmap will be sealed to cover the ile The 3 coos indicate the placement of he initiat tile amp The Ste li tsi for cresting lated fict for the Bitmap The tae j elas te rotation dits pi to the Bap tes San eus IH Use Partial Fi i checked then bander wil be formed about TIP HEFER ete tile The border vill be a percentage of de ile lae and the 523 PRPS eis colori selected fom the color paker ETT EM Color Swatches olor swatches are used o referense the hues that a given printer produce The reise hs wil depend upon the operating environment of the printer such as hui and ambien temperature In addition hues are by the type oF inks and media hat are loaded into the color swatches prie stre he ped het ina binder for quick reference Ith te any changes la the printer operating conditons ue mew type of mad different manufacturer of tak te is worthwhile to create a new of printed color swatches Thee are tw tals for creating colo swatches Under the File menu there are the Calar Swatches and in the Content Ae there is e Create Palette Swareh lool The Color Swatches tool is we to creste standard process colar swatches for RGB CMY or CMYK color values The Spar Swatches tool is used To crete Duotone sche using Spo File that are ia he Shop palene The Create Paleti Swatch ol is used to prepa
116. nt Click vn Contine Install al theft ta came with Fas ARTIST You may be prompted to insert the Fonts CD I he system docs the yo ca copy the Fons Tolder frem the CD io your FastARTIST directory and install iem ater You wil hen be ake if you wish to Jl the available elip This can take long time uses a le ammount of hard disk space you have the tne and a larp hard drive go 7 When he insallation complete tec Ne I wat 1o sestari my computer now and click After your com sul see a FetARTIST icon pert tara ani ering Seared Ifyou do at have icon and you wish to place one yon desktop go to Start gt Programs and locate the Fas ARTIST programm folder Mouse ovet the folder expand sient ad you will sce wo FastARTIST stings one wil have 2 Version number after ber wil have Dema igh the icon wth the vesion umber and select Send Te Desp Dongle Installation A Sofware Dongle is included with he Fas ARTIST package The Dongle lake very similar ioa Flash Debe and plugs immo any USB port on your compute The Dongle acis as a bardvan protection key Much ike your car keys allow you ost your car the Dongle allows you to use Fas ARTIST e sul Fas 1 porti yeu do at connect your Dongle ta Sour computer ni AFTER Fas ARTIST ha been installed Otherwise there sk that Windows wil abel he Dongle as an unknow USB d
117. nt RGB color management senings Ob diflerepce in thew senings can canse diae color tif that interfere with your output quality For RGB Working space settings he mast common working spaces are 1 SRG 2 Adobe RGB and 3 Apple koh Adobe RGI iende to be he most popular with photographe Ape RGM an a fo pre pee prp or hit printing any of hse three working spaces should be fine The working gamut fa abis primer i relatively small so none oos working spaces wil have a particular vantage over the others Ia Fast Arist and Fat te default working space equivalent to Adobe RGE TR pry ciem mie MAR rr emp pa Mai Da a enc dt a Fot whatever working space setings that you decide upon make certain that they are ers th aplication that you ar using having consent working spaces i means hat porn new elements into your design wil be autos provided wilh coe color TROT de a oS polos ea M ag pao Dealing with Working Space Mismatches nce you have die on your working space stings consider bow you vill resolve posible conics For example e Color Sings dialog Fg 20 has Ple Mimaches and Misting Prfles options for prompting when the working space of poe files ase in caf with your established workspace I you woking space is Adobe RGB then decide in advance about how to slve an imported image is tagged as either SRGB Apple RGB or some otber working space Usually
118. nt las en pie lne EE king ith map ages Ti he ltd aig cin dimid iud er it baea gtd ese be appl thine tn he mage hemi ye ig In the example below the text and image were slo before applying a Gradient Glow The efect was rea foe the line art with the Use selected Bitmap option the original Bis was modified o include the eft Gf A AE DAWNS CARE et EEE ARE Applying Plug ins to Sections of a Bitmap cases a luin may ei that nly par uh Bitmap be selected Ma selection has mot boen made tena warning dialog wil nae thar selection need To select prt of a Bitmap double click the CEP tl fr selecting pia e Bap DLEA For example ifa Bitmap containing several leaves ba being edited and you wish to apply an to only one of the leaves the Draw Las tool would be sei Dr Sect the Draw Lasso tool and th a selection ten leaf aa shown om the Himap Pl doe Mena choose your desired pagrin The plug in dialog wil open allowing parameters to be elite Once the parameters kave been set the fet wil be applied to the selected portion of the Bip In this ease e plain eed a motion blue effet E Applying Plug ins to Text Here are two examples of how a plug in may be applied to ext Bevel Boss 1 Create shape and seale it to the
119. o pass n but not uching the ui m 665659007009 Import Bitmap Setup When paring a chrome tap the Bion Impact Color Settings dialogue vill speci he Foreground and Background colors of the Bia from the Pull Down select Options FastARTIST Setup Bia Display Units Uni Properties dialogue species the units and precision with Which Workspace coos are displayed Automatic Save See fete is wacd to sete Workspace at preset interval pases Fa he loss of work due to system failure 2 SE c Ia system does occus then Fast ARTIST will Workspace The amoan of vod will depend on the Tie tween saver senting Ithe tme interval ioo large then a significant amonat of wark could potently be lost However sening a tme interval that semali will FastARTIST 10 Frogs interrupt your work when performing saves Acces Automat Save under the Options Pulldown Menu Automatic Load Enabled uon Load is only valid whans the tcc ste enabled option is chock When active esting FastARTIST will automatically rere he last Workspace that had been stored by the Automatic seve enabled opion This is efl where FastARTIST has bee shut using tbe File gt Ei command but when you neglected to suve the Workspace LT 11 Create Backup Files When Saving When the S
120. o select them Or clik on one image hold dw the Sh Key and click om pus 1 Select the Wis eo trom the oar ap you wil be prompta 10 designate wbich less for White shit ad whic lee lr a Back ski When you getto the Clipping Path do not check it Having vwo imagas makes things simple When you are finished with the izard this le is ready to print except ak FastARTIST will il be sting the Black md veio o ib acer 11 is done using tis for the Unde calculations you can delete 1 4 Press Prim Additional Underbase Wizard Options Cringe el Undersea ey componen othe wy g garner ae e 77 prend IMPORTANT POINT eft corner uf the dialogue bas This oul option be utilized if puu wis to recall previously configured Undrrasing seins or if po wht te ne a mew configuration Jor fure use The hree con that represent Undertase and Highlight presets wil un automatically with ane slick ofthe mouse The order om left ta ight i as lw This option produces a heavy Underase with a Highlight past The option crestes a Normal Underbase wih Highligh pass IMPORTANT POINT Tee Wizard options ted bone wil at display dialog hazes les maps are selected Black fd White mask versions fan image In s case vo PSI he prompted so
121. om to Page m Toggle between current and previous zoom levels m Select he menu bur Pan Workspace toward current mouse positon m Cut Menu Hot Keys Open ihe Preview plating conl Test tol can be aces through the Te Tol fo Here you will ind four tool options that wil be farbe covered hn ou thi chapler Text On Sten Kaming Text Composition This the main option you wil use when ain text Selec thia option amd den marque with he Werspace with the for paragraph tex lik hare you want the test to be ine text The wl be represented by a dashed rectangular tha wl ein Axed as txt typed When ang meide the manque t properties wil destine bow ext wil compress eund and The Horconial Compro Vertical Compression and Line Properties huma und tb ugg the a how tat within the me Spell Check Typed _ text EE 1 LLOO Horizontal Compression on he rsa Compression buton to modi bow txt angi fra xa lg Camera pc be usod sped onire line leg ond Wrap can beset 10 as accused This command oniy availabe enh tex fans vidi Maed Vertical Compression The Jerical Compression tton may be mee Hinter lished w spei how line of ext fearing Camm tea ae Ths command is only EE P c alae When the et ame is fal IMPORTANT POINT Ma hen in
122. ould be loaded Using the Reset option wil allow you ortum to the original ete color without deleting Objet currently on the Workspace Show Layer Numbers Layer Numbers ref r to the Shop alt color plates whore ench color plateis assigned both an index number as well as 3 eer designation al indito the correction made Tor color Mihe Laer Numbers option set 10 OFF then the index rumes and letter designations an iden Creating a Palette Swatch The Cre Palette Sach i used to prepare a sch fur ach colo shown in the Shep paleti This bol places a plot swatch on the Workspace and the swatch can then be This well to compare colors between printers o compare color variances between monitor sad primet ar to mach cater s eer equ EE Ses and Fle LLLI Job Palette The Joh poete sows colors being used on he Wockspace By default he Job palen shows the Color bee ich st al te color ps primer colon and halftones at are cure in he Selecting Few within the Conn Mons will display only those Spot Colors or Spot File batir carey i use on the Workspace Ths serves as lk summary oe foh wll be uad when rendering the job Performing a Global Color Substitution The Job pale can be used 1a subsite one color for another and this will tke place throughout the ete Workspace For example suppose that there ane several Red shapes on the Workspace which no
123. ousand dida Object that each ave ho to form e gradient Not al applications have the same Objet type octets which may case the Object ta be verted Fr example meal could be many convened into a bitmap Object Retaining and matching fonts can be problematic also If possible save the original artwork as PDF with embedded fonts Otherwise You will need to substi for a font wit the nearest ath tat you have oa the Fast ARTIS T imstalled system You do have the option of converting Tent to Curves certain no farther text editing is required This will convert the ex making spell hocking and additional cing unable Ane importing various Objects are often grouped und bitmaps are sometimes clipped When an Objects selected the far lef of the Star wili indicate the Object Mihe Object isa Group thon use Layout gt Uno or JAH GJ to bresk up grouping Ih Object ixa Clip Group then use Arrange gt Clipping gt Clipping Clar or Al U remove the clipping Afer disassembling Object groupings you will aly need to specily any dese atts on an Object y Object basis 9 LTT EE mde l a M FastARTIST Export Filters Te n sei ally fr line art shapes However fr le Formats are capable of soring both line art and bitmap shapes e combination fles te Export command an alsa be bitmap shapes When exporting ineat caution i required t prevent c
124. outta tove any artwork you have Moral in the FIS ARTIST rot directory ito sepa Toler prior to running uninstall Scl Add Remove ogra fion he Control Panel Sart gt Seng gt Cont Panel nd highlight Fas ARTIST Select Change Remar dis process to remove Fast Yow MUST remove BOTH Fac ARTIST and Fall or the con ces serie spate errs Alc removing both Past ARTIST and Fas locate the FistARTIST folder on your hard drive sd delete 1t Ey your Recycling Bin and bogin reinstallation process as deste Workspace Elements The Fast ARTIST Workspace ia vial representation Page ia which you can compose and or manipulate nage for output Surrounding the Page numerous Toolbars to ast tn eating and modifying txt and images The dimensions of he Page Size are determined by the enable ate of your Fast T Jet cosi your printer s User s Manual for more details wat You can reat ing this powerful oftware ted only by your Pa down Menas a TA SmanBar Synem Toolbar d a Workspace Toolbar Rules Job alee e Tools Toolbar E Paging Tool Shop Palette EE ls Thebas display of Workspace Objects may be modified by accessing the Hew menu The Functions available im this depo are summarized she following table Show Page Siue a Show map Link Show Fi an ima O Show Line Sie Show Ov
125. peint size 2 Bitmap gt Eye Candy 4000 gt Bevel Bon Choose the Inside clipped option im the plug in dialogue amp Clik on the Use current Al opion OK to continue and the Bevet dialog will open which will be usad to preview and adjust the bevel appearance Cli on OK to close the Bevet Bo dialog and the bevel fct will be lil Bevel Boss Shadow 1 Create a text shape and seale it to the peint size 2 Goto Bitmap Eye 1000 gt Shaded Click on the Ide Outside clipping option and Margin Amount will acum acc Set the Margin Amount indicate how Dr the effect shoul extend from the tx 4 om OK to conte nd the Shadowla dislag will open hich wil be used to preview and asjast the shadow peint 5 on OK ta close the Shadowta dialog and the shadow will he applied Shadowlab FastScan The FeuScu contains helpful ilis and menus for manipulating Bitmaps and EE Too an ipod ime lik the Fais Tol dole L orem SOTE Bary al ian anem bya a d EE Applying Image Filters to Portions of a Bitmap You also use the FasScu tolto select a section ofa Bora an apply any les ar plis 1o just that portion of the image hag Sclection Tools The flowing selection toils are available fre wiih Bitmap images nd ca be activated by clicking the con in the ole HRHAZHEN E DI SH Whole Bitmap Elipse
126. percentage of i original wih For example enter SD to compress the line 10 50 of is original length Choosing the Font The Fpeface dropdown list will display a mena al intl Tonts in alphabetical prs In adition to the dap is the F nt Detective ca be used to search fr installed Tonts based on specifie eter sich as thks script leering and sos ln odio gener info and location abou each fen Pase ft fora i displayed sone is a matching system ued easly inr ath type styles For example if you wid t locato all Caps Tonts set the of fon 10 we Decorative and the Range of hacer sete reel Y nag fromm ii Seal cpa After clicking oa Fler a _ pas AES available Seal Caps fon gum o Picture Guide When choosing wich fot aus to fiter for a pide provided an aid Some amples areas flows vef spay canin ver tas F d Em EO canin versal achte tas 2 Installing New Fonts Fast ARTIST supports a wide range o font technologies sach s TrueType Adobe Type ont To we new font with Fast ARTIST orto ea VEF tat was bot installed with FastARTIST ato File gt gt Fon You wil be pumped far the location of the ne Use the browse button to select the folder in from which the Fonts will be copied Ifyou copying Tonts iom 2 CD select the drive in Shieh the CD is ced IMPORTANT POINT Be ca
127. plies an emboss 1 the imap letting you specify the depth and direction Phe Depth indicates the apparent depth ofthe emboss eet Solare crete s effect th ic the cident exposure of photographic lm ight This i done by all color intensities da exceed the Threshold value creates an oilpainting ict Foe each pixel the Amount indicates he number of surrounding pixels that are considered when creating the effect Increasing the Amount will eal i et detail in remliog image Masc ceat moi eet by diving the ino of the sped size and then averaging he piel colors within each le feature is common gn censoring le The Spatial Fer ane an of beraten elects that can be applied 10 enhance the appearance The usage of these les require a bola nd Ert to achieve the deed eau The msrtdcutegres are Hone convens a into s grayscale halftone Bia The Angle setting i sed the pato hag Ning ith Bap ges The available ale pate Rectangular jet pm obit Pixel intenses within the Bitmap age rm 010 26 for euch color plane rd green and biae The deny Detect compares each pixel s intensity with the Lov and High lcs and sets the pits nesta follow Fidis Reale Remove Red Eye The Remove Red Eye feature is available unde Bap gt Filters This Ret remove ed eyes that may result Troma lath
128. posible descendere Th primary adjustment are Whe after the characte Character hocpace and from the hele Choosing Edi Font om the Edir menu will open Cre Edit Font dialogue When editing font ere are nwo broad classes of p Gloat ribus me sido al oft cas EE Creating a New Font ane Toat cick on the Orat bun Eater theme the ac fot he Cet Ner Fon logie and click on OK Yu lb prompted fr a tere ander hich we te Bat IMPORTANT POINT You mus use a Font Name that different rom an original ont Others the original ont data wil be Global Attributes Adjustments toe Globa urit ar usod to define the general appearance ofa font These diste will be applied to e characters within the fn Font Height Font Height defines the acta height of he font asit was created When T tenting a mew fnt the height ofa reference Iter should entered s0 That the remaining characters ean be sized comi For example suppose that an uppercase were chosen as the reference Jeter his it a pi choice For he Heg Beld you would measure he height ofthe H His Very important to assign an eight oa Sont being created The height font is often hased on the height of am uppercase Mor H The precize leter height wil be used when creating Binck ayle fom whereas scit fants may require a mose creative esale 7 olli Notice how the crit character sigh aller
129. pt nthe Fas RTIST palettes for sour convenience The sym peche colors are itle Clear Color RGB Hack and RGB Proces Whi Pantone calors are o he righ hse system ors Save The Save command will save the current Shop palete setings This will be your current Hel palene or a palete bat you kave loaded wing the Cones menu gt Load gt New command Pre Opto mew gt Pale gt Load gt New IMPORTANT POINT When your soar il stalled he Shap palete isset to Factor Defa ol octe the man directors This dealt olet will be automatically wed when a a Mortspace is opened To change is dell we the Context Me Load Set dla or the Options gt Pt Load gt Set defi view thee pat of he curt by double clicking on an empty portion of be palete between color pte The pact wil become tol sd will be displayed i the toolbar rame Deui agaia 10 dock the tellu in pain Save As The Save As option i to save the current Shop poete sting new PAL e Saving the Shop pate desine aier it kas been cutomizd with corel usod color plates The saved palette may then be opened like a manufacturer palete oe be as the dcl palene that ls loaded with each new FastARTIST Workspace EEUU i i SS Save Default on Exit Ie See deft et item is enabled a chock should appear next to the hen all the Shop plete will be saved when FstARTIST is ahut dow
130. radient Bar The two end nubs of the Gradient Bar fixed hr double clicking within he bar wil add a The new nubs wil also be shown on the Workspace line joins the to nti color Which wil indienne valid elon far cseng color Dobkin within ia valid epi will crente a color mih Changing Nub Colors On either the Gradient Bar othe Workspace a color rub may belch o set the facus Once designated the rub color may be changed by clicking on the cr ike The color picker ilte above Gradient Bar Dragging Color Plates Color plates may be dragged e Shp ple and droppet a colar ub The colar us S em be gen color Ma plate ix dropped onto an aren of the shape that does not already contain alor nub then a ew olor nub wil be reat Deleting Color Nubs On either the Gradient Bar or e Workspace control eor mb vill delete that To clear ali color nul click on the Clear Muhe buon Horizontal and Vertical Position om default Gradient Filis placed at the center of he Objet The orion and Vertical Position fields may be used t0 place tbe gradient Fil Gradient Angle Dregne he calor nubs may be used to adjust the angle ofthe FT n fede he dialog bar may also be sed Repeats The Fi ean be applied with either as a Single or repealing Savino or Hie pater PNE My Pinstr
131. re a vate for ench olor that in the Shap palete Creating a Set of Process Color Swatches From the File menu choose the Calar Swatches tool In Color Swatches dialog Uae the Saa aptin to reme preset etches Standard RGB Swatches From the File menu slot Color Snatcher Select Standard select AGH and click on The standard AGH sates are comprised of hirteen sets of sachs hiere cach set has nisen rows ad ies calet The inte the amount of Red which ves top down 243 0 The columns idit amount of Green whieh varies left torish fom 25 0 sel of hatches indicate the amount of Blue Where cach set Varies Dom 255 0 Standard CMY Swatches From the File menu slot Color Suche Select Sandan CMY and cick an OK The Standard CMY sache vary fan Do 100 ofeach colorant The ows indicate the percentage of Cyan whieh varies top down om a 100 The clumas indicate the amount of Magenta which varie rom O to 100 Each set of swatches indicate the amount of bor each varies left to right from Dto 100 Above euch sel of swatches solch apresenta given of Yellow LT EE Ses and Fle Standard CMYK Swatches From the File menu select Color Snatcher Select Sadan CMYK and lick on The standard tele athe same as CHI sac except iat Black as a fourth colorant Each swath quired with 5 Black the 10 Black in
132. reating file Objects that contain an excessive numbers af Nodes This s especially re of artwork that was originally imported ftom ther software To overcome this problem click the Customise button on the Epor File dialog The Parameter Seccion dialog wil open The Parameter Specification dialog ued w suba tbe Noles of exported Objects I ihe default value Sigua then i rgo against setting a ph Value for the Esport error tolerance oft le 0001 or 11 00 oan wil wor Very well with mo TTET Exporting an Image The Esport Image command is se for bitmap ase ages SATA such as BMP JPEG and PNG le I ine art shapes are ing d porta then FatARTIST will ener the ine to raster erri tn daring exponing paces During the Sane you willbe prompte for he revolution and color depth af the raster data a ew Publish to PDF The File gt Publish PDF coma wil save the caret Workspace as a Potable Document Format PDF le An advantage of PDF fis thatthe be Viewed using Act Reader available ftom the Adobe web site This a ie progam and a very common application Most ptr ves have some version of installed oa the ye Exporting Palettes to CorelDRAW and Illustrator Sat and Duotone colors in FastARTIST paletes may be exported to either CorelDRAW or Adobe thst ering that the same color information will be when designing ant in plications the shed desig isthe
133. rve node on Workspace Bonom Tangent nose Place tangent node on Workspace Rion Fash aston shapes Working with Color Palettes Line Style Gradient and Patern Fi wl o assign strokes and fils of a color 1o pieces af yout dein venso n e Sie and i Toolbar and needed The default colo palette of Fast ARTIST b de Shop paderne This liste clc plates available use i the Grader aro Workspace Orker pales are provided as an aid for zamam working with Spr colors particularly with respect to foils By default colar altes ane docked at the edges o the FastARTIST Workspace PRR Agalete may be unlocked by sticking nddrgging he plete oi new postion lena palene will toggle ts position between docked and undake FasARTIST also has the bii to open standalone Mapuictur s paletes Specie color ts be dag from a palette and added to the Shop palete This allows you 1o quickly tote the Shap poete include most frequently calor plates The Shop Palette The default location ofthe Shop plete is slong the of the Workspace Itis commonly referred to as the olor palene and t contin all of the color plates currently available for use Siin he Workspace
134. s tha wil hae 100 ite ai the nor ante that requise no white ink he dete Instead te dere Seng wil change the amount of hie lak used to blend the black scolar of the shirt into the color ofthe e inthe shadow region of ihe sapo more lak in he colo pass vill be regu in order to maintain the shadow The end result is that shadow regions Wil be ht and more visible The Underbse slider controls boy much white adotase to pal down Naturally this value wil ay down more ndease e spot white However as a consequence of laying lo more unde corresponding cns colon will to balance his apr Pray Pagdasand hs KnockMeColorOut The KaockMeColorOut plain i similar to the KaockMelckOut dialog excep that specifie can now be selected and removed ftom the image Using KnockMeColorOut to Knockout Color The KaociMeColorOu Dialog allows you toremove any color Background ftom your images sau preview the resul To open up the KnoekMeColorOut Dialog select fom the Fas ARTIST ofthe Filler Pul dova Mena 1 Click on the original top image LO Next ik the Color to Remove colar picker amd sample the color to remove Again be rest af he tools and options in the Knock MeL art Dialog Preview modes saspe shir colar Show Linderbase the Preview Window Undebase Stent e will work much ike e ones in the Knock MeBlackOut Dialog
135. se the surface smote 100 d you will see how ie ists all hose eic You can adjust the Edge Crisps lo sharpen the image more positive or negative to c For this sort of image 1 wouid leave t and jast click to apply the changes 1o my original image Below is an example of using and smote heal poor images even witi tr and compe esh tones LI Wee Reilly M For ter types af images vector looking graphies the Ele Crimes can bing back the clean hard does The Sof checkbox Surface Smoothness Edge Crimen are he rs main controls and You can quickly master des to return ov quality image 10 hi farmer pln Super Size Image is part of the new vestrzationwizak the brightness and conet tlt can make a significant change yur original colors and abou only be sed when hing the Super Se Image for vector Opeon Fluid Mask Plug Wah Mask you need no Tonger use te dere N ad etis ete il available ts mare for compatibility and you should Bed at Mart can give ou mane conto and better eal With Fluid Mant you only ever neel ane of the oot the black and white masks and Fld Mod wil crente the transparent areas for You suomi Fast ARTIST can the cones iat transpaeney into perfect undae iid Mask ism vanced program for cutting out areas ofan and by integrating this into FastARTIST crentes automated work fo
136. selled or evel pits by varying the tinte of up to four spot colors Process colors also be selected bul the Render Contour feature better sated for working with spot colo Ashe cle ofthe Smart Bar the Number of Tones Drop down list indicates the number of spot solers that wil be used in the Malone Bitmap 1o our differen spot colors may be Selected For the Monotone option only one clo picker will be available in the Smart Wenn The Quadione option wili cause four colar piter to be available Eee ee Dm Gel Beneath the color pickers is the Gradient Bar which is sedo indicate the range of nts that willbe applied as he Chisel Bee Effect The lead end of he Gradient Bar epee tims tha will be applied nearer the of the shape The right hand end of the Gradient ns Dt wil e applied nearer the cene of the hap I mare ne color has aca chosen then the Gradient Bar wil sh heir combined its I dark tints ane arranged at the left hand end the Gradient Bar and ight tints re arranged to the right then raised bevel efect will be rated If light ts are arranged the eft end of the Gradient Bar id dark ints are arranged then chisel eflect wil be etd olor in the chisel bevel effect By default the curve will be E sag line om tbe boron 250 to the opi O afe ga Fro efit the graph rage
137. t 105 Image Pers FGARTIST Plog ne Rasan E E Crestin Hansparen in Fat ARTIST E Chapter 8 Basic Printing in FastARTIST Chapter 9 Advanced Printing Version 1 5 and Previous Introduction About Underbase and Highlight White Underbasing Simple Line Art Creating Print Files with FasARTIST Printing From Various Graphics Programs 133 E Chapter 10 New Features of Version 2 0 What is Covered Super Sise Image Plagin Fluid Mask Plugin Prepare to Vectoriae Wizard Chapter 11 Photoshop Plug Ins and Tools Introduction Image Preparation KaockMcBlackOut 157 159 160 165 176 179 mo p m EE L LLLI m Other Photoshop Tips nc i er About FastARTIST 2 0 Welcome wo FasARTIST 20 Our software development hus come a lang Way with the 2 0 sels Wah several updated and added features as well as wol addons FatARTIST 20 Nil make printing your T det inkjet to garmment prit much esi and mone enjoyable than before Some of the new Tenures include pus s for completing special PDF Color Proofing Vectrzaon Wizard the amazing Fluid Mask nd Super Sis ad much more About FastRIP 10 0 Fas ARTIST works ia conjunction with Fest 10 01 help make the best prints st Fas el your printer bat lo do and bow ch ink o y
138. te using did party graphs application to pris your images you scriiee several features fered by FutARTIST was DESIGNED to print images on applications ike Photoshop and CorelDRAW were If you do not your mages into FastARTIST you ilz the Highligh Whe option Additionally you will not be able to access the Highligh Uinderbase Wizard ad its onc options These can complete emire Highlight Underhave coos with ome chek af your mouse bunion saving you a tf ie compared configuring your Underbase manually isk In Past ARTIST 20 there are many great feature Iwo of the most important ones are Super Sce Image Fd Both ofthese working wiih bitmap images and together bey can make any image ook god and make the process of creating wiste undobse easy for anyone to do What is covered Die he ad in igi quii iid we ae il ing mpl nr quii amr prias imago fer ot pice rcc god cough quy Tr pec mers With Fla Mant e no we the wizard Wii i Kate Seo salable ts more taris compat nd you heal id al a M cm enler afan saving hou fesse wok Refer a Chapter 12 Phan Pagos o ee _ AREER EE LL Super Size Image Plug in Saper Siar Image is a new tool added to Fast RTI 20 that yu 1o enlarge t peint size ad resolution easily and effectiv
139. the shir olor black Click on the image vo perform he ML he Layers palette drug the led layer o beneath the image layer EE LLL Using the History Brush In our previous Knock example ie doe om white background we were prepare te image n wo because the Knock MoC olorOut lg would thers cune white portions within he doe fur to be ot However simpler method can be oie the History too qo unda be portions hat wer knocked ut ofthe doe fur 1 Start wid the original image that has bom pasted an its ow ayer eg the doe in our previous 2 Apply the KaockMeCulrOnt plug in 1o he image and increase the Underbase sening to remove fF ht portions as well From the ool palette click the History tool The History palete will opan and discrete steps of the tng history for this image will be pen S Mn the History palette tik tbe checkbox that is at he alto he Pas layer This indicates 1 he Mistry tol hat tiis slep in the editing history wil be the sour ALI point History brash is like a regular brush Adjust the size of the brush aad thn click on the image Where portions iom 2 net 1o be reves er Anti Aliasing for a White Underbase When printing with a white underbase take care o avoid desig elements that introduce visible i stis For example adding ex objects 10 the design i PhotoShop can create l
140. utious of registering fonts on CD or other removable media since this will require thatthe media containing the font inserted prior to beginning Fast ARTIST Specify the type af font Formats that are desired and click on the Search Now button A list of font will populate he data el These fonts may installed individually or You select the Al button Once the Tonts have been installed they are registered viti FeuARTIST and they vill be available from he Zypefcedrodon mem when ding Although not econmended or regular the bution wil remove all fins from the database except fr CA Dlink VEF font The Reset bution x provided as a means of purging the database This a convenent means of reconciling many eet font references The fons shouldbe loaded agi from common folder s EE Text and Special Effects Biv meme Eu E mo Slant of 15 degrees Slant of 15 degrees Text Orientation B my Justification Line Spacing E a Superscript Subscript Placement You msy ihc on both te Serin Sabri batons to customize heir soting tent ds Spese emet p sept BS Bullets Clicking the Bullets tt wil place Bulle right clic on e ls baton The bullet design may be selected from any ot You may alo use the Fon Derive to in
141. x This sening entes the exact dine between he surt points he wa characters age uber increases space while smaller igure redutas space Thi sting spayed aad unavalable ules ken tar is selected to be paired with the current character Display Word To examine the for a given letter i a realistic contest type a word containing the Jeter the Display box The ward will be displayed in the Display Box IMPORTANT NOTE n order for the ward w appear in the display bax must contain the character current being eed Auto Kern This btn opens the Kern dialogue box Anto Kern is ted to automatically generate a kerning for a given font Kerning bles ita information shout spacing beween ps of charactere The Auto Kern ete similar to Test On Screen Kerning feature s available rom the Text Tool menu Once kering information is crested fra font FastARTIST will simply duplicate the kerning ble already defined Due 1o the time required o generate kerning table oath the main advantage of wing Awo Kern atthe generation tape i that Fa ARTIST generates paragraphs ext Very quickly when entre in Tert Conpos ice Wil not be used at lol siage There are four thut can be adjusted in oder to generale a custom kerning able for fat er 3 Saving a New Font When editing a font the new is not writen o your anl delve you
142. y white showing det registrato or ad problem ROTER ane Te aad ge aie Ta e i ren lace Sd eno como ecm my Bae r u a Highlight White This selection creates a highligh white whe pte ss part of the calor past WER n nsa apg ene T ht Wh itae moni hnd lig N pan hi tie tetrum iei ie When you lick FastARTIST will rete groped object colo and highligh rendy for printing Sateen nse keep ond what ou want t remove normally a Blend between the two color pixels over sever dierent shades of isch making up n blend or gradient For example if you want to remove the flowers from he background by looking closely at the area between the flower and background you can see an sen 3 pixels that blend the Mower Solor to the background colors Whos Bis image is printed oto colored rent should lend froen the edges tower io color af he shin producing be cleanest anton nd ig he maze he appearance ol Borg part ofthe shirt a Mask does this automatically for you When opening an nage sch os dis its quite complex ab ding dhe right umber of gos it important to help you select just the cones you wan You can control the number of lees regions by changing the Number of Edges slider on the ight band side o the lui Mai Windy 1o mare or fewer 1o help with you selection

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