BUILT FOR DIGITIZING

Digitizing is the process specific for converting existing artwork into a stitch file that an embroidery machine can sew on a garment.

BUILT FOR SPOT COLOR SEPARATIONS

A vector file is a small, scalable, and editable image. When building a file for screen printing, pad printing, and spot color offset printing vector artwork must be separated into individual color plates. These plates are different when compared to CMYK separations. The use of Pantone Color, in general, means there is a single-color imprint/plate requirement.

BUILT FOR CMYK PRINTING

CMYK refers to the primary colors of pigment: Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Black. These are the inks used on the press in "4-color process printing", commonly referred to as "full color printing" or "four color printing".

Printing converts the artwork into plates and by layering different amounts of cyan, magenta, yellow and black ink to produce a final printed product.

Your colors look different on screen than in print because printing uses the CMYK color profile while computers display RGB color values. When using CMYK there are fewer color possibilities. It is important to use CMYK when creating a design for print to ensure your desired colors translate correctly from the computer to the printed product.

BUILT FOR RGB USE

Creating art for use electronic display, or anything with a screen, you will want to use RGB colors. RGB is a device-dependent color and may vary from manufacturer to manufacturer.

When converting RGB to CMYK you will see color loss.