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TRACE / Separated impressions

Stencil signal.

Two inks turn a historical flower stencil into a fluorescent graphic.

Adjust the single plate boundary to open or close the smallest gaps.

Choose the included images or your own inside the studio. Applying keeps your current work as a local copy.

Two inks turn a historical flower stencil into a fluorescent graphic.

The transformation

From source to study.

The result below is an actual studio export with this recipe. The source image is part of the result; changing it creates a different work.

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Original A
Chrysanthemums · Japan
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Two inks turn a historical flower stencil into a fluorescent graphic.
Finished study
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The recipe

Structure first. Finish second.

TRACE structure

  • 2 ink plates · Tonal bands
  • Solid inks · high detail
  • Exposure 0 · Midtones 1.20
  • Lightness boundaries: 42%
  • Aligned plates; no registration shift
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Compose passes, in order

No photographic finish. The ink plates themselves make this image, so its colors and shapes can remain editable in SVG.

Your first change

Adjust the single plate boundary to open or close the smallest gaps.

PNG or editable SVG. Cutting exports use aligned geometry rather than print registration. Photo finishes do not appear in SVG.

Develop this into a finished work.

An editable two-ink poster

A composite PNG, a two-plate SVG and an editable project backup.

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A focal print with offset impressions

A clean PNG, an offset PNG, a layered SVG and a project containing the versions.

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