Separations that ship.
Files RIPs love.
Spot-color separation, halftone screens, registration marks, and CMYK previews — every output you need to drop straight into your shop's RIP.
Screen-print shops live or die by the prep file. A bad separation means hours of mid-run color correction, scrapped substrates, and the customer asking why the proof doesn't match the run. Texloom's Separation Studio is built specifically for this stage — automatic spot-color identification, halftone screens at any LPI and angle, transparent backgrounds for press-ready overlays, and TIFF / PSD outputs that drop into Adobe Streamline, Wasatch SoftRIP, Caldera, AccuRIP, FilmMaker, or any other RIP without manual cleanup. Hours of prep become minutes.
Start DesigningChallenges we solve
From idea to production-ready file
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Upload the artwork
Any artwork at any resolution. Texloom upscales internally to 2048px for processing, then upscales the per-channel output back to source resolution at export — so a 600 DPI source ships as a 600 DPI separation.
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Auto-separate into spot colors
Click Auto-Separate. The K-means engine identifies the dominant colors, groups them by family, and generates one transparent layer per spot color. You can refine the count, merge near-duplicates, or split a color into two.
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Lock each color to Pantone TCX
Per-layer, click the swatch and Pantone Color Finder shows the closest TCX matches. Save the matched palette so the print operator can mix to the published value.
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Set halftone screens
Pick LPI (55–85 covers most apparel substrates) and the per-channel angle. Standard angles for 1–8 colors are pre-loaded. Preview the halftone live before exporting.
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Export to your RIP
Multi-page TIFF for AccuRIP and Wasatch, layered PSD for Streamline and FilmMaker. Backgrounds are transparent, registration marks optional, color values embedded — RIP-ready.
Tools you'll use every day
Common scenarios
T-shirt and apparel screen printing
Plastisol or water-based inks, 1–8 spot colors, halftone screens at the standard apparel LPI.
Promotional product screens
Tote bags, koozies, hats — many substrates per job, each with its own color count and registration tolerance.
Limited-edition art prints
Fine-art screen runs with 6–12 colors, custom halftone angles to control moiré, and per-pull registration.
Sportswear and team apparel
High-volume runs where prep speed determines profit margin. Auto-separation cuts hours off every order.
Music merch and band shirts
Tight turnaround, complex artwork, multi-color separations. Studio handles the prep so you can focus on the press.
Custom shop and brand collaborations
Each design unique, each substrate different. The studio learns your standard angle/LPI presets across jobs.
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