To use this option, check the [Enable Step and Repeat] check-box. You can create repeats and offsets of an image. (Figure 2)

 

There are contained following options in this tab:

 

• OutputOutput is the physical image produced by your printer. Output quality mainly depends upon the color (accurate, reproducible, pleasing), and clarity (resolution, dot placement, etc.) of the print on the desired medium (e.g. glossy photo, film, canvas). Size – This option allows you to set [Width] and [Height] for repeating your textile design image that you desire. Use up and down arrow button or manually input [W] and [H] values. By default the [Size] is the same as the image’s size. (NOTE: Changing the size affects the Count values shown in Horizontal and Vertical Repeats.)
• OriginThe point where the measurement units for both x and y axes are zero. In Preflight the origin is always the top-left corner of the selection box; in PostScript it is always the lower-left corner. Offset – This option allows you to set spaces between the repeating images. Use up and down arrow button or manually input [X] and [Y] values. [Offset] does not affect [Size] or [Count] values.
• Horizontal Repeats/Vertical Repeats – These options allow you to set the desired number of repeats for horizontal and vertical.
  • Count: Set then number of repeats using up and down arrow.
  • Gap: Set the gap space between the repeating images. Use up and down arrow button or manually input the value. By default, the images on the right overlap the image to the left and images on the bottom overlap the image to the top. You can also set a negative value for swapping the direction of the overlap.
  • Flip Alternating Repeats: This option allows you to flip, or mirror every other horizontal row and vertical column. vertical column
  • Swap Overlap Direction: This option allows you to swap the direction of the overlap. Images on the left will overlap the image to the right and images on the top will overlap the image to the bottom. (NOTE: These controls are enabled only when the [Gap] is a negative value.)

• Pattern Offsets – There are two Pattern offsets. Use drop down menu to choose the desired Pattern offset.

  • Brick/Horizontal Offset – This option allows you to set an offset every column by selecting a predetermined percentage, or by specifying a custom value. (NOTE: [Brick] and [Drop] can't both be active at the same time.)
  • Drop/Vertical Offset - This option allows you to an offset every column by selecting a predetermined percentage, or by specifying a custom value. (NOTE: [Brick] and [Drop] can't both be active at the same time.)
• Gap ColorThe attribute of visual experience that can be described using the dimensions of Hue1. A tint or color specified by an angle on the HSV Color Wheel. Going counter-clockwise around the wheel, hues shift from red to yellow to green to cyan to blue to magenta and finally back to red. 2. The attribute of a color that permits it to be identified as a specific color. Hue combined with Saturation and Value fully defines a color., Saturation, and Brightness. - This option allows you to select a specific solid color that is placed between each horizontal and vertical repeat. There are three options: [First Pixel], [White], [Custom…]
  • First Pixel: Select [First Pixel] sets the [Gap Color] to be the color of the top-left pixel in the image.
  • White: Select [White] sets the gap color to be white.
  • Custom: Select [Custom] will display the “Gap Color” dialog which you can set the [Gap Color] in image color space. Clicking the palette button to the right of the combo box will display the "Gap Color" dialog. Clicking the eye-dropper button will enable you to choose a color by clicking directly on the image.

• Render ResolutionThe number of dots available to represent graphic detail in a given area. On a computer screen, resolution is usually measured in pixels per inch (ppi). On a printer, the resolution is measured in dots per inch, or dpi. Halftone1. An image in which continuous tones are simulated by regular patterns (screens) of small dots. 2. A process for creating images. Screening can be done at different angles and the line density varies over a wide range (50 – 500 lines per inch). Printing a black & white photograph on a press or printer requires the creation of a single halftone. Four color process printing requires a separate halftone for each of the process colors. See also Continuous ToneDegree of luminosity or amount of white in color represented by the L axis in the L*a*b* color space. See also Luminance., Screen Angle. resolution measurements are in lines per inch, or LPI. See also Screen Ruling. – This option is only available for PS/PDF files. This option allows you to select the intermediate rendering resolution of the PDF file before it is used as the pattern in the Step and Repeat job. You can select [Low/Fast (200dpi)], [Normal (300dpi)], [High/Slow (400dpi)] from a down arrow menu. (NOTE: A higher resolution results in a slower ripping speed, while a lower resolution results in a faster ripping speed.)

• Reset Pattern - This button allows you to reset all your settings on the [Pattern] tab.

Colorways option makes it easy to replace the colors in a pattern. The set of replaced colors (colorways) can be applied to other jobs or automated using a Quick SetA group of settings that is applied to images to create jobs in an efficient manner..

 

Colorways supports specific file formats: Index color TIFF, SeparationIndividual layer of a multi-color image. Each layer contains the amount of each primary color needed to produce a four-color image when layers are superimposed on each other. TIFF and Multichannel PSD.

 

To use Colorways;

1. Check the [Enable Colorways] check-box (Figure 3).
2. Click [Coloways Setup] button.
3. This opens “Manage Colorways” dialog. (Figure 4)

 

NOTE: You need to create a design file first in your design application before you use the Colorways. For how to create and save your design file as Index color TIFF, Separation TIFF and Multichannel PSD, see a white paper of “Using Colorways”.

“Manage Colorways” dialog is divided into four sections: File and Color Settings, Layer Management, Image and Layer Preview, and Colorways Library.

 

<File and Color Settings section>

• ColorWays File Name: It showed the applied [.ocw (ONYX ColoeWays)] file. If no .ocw] file is already applied it defaults to “unnamed”. A name and file can be saved when clicking [Apply to JobAn image coupled with RIP-Queue settings.], or changes to another [.ocw] file in the Colorways Library.
• ICC ProfileAn international standard for describing color transformations. Also known as ICM (.icm). See also Color Profile1. A method of defining and compensating for the color shifts in an image as it is shown on a monitor and printed on a media. 2. A specific Printer/Ink/MediaA paper or other substrate that the printer creates images on. combination in RIP-Queue. and Profile Library.: An ICCICC (International Color Consortium) A group of hardware and software companies dedicated to the development of a specification that is operating system independent and provides the digital imaging, printing and related industries with a data format for defining the color and reproduction characteristics of devices and their related media Profile is needed if layers are changed using spot colors or Lab.
• Color space: By default, it is set as “CMYKSystem for describing colors based on a combination of values for Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Black; the ink colors used in four-color process printing. In theory, 100% of Cyan, Magenta, and Yellow create Black. In practice, the addition of Black ink is necessary to print a true Black. See also RGBSystem for describing colors based on a combination of values for Red, Green, and Blue—the additive primaries. RGB is the basic additive color model used for color video display. Mixing various percentages of red, green, and blue light can recreate most of the spectrum; combining 100% of all three creates white light. See CMYK, Additive Color..” and shows it as gray out. When [Colorspace] is set to Reset to RGB, the options for [Layer Space] changes. The available options are [Spot], [Lab], and [Device Color] (ValueRepresents how bright (or dark) the color is. As value increases the amount of black decreases, until no black is present. See also Brightness and Hex).

 

< Layer Management section>

Layer management lists all the indexed, separation, or channels as individual layers. The number of layers depends on the number of colors defined in the image file’s color look up table, number of separations or number of channels. By default Colorways shows each layer in ascending levels of grayscale. The color for each layer can be modified by double-clicking the layer or using the [Edit] button.

 

• [ + ] button: Click this button for adding layers and background layers.
• [ - ] button: Click this button for removing layers.
• [Edit] button: Click this button for editing each layer’s color. You can change Layer Space to [Spot] and [Lab] from [Percent] using drop down menu (Figure 4, 5). After you are done editing layers, click [Apply to Job] button in the main Colorways window.

 

NOTE: The ICC selected in [ICC Profiles] is used for color conversions to output. If the [ICC Profiles] is set to [None,] and the [Layer Space] is set to [Spot] or [Lab], that layer will be ignored. All parts of the image for that layer will not be rendered. In the main Colorways window the layer indicates a problem by displaying red text under the [Type] column.

If the [Layer Space] is defined by anything other than [Spot] or [Lab], the [ICC Profile] can be set to [None].

 

< Image and Layer Preview section>

The image preview shows the entire image with the active [.ocw] colors applied. This is updated as the colors for each layer change.

 

• Layer View: This option shows what parts of the file are impacted by the actively highlighted layer. Click on a layer and the Layer View shows the pieces of the image that belong to that layer.

 

< Colorways Library section>

The [Colorways Library] populates a list of [.ocw] files found in the directory listed at the top. This directory can be configured to any location on the computer. After it has been set, every time Colorways is open, the directory will be shown at the top.

The [Colorways Library] makes it easy to toggle between different colorways. An image that needs different color schemes can be easily changed from one to another.

If any [.ocw] files saved in the same directory as the ONYX software, they will be deleted when the ONYX software is uninstalled. Create a backup copy to another location, or use an external folder as the [Colorways Library] directory (Figure 5).

 

NOTE: An [.ocw] file does not need to be saved to apply Colorways on an image in Job Editor. "ocw" files provide an easy method to apply the same colorway to another image. They are required to automate Colorways with a Quick Set.

 

TIP: To learn more about Colorways, see a white paper.