Article · Ignite Studio at Hamilton East Public Library
Preparing Digital Files for the Risograph
By Jared H.
- Type
- Article
- Level
- Beginner
- Price
- Free
- Published
- 2025
About this lesson
A public library makerspace's guide to getting artwork ready for its risograph, comparing automatic color separation in the Spectrolite app with manually building grayscale layers in Procreate or Photoshop and using layer opacity to fake color mixing.
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