In this week’s free Deke’s Techniques movie, Deke makes some selective color adjustments to last week’s beautiful origami flower illustration in order to get the best print results from his high-end inkjet printer.

As locked-down as Deke’s color management scenario is, the colors in this super-saturated gradient-rich production are destined to band. That is, until Deke rasterizes the image in Photoshop and creates some selective color adjustments using the paths from the original Illustrator file to narrow down the effects to the problem areas.

Of course, it’s hard to discuss monitor-to-print distinctions in a medium in which you’re back to viewing on a monitor. So here is a picture of Deke holding up prints on your monitor to confuse things even further. (In other words, you’re going to have to watch the video!)

If you’re a member of lynda.com, Deke’s got an exclusive movie this week, in which he further refines the gradient colors of the petals by adding a gradient layer in Photoshop. If you’re not a member of lynda.com, you can get a free 10-day trial by heading to lynda.com/deke, after which you can check out this and all the other 387 Deke’s Techniques movies (not to mention the entire lynda.com library!)