If you've created your job using Spot Colors, but then you print that job in …CNYK, you have to expect that your color is going to change. …Now sometimes that's because the job's specs change, sometimes that's because …people pick colors out of the spot book, knowing that it's going to print CMYK. …My recommendation is that you always start up front with the specs for the …job, the way it's going to print, and then you specify your colors that way, …and here's why. Here we have two very bright colors, …Pantone 802 which is a fluorescent, and then Pantone green, which is also sort of …a fluorescent. So that's nice and festive, it's in …keeping with the, the floral theme of this.…
But let's see what happens when we convert this to CMYK. …So I'm just going to Double-click on that swatch. …I've checked Preview, and to make this into Real Process, I have to do two …steps, but when I choose CMYK as my color mode. …Immediately you're going to see the results. …So this is InDesign's way of saying, well this is as close as I can come. …
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5/9/2013- Why spot colors are necessary
- Making a decision between spot and process colors
- Choosing a spot color
- Understanding the effects of stock on color
- Printing spot colors digitally
- Using varnishes
- Creating a multi-tone image in Photoshop
- Adding Pantone color swatches to Illustrator
- Creating spot varnishes in Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign
- Using preflight profiles in Acrobat
Skill Level Intermediate
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Introduction
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Welcome1m 27s
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1. Understanding Spot Colors
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Choosing a spot color4m 11s
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2. Printing Spot Colors
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3. Using Varnishes
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4. Photoshop
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Creating a spot varnish3m 32s
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5. Illustrator
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Creating a varnish5m 52s
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Creating spot gradients3m 33s
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6. InDesign
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Creating a spot varnish5m 35s
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7. Acrobat XI
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Using preflight profiles2m 59s
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Conclusion
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Next steps18s
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