This is, part of a project that we're doing for the Roux Academy of Art, Media …and Design, and we want to make it, just a little bit higher quality. …So, what I want to do is, I want to create a spot varnish that's just …going to cover, the photographer here. Now I could do that, in Photoshop, but …I'm going to show you kind of a neat way to do this within InDesign. …And the success of it depends on me having a path in that Photoshop file, …that I can invoke in order to serve as a home for my spot varnish. …First, I'm going to make the swatch for the spot varnish.…
So I'm just going to choose New Color Swatch. …Now, this is going to be a spot color, because it's going to represent that varnish. …Now, it's Color Mode frankly wouldn't matter, but I tend to want to make the …varnish representation kind of loud, so I can recognized it in the pack. …So, I'm just going to make it a nice bright green. …Again the color doesn't really matter, the name does. …So, I'm going to name this varnish, and I need to make sure that if I'm going to …
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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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