From the course: Print Production: Spot Colors and Varnish
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Creating and using mixed inks
From the course: Print Production: Spot Colors and Varnish
Creating and using mixed inks
When you're working with just two colors, it can seem like you have a very limited palette to work with. Here, I've created a gradient that goes from a spot color to black. But you can see how anemic it looks and it's sort of grayed out in the middle. Let's take a look at separations, an this'll give you a better idea of what's going on. When I go to Window > Output > Separations Preview, and then turn ns. I get a truer look at what's going to print and it's still not good enough. If I turn off the 187 you can see that the black starts at 100% at the top and it fades off to the bottom. And then the red, the 187, is doing the opposite. So, as they fade out, it gets very weak in the middle of this gradient. So to strengthen this and to make a much more attractive gradient, I'm going to use a great feature in InDesign called Mixed Ink Swatches. In the Swatches panel- Go to the Panel menu, and I choose this, New Mixed Ink Swatch. What this lets me do is combine a spot color and a process…
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Importing art containing spot color content and resolving issues with Ink Manager4m 28s
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Using Overprint Preview to proof the display of spot color transparency2m 30s
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Converting spot colors to process2m 29s
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Creating a spot varnish5m 35s
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Creating and using mixed inks2m 42s
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