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| About CMYK + Spot Color Photoshop™ Files |
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| Follow these steps to create a spot color channel in your Photoshop™ file that will image correctly: |
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- Choose Window > Show Channels to display the Channels palette.
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- To fill a selected area with a spot color, make or load a selection.
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- Choose New Spot Channel from the Channels palette menu. If you made a selection, that area is filled with the currently specified spot color.
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- Click the color box, and choose a color.
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- For Solidity, enter a value between 0% and 100%. This option lets you simulate on-screen the solidity of the printed spot color. A value of 100% simulates an ink that completely covers the inks beneath (such as a metallic ink); 0% simulates a transparent ink that completely reveals the inks beneath (such as a clear varnish). You can also use this option to see where an otherwise transparent spot color (such as a varnish) will appear. Note: The Solidity and color choice options affect only the on-screen preview. They have no effect on the printed output, which will image at 100% .
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- To enter a name for the spot channel, choose a custom color in step 4, and the channel automatically takes the name of that color. Be sure to name spot colors so they'll be recognized by other applications reading your file. Otherwise the file will not print correctly.
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- To export spot channels, save the file in DCS 2.0 format.
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