Spot color CMYK implemented using linked in Illustrator from Photoshop

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• Bitmaps placed in Illustrator from Photoshop have different color degradation?

  When I place a bitmap image in illustrator from Photoshop, the distribution of the color changes. In photoshop, it could be solved by using a 100% black with 0% CMY and K100% but when I place it in illustrator, changes in distribution to say C:78.89%, M:80.45%, Y:88.90% K:90.45%.

  Anyone know why this happens and how to prevent it?

  Thank you!!

  You can read the values of the exact color of a bitmap imported into Illustrator, you should open the imaeg in photoshop. Never use pipette SHIFT if you want a color accuracy.

  To prove it to yourself, you can use overview of separation to check that there are no CMY in your placed image or print separation on a laser printer.

  Here are the values that I get using shift pipette.

  

  But look at there is no CMY.

  

• I changed my PC and want to use my license Illustrator from my old machine to my new

  I recently went to use a laptop with little storage for an office with lots of storage, so I can better use my programs Illustrator and photoshop. I would like to get my license and my access to the cloud from my old PC to the new is this possible?

  AOP,

  Definitely.

  And as far as I know, you can work with Illy on several PCs (again).

• How to use the railways imported from Photoshop/Illustrator as guides of movement

  Hi people,

  I was raking the internet unsuccessfully for an answer to my question, but I had no luck so far.

  I hope realize animation wise is to have a form to move a path together created in Photoshop. The reason is, it is a very specific form (close enough a square but with curved corners and a piece missing on one side), and I used the path feature in Photoshop to create and the path for the smoothest possible effect of race. What I would ideally like to, it's the same way I used to create the shape in Flash Professional CS6 and then use this same path to guide a small symbol on the perimeter of the place of import.

  So far, I worked on how to apply the movement to a symbol through interpolations of base, then I can draw a line with the pencil tool and which apply to the interpolation it follow the trace in pencil instead of just get from point A to point B. The problem is, it's horrible... I'm not good enough with a mouse to create absolutely perfect freehand shapes, so I just want to be able to use the path of Photoshop as my guide of movement instead of having to make a new one from scratch.

  I looked around many import methods, the greatest success I have had is export paths to Illustrator file, and then import the Illustrator file into Flash directly. However, I have NO idea where these paths to go when they are imported, or how to access. If I import them to the scene, they apparently disappear before I've even seen them, and if I import them into the library that they just aren't there.

  I could also make a brief description of the operation of railways in Flash - me are familiar with the presentation of Photoshop, what with the paths that appear in a panel beside the layers one (perfect me seems logical, because you can simply switch between the two panels to see what you want). I do not understand how they work in Flash and what should I look for...

  Thank you very much in advance for any help!

  Todd

  I just did a quick test to see what the problem might be. It seems that import a schema from Photoshop into Flash converted to a movieClip. If I have to break the movieClip I just get a fill without line. Unfortunately, this fill will not work as a guide. I could use the tool in Flash pen and draw a new line in a new layer, but that's what you try to avoid having to do.

  If I take a path in a Photoshop file saved in Illustrator, I can fondle then the path and then save as .ai file. So I can import into Flash. This any path is recognized as an online Flash and will work as a path. You may need to do a cleaning of the line. My quick example were too many points inside.

  The guide should be done in one line item in Flash. A movieClip cannot be a pathname. Most often, the path is taken directly from the State with the pencil tool.

• Spot colors + CMYK display in the ink Manager

  HI HI!

  I'll put in place of printed documents that contain 2 spot colours only.

  When I export the document, Manager of color shows it's a CMYK print completes the two places. I have triple checked the logo in the image (the only imported) and it uses the two places (100 value and hue) and no CMYK. In addition, tasks are used only in the filea InDesign and no CMYK vales are used.

  I do not understand why CMYK screens show if they are not used in the document. Can anyone help?

  If he doesn't then don't worry in this regard. That just the way it works.

  You get the empty plates. If the printer does not know not at the exit of the blank plates on a work of two colors it is time for a new printer.

  Bob

• using transparency multiply with spot colors

  Does anyone know if spot colors can be used with transparency are multiplying in illustrator CC. I want to create a third color of pieces that overlap / two forms of spot color printing?

  Not agree with John, you just have to watch you preview separations to get your answer. Here the 7691 dark blue gradient is on multiply on 7688 blue light, so we get more degraded rich e, rather than the color is dull where the 2 colors meet.

  

  At the same appearance with CMYK, showing that Nothing's going to CMYK.

  

  

  

  Nothing else in CMYK mode, except for the black

  

• Find the spot colors in the document

  I prepare a document for printing, and when I go to the package for output I get a message that there are a handful of spot colors in addition to the CMYK. Is it possible I can get InDesign to show me where in my document these tones are? (There are many graphics placed in many pages) I can't seem to find a 'show' or 'page number' for these colors. In addition, if the CMYK symbol appears to the right of the point of color in the Panel swatched, am I good as went to press?

  Maybe the satest to see where the spot colors are in use is to open the Activ separations and separations Preview Panel, and then click the eyeball next to CMYK. Everything left on the page is your direct. If you do not see a spot color in the Panel, there are none in use.

  You asked if it was safe to go to print with stains, and the answer is that it depends. Are paying you extra for the spot colors? If this isn't the case, Swatches Panel flyout menu choose Manager of inks, then check the box to convert all Spots to process and for the best conversion to any known color space, check the box to use the Lab values as well. Don't know what you mean by seeing the CMYK symbol to the right of the swatch - which means that it is not RGB, but there are two small icons there and the one on the left will tell you if the color is spot on, but neither one will tell you if it is transposed to the process in the ink Manager.

• PANTONE + does not match the previous Pantone spot color chart. I have several customers who are using spot colors in logos etc and now these colors are a mess. Can I get and use the old color for Illustrator books?

  PANTONE + does not match the previous Pantone spot color chart. I have several customers who are using spot colors in logos etc and now these colors are a mess. Can I get and use the old color for Illustrator books?

  Well, the spot color has not changed, but the way they were simulated four-color changed, they now use color management to get to the nearest ink possible task.

  Here is some info:

  https://helpx.Adobe.com/Illustrator/KB/PANTONE-plus.html

• If an illustrator file has links with spot colors, how can I create PDF files with process colors?

  My file has shades of tones that came with the linked logo, I could not find a way to convert those shades of colors quadri.

  I need to send PDF on a printer with only process colors, I know that the printer can choose to convert spot colors to process when printing with printer within Acrobat Panel, but since we do not print, we need to send files to print ready with process colors only.

  Is there a way or a script to make PDF file generated from Illustrator with process colors only?

  You could try object > flatten transparency and clear colors to preserve overprints and Spot.

  I set the preset high resolution and turn on the preview to see if something dramatic is going to happen.

  After that, you can check the file of color dot in the separations Preview Panel.

• Printing process requires that I use a spot color for black. Recolor work percentages changes.

  Illustrator CS6 (other users on 5)

  Mac OS 10.6

  

  I need go of tones of K and K to a task of color and tones of a spot color.

  I use Recolor work because I can't merge into K. The art comes our customers K so we cannot conceive just differently.

  Edit: for clairification. The rectangles on the right are tones of k and k. Rectangles on the left are results after its conversion to a spot color with illustrations to redefine colors. I'm honestly not married to the idea of using Recolor art. I just need a way to move with precision k tones to a place.

  Here you go, the script targets only the PathItems with the default black CMYK [0,0,0, value], locked or hidden objects will be ignored, as well as objects in locked or hidden layers.

  // script.name = cmykBlackToSpotBlack.jsx;
  // script.description = changes art color from standard CMYK Black to an EXISTING Spot swatch named "spot black";
  // script.requirements = an opened document;
  // script.parent = CarlosCanto // 08/07/13;
  // script.elegant = false;
  
  // reference http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1267562?tstart=0
  
  // Note: color values get rounded to the nearest integer, to avoid values like black = 99.99999999999999
  //            Hidden and/or Locked Objects will be ignored, as well as objects in Hidden and/or Locked Layers
  
  #target Illustrator
  
  var idoc = app.activeDocument;
  var pi = idoc.pathItems;
  var sw = idoc.swatches["spot black"];
  var fcounter = 0;
  var scounter = 0;
  
  for (j=0; j		   

• How can I get a CMYK or Gray scale halftone and replace it with a spot color with the same value of midtones?

  Is it possible that I can select an object or objects that have a value of mixed CMYK or Grayscale, and then select a Spot color and it will keep the same value of midtones as before?

  For example, I have an object that is C: 0 M: 0 Y: 0 k: 20 and I select Reflex Blue. What is happening is it change my object to 100% Reflex Blue. Is there a way to change to automaitically Reflex Blue 20%?

  Another example, I have 3 objects, one is 20 k: the second is 40 k: and the third is KC: 85. I want to select all the objects in three at the same time, select Yellow PANTONE and get them to change yellow PANTONE 20, 40 yellow PANTONE and PANTONE yellow 85.

  Is there a way to do it or I will always have to manually edit each element?

  Thanks for the help.

  Select the elements to recolor

  Edit > edit colors > redefine > follow my screenshots

  

  I love clicking this button under the entitlement, one place for everything that you color reduction settings.

  

  Use tinted scale. Exact will give you 100% of the color. The exact word is confusing here, this means that the color of the destination (100% of everything that the color you choose), not a version tinged scale.

  

  Unfortunately I do not know how to get the exact values of blacks to convert the exact values of spot color. Scale of hues will you get you get you close enough for what you need. In my example that a black 89% converts a 84% of the place, so no exact but alteast I have a range of shades, and sometimes the results are better than accurate, depends on your art.

  Here are my before and after.

  

• Where is the cursor color in Illustrator need to do a tint of a spot color?

  Where is the cursor color in Illustrator need to do a tint of a spot color? Can not find it or any reference anywhere?

  Create a global sample (swatch spot) and then you can use a cursor to hue.

• PNG image looks like w/spot color in gray, but place in ID CS 3 shows CMYK levels. Can I change?

  Have an announcement sent to publish, PNG, gray eyes image w/spot color, place in ID CS3 and it shows CMYK. I can change using PS CS2 or ID so it prints grey w/spot?

  The ad was created by (ugh) editor...

  ?? am I missing something?

  Yes, save the selection as an alpha channel, which can then be loaded at any time! Since the Panel layers, click Save icon channel:

  

  Registered channels can be loaded as order parts by clicking on the channel or by selection of the load:

  

• You can convert CMYK values in corresponding PMS spot color?

  Our printing process requires us to print using spot colors. We often get some work

  with colors in CMYK values. CS4 allows you somehow convert this CMYK color of the

  PMS spot color correspondents. Or should we look for a plug-in? Any ideas would be most

  appreciated. Use us Pantone solid to process guide but would like something a lot faster.

  Us they ask customers to provide graphics in a spot color but as the train of the world. Thank you.

  Edit > dialogue redefine is made for this task. You will need to check the help files. Dialog box complex with extraordinary power. Manage your task in minutes.

• A way to determine where they use spot colors in color?

  Hello

  Is it possible to determine where a spot color is used in your art?

  I know in InDesign, you can open the separation Preview Panel and cut the rest of the colors.  Is there a method similar to Illustrator?

  Thank you

  Ed

  Since CS4 there.  What version do you use?

  If cs3 or below, save in pdf format and open in acrobat (pro, no player) to see the separations.