By Bruce Robertson on
Apr. 04, 2008
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Hi,
Can anyone please help me or direct me in the right direction to get some information on creating screens for spot colours.
If I have a Vector graphic and I want Corel to split it into one spot colour for each of the colours in the graphic - how do I do this? It just seems to do CMYK etc.
I can see information on how to convert spot colours into process colours but not how to make a screen for each of the separate colours in the design. Does it do this?
It seems a bit silly bringing a vector graphic back into Photoshop to make a different layer for each colour but that the only way I can think of doing it.
Can anyone please guide me.
Thanks,
Bruce.
Location:
United States
Re: Spot Colours
Do you have Adobe's® Illustrator® program? You use the "eye dropper" to select a color then you can change it to any color you want then click again with the "filled" eye dropper and voila, there you have your spot color. :D
Then when you print your art, you go into the print options and choose "separations"
J.R. Sanford :cool:
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Re: Spot Colours
Thanks very much for that information. I don't have Illustrator but I could get it. If that's what I need to produce the spot channels then I'll invest in it. I would have thought that Corel would have done that but it doesn't seem to. I've been playing around in Photoshop creating a different layer for each colour and then coverting them to black and white but it's not ideal.
Many thanks again.
Bruce.
Re: Spot Colours
Hey Bruce,
You can download a trial version of Illustrator® CS3 from here:
Illustrator® CS3
You'll need to set-up a free account in order to get the free trial.
J.R. Sanford
Production Manager
NW Awards
185 NW Chehalis AV
Chehalis, WA 98532
(shop) 360-748-7346
(cell) 360-880-6384
jr_sanford@yahoo.com
Cast aside your limitations;
And you shall be boundless!
Re: Spot Colours
That's great thanks very much. I've also found some training stuff on the web to have a look at.
Thanks again.
Bruce.