Macmann
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From time to time we get fairly complex artwork created in Illustrator that contains multiple opacity masks. We normalize and bring into PackEdge. Once in Esko the opacity masks retain CMYK data which is represented with an exclamation point in the color palette. The artwork is created with spot colors so the process inks are a red flag. If you turn those process colors off in the viewer palette nothing happens, but if you go to delete them from the ink palette the gradients change. Is there a way to remove those CMYK colors from the color palette without affecting the gradients? Aside from just ignoring them, knowing they will not generate a plate, is there a better way to handle them? Is there something we could do in Illustrator before normalizing?