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I'm definitely doing something different than PrintIT. I have the Pitstop tool added in the main Tools area, but they are all just the generic icon.

I second IDEAlliance.

Interesting. I'm on MAC OS 10.11/DC/Pitstop Pro 13. No fair!!

Man, it looks so awful!

Is there anyway to get the Pitstop tool icons back, or are we now left with these lame generic plug-in icons?

That's 8-bit. The mystery continues...

Thanks, everyone. This has been an interesting one for sure. Joe, can you confirm that your document was 16-bit?

Totally stumped by Photoshop's inability to produce a 70% tint of any of the process colors. Create a CMYK file (size and resolution are unimportant). Fill your canvas with 70% Magenta. Now place the eyedropper on the canvas and you will see that Photoshop reads the color as 69% Magenta. The...

Thanks, benstarr.

Am I correct in saying that there is not a GRACoL profile for uncoated stock? If so, are people using a SWOP uncoated or FOGRA uncoated profile instead?

Just discovered that Flightcheck has the ability to flag layered files. It will flag all of the layered files, including PSDs. So while it doesn't hold a flame to Kyle's script, it is an option.

Thanks for all of the follow-though, Stephen. Happy New Year!

This worked perfectly. Thank you very much, Kyle! And thanks to everyone else who took the time to understand what I was after and offered advice. It is greatly appreciated.

So sorry to have not gotten back to any of you. I didn't receive an email notification that there were additional comments, so I figured this one was dead in the water. I look forward to testing out your suggestions and will respond back soon! Thanks again!!

I'm not a fan of layered TIFs, I still prefer the traditional method of it has layers it's a PSD, if it's flat it's a TIF. We get native files sent back to us from our Repro Houses in Asia. Any color correction and/or retouching that they do is expected to be saved as a PSD. Occasionally, they...

Wondering if anyone can suggest a way to identify layered TIFs placed in an InDesign doc. It is nothing that Preflight will flag. Quite certain Flightcheck won't either. I'm hoping this doesn't turn into a "what's better: PSD or TIF" conversation.

All settings are the same. Same working spaces and same rendering intent.

I recently had to rasterize some extremely complex AI files. Originally, I had rasterized (opening AI file in PS) to CMYK. The resulting color was pretty far off. Then I rasterized to RGB and once in PS I converted to CMYK. The resulting color was much better. What I can't figure out is why...

Has anyone ever worked with Lam's Graphic Arts Ltd? Supposedly, they are a repro house in Hong Kong, perhaps with a factory in mainland China. Web search pulls up a phone #, but no email or website. Trying to reach them to see if they hold some old films for a title in which files no longer...

Hi, Stephen. We are using SWOP (for our titles printed in the States), mainly because of it's 300% limit. What I'd like to find a solution for is when a CMYK file in SWOP is pushed passed 300%. This is when I have used the CMYK-LAB-CMYK method. Sometimes I can achieve good results with a...