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Thanks Lukas for the mention. All you have to do using Adobe Illustrator with the Phantasm CS plugin is to select the gradient(s) and apply a Phantasm CS Duotone. A few clicks and it's done! You can also fine-tune each spot ink using curves to get the result you want. Overview movie may be...

There is an option to make Ai files PDF compatible or not when saving. I sometimes turn off this option for very large files as save times can increase hugely - and the file size doubles as you are effectively saving two files (the Ai artwork and the PDF) within a wrapper. But I would have...

Hi all, We have just published a series of 10 in-depth articles on avoiding Adobe Illustrator publishing/print pitfalls which I hope would be of interest to your readers: Astute Graphics Blog : Avoiding 10 Illustrator publishing pitfalls The solutions are based on both native Illustrator...

Levels editing in Illustrator Levels editing in Illustrator Natively, no. Illustrator's own color adjustment tools are very basic or involve the alternative Live Colors tool (which was later renamed to "Recolor Artwork" as it's isn't really live...) and both sets only work on vectors and not...

Hi, What you describe (and is covered in a Veerle tutorial) should work. It sounds like you done this, but make sure that you are applying your live Effect transformation to a single grouped object - not a multiple selection. By double-clicking on the single group with the live Effect applied...

Hi, Apologies for the sales pitch of our own product, but I feel it is ideal for what you are seeking. I've used our Illustrator plugin, Phantasm CS Studio (Phantasm CS | Designer | Studio), in the past to demonstrate how separations work. Draw anything you like in Illustrator and then use the...

Hi Jon, Sorry I hadn't come across this post earlier but hope this is still of help... I achieved the following with the aid of our Illustrator plugin, Phantasm CS Studio ( Phantasm CS | Designer | Studio ). It allowed me to export/in-line-edit the embedded image and better examine...

Device-N helps remove some of the constraints of specifying composite artwork for print to merely CMYK. Traditionally there were Greyscale, RGB and CMYK images. Considering that RGB isn't for print and Greyscale just does what it says on the tin, Device-N images can be defined using any process...

Must admit my sentiments are with leonardr... to me PS has all the basic spot handling required. Sure - it would be great to see arbitrary spot ink separations, etc., but these tend to be too specialised for the core Adobe market. And sorry to say - but a new wizzy 3D paint brush or dynamic...

Adobe quote a release date "in October". Their announcement in September was just that - a pre-release announcement. And that's not counting their earlier pre-pre-release announcement... ;) But nobody should be using CS4 files generally yet as that's bound to hit multiple brick walls! Nick

Re: Editing DeviceN images Acrobat Hi Lukas, > {quote:title=Lukas Engqvit wrote:}{quote} > Multichannel? How do you get a multichannel to export to PDF? I never suceeded You have to save in PS as a DCS EPS file and then place this in the Ai document (linked). You can then save as a PDF from...

Re: Editing DeviceN images Acrobat > {quote:title=Repro_is_still_alive wrote:}{quote} > I don't think this is going to be a one time issue, working within the packaging sector so we work with spot colours all the time, original was a psd and have tried the illustrator route already. Hi, When...

Re: Ink Coverage in Illustrator Hi Lukas, > {quote:title=Lukas Engqvit wrote:}{quote} > One more issue you will have to be especially carefull with and where ink limit sometimes has to be compromised is overprints. I would rather allow small black texts (less than 12 pt) and/or hairlines to...

Re: Ink Coverage in Illustrator > {quote:title=Jiggy wrote:}{quote} > I've experimented a little with that. It's true that when switching to another colour profile the bottom right colour value varies. Normally the entire CS is set to Europe ISO Coated FOGRA27. I think that default depends on...

Re: Ink Coverage in Illustrator > {quote:title=Jiggy wrote:}{quote} > For a client I make illustrations in Adobe Illustrator. They switched to a new printer and I've been asked to take a maximum ink converage into acount of cmyk each color max 90% and all together max 230%. As far as I know...

Re: Colour Theory & Colour Management Tutes Re: Colour Theory & Colour Management Tutes > {quote:title=dwanehollands wrote:}{quote} > Nick, > > Thanks for that info! Those books sound pretty good. Although I'm also interested in simple papers which I can give to the designers aswell. I was...

Re: Colour Theory & Colour Management Tutes Re: Colour Theory & Colour Management Tutes > {quote:title=Lukas Engqvit wrote:}{quote} > I really like the piece on http://www.huevaluechroma.com/ Very nice resource! Thanks for the link :-) Nick

Re: Converting 4c Pattern to a 2-3c Pattern Re: Converting 4c Pattern to a 2-3c Pattern > {quote:title=Lukas Engqvit wrote:}{quote} > I would take a dive into illustrators Live colour. (if you have a photo use live trace first) > You can remap colurs to stay within certain Pantone colours, ofc...

Re: Colour Theory & Colour Management Tutes Re: Colour Theory & Colour Management Tutes Hi Dwane, Not sure of such a comprehensive site out there that covers everything, but I can thoroughly recommend investing in the book "Color Management - A Comprehensive Guide for Graphic Designers". I...

Re: Acrobat Ink Manager > {quote:title=WharfRat wrote:}{quote} > Try the tool that looks like an InkPicker or little rainbow box > (I don't know what the heck they call it. > That maps permanently. > > MSD Hi, I do you mean the Convert Colors dialogue? (That's the "rainbox" icon in the Print...