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by stome
Mon Jul 01, 2019 10:23 pm
Forum: PitStop Pro
Topic: Action to detect and select a specified area of a black-only object.
Replies: 2
Views: 4269

Re: Action to detect and select a specified area of a black-only object.

Thank you! Will try your suggestion and let you know.
by stome
Wed Jun 26, 2019 10:21 pm
Forum: PitStop Pro
Topic: Action to detect and select a specified area of a black-only object.
Replies: 2
Views: 4269

Action to detect and select a specified area of a black-only object.

I'm trying to figure out an action to detect and select a specified area (greater than a certain width and height) of a black-only object and apply a rich black to it automatically. Is there such a thing?
by stome
Sat Jun 15, 2019 2:44 am
Forum: Preflighting
Topic: Converting all colors to process while preserving certain spot colors.
Replies: 8
Views: 12222

Re: Converting all colors to process while preserving certain spot colors.

Thank you again! I'll be testing this action this weekend!
by stome
Thu Jun 13, 2019 3:54 am
Forum: Preflighting
Topic: Converting all colors to process while preserving certain spot colors.
Replies: 8
Views: 12222

Re: Converting all colors to process while preserving certain spot colors.

Hello. Okay not totally perfect but close! I introduced a grayscale image (black channel only) into the mix but the action converts it to cmyk. Can there be something in this action to ignore grayscale images?

Best regards!
by stome
Sun Jun 09, 2019 5:38 pm
Forum: Color Management
Topic: Disappearing CMYK Profiles
Replies: 2
Views: 9498

Re: Disappearing CMYK Profiles

It is very strange. My Acrobat and Pitstop are the latest versions, as well as my OSX. I thought updating everything would fix the issue but it didn't, unfortunately.
by stome
Sat Jun 08, 2019 11:07 pm
Forum: Color Management
Topic: Disappearing CMYK Profiles
Replies: 2
Views: 9498

Disappearing CMYK Profiles

As soon as I installed the Pitstop plug-in in my Acrobat DC, the CMYK profiles disappear from the color management section of Acrobat's preferences. I wanted to sync Pitstop's color management settings with Acrobat's but the profiles are not showing up. I don't see the profiles in Acrobat's Output P...
by stome
Thu May 23, 2019 5:05 pm
Forum: Preflighting
Topic: Converting all colors to process while preserving certain spot colors.
Replies: 8
Views: 12222

Re: Converting all colors to process while preserving certain spot colors.

Thank you for your reply. Yes, we do have certain spot color names we as our clients to use in their files. These names include "Dieline", "Perf", and "Score".
by stome
Thu May 23, 2019 2:59 am
Forum: Preflighting
Topic: Converting all colors to process while preserving certain spot colors.
Replies: 8
Views: 12222

Converting all colors to process while preserving certain spot colors.

We do a lot of packaging jobs that contain dielines, perfs, and score lines. Our customers provide pdfs that contain these overprinting spot color elements for reference. Is there an action that can convert all colors to process but bypass or preserve these certain spots colors?