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Select Dieline and Convert to spot

Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2020 2:08 am
by Sunnyland
I am trying to select a dieline by line thickness and colour and convert to a spot color called "Knife". We have artwork come from several different sources. Some places will use 100% cyan, others will use 100% Magenta and then some will call the knife line Diecut the later is easy to select and change to "Knife" but I am have issues using Pitstop Server to change the CMYK value of either 100% cyan or 100% magenta to a spot color called "Knife".

At the moment I am using Pitstop Server to select any stroke that is 100% Magenta or Cyan of 1pt or under and changing to 100% Magenta, I am then using Callas to change 100% Magenta to "Knife" it is working but is a bit clunky. Any help so I can just use either Pitstop Server or Callas would be appreciated.

Re: Select Dieline and Convert to spot

Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2020 8:34 am
by Terkelsen
You can change 100 % Magenta to "Knife" in PitStop as well. Use the Remap Color Action.

Re: Select Dieline and Convert to spot

Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2020 9:43 am
by Sunnyland
I did try to use remap color but the only option was user swatch and I couldn't figure out where to set the user swatch color

Re: Select Dieline and Convert to spot

Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2020 10:33 am
by Terkelsen
Just hit the button next to "User Swatch"
...and then create an new spot color called "Knife".

Re: Select Dieline and Convert to spot

Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2020 10:41 am
by Sunnyland
Ok so there is no button next to user swatch. I may need to uninstall and reinstall pitstop server. All I get is a black square

Re: Select Dieline and Convert to spot

Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2020 1:25 pm
by Terkelsen
Ahh, you might need a PitStop Pro to do this. Apparently you can't create a new spot color from within PitStop Server. I wasn't aware of that :roll:
You can however create the action in PitStop Pro and run it in PitStop Server.

Re: Select Dieline and Convert to spot

Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2020 2:31 pm
by bens
Apparently you can't create a new spot color from within PitStop Server.
PitStop Server indeed does not include the colour picker. There is one action ("Remap spot color") that can create a new spot colour without needing the colour picker, but it only works if you're starting from another spot colour.

So, a workaround could be: create an Action List that first usese "Remap color" to convert the correct objects to "Black" - because you can't pick a different colour in PitStop Server. Then, still having the same objects selected, use "Remap spot color" to "Knife" with a CMYK alternate.

Or if you don't care about the alternate you could use "Rename spot color" instead of "Remap spot color".