Converting all colors to process while preserving certain spot colors.
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?
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Re: Converting all colors to process while preserving certain spot colors.
You can make an Action List that does that quite easily.
Do you have a list of Spot Color names that you want to preserve?
Do you have a list of Spot Color names that you want to preserve?
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abc@imposition.com
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".
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Re: Converting all colors to process while preserving certain spot colors.
Give this a try. There's a list of spot colors that are excluded from conversion.
You can add more as you wish.
I didn't have time to test it, so please test thoroughly.
You can add more as you wish.
I didn't have time to test it, so please test thoroughly.
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Head of Product Management @ Ultimate
abc@imposition.com
abc@imposition.com
Re: Converting all colors to process while preserving certain spot colors.
This works perfectly! Thank you!
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Re: Converting all colors to process while preserving certain spot colors.
Excellent.
Head of Product Management @ Ultimate
abc@imposition.com
abc@imposition.com
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!
Best regards!
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Re: Converting all colors to process while preserving certain spot colors.
Give this one a whirl.
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- Convert to CMYK (except named Spot Colors + Grayscale Images).eal.zip
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Head of Product Management @ Ultimate
abc@imposition.com
abc@imposition.com
Re: Converting all colors to process while preserving certain spot colors.
Thank you again! I'll be testing this action this weekend!