How are you adding that colored layer? Photoshop can only handle spot colors in two ways…a spot channel and a duotone.
My suggestions is to use the duotone since that will give you the greatest flexibility in looks for the photo. Read up on them in the Photoshop help.
Bob
Take your Grayscale photo to Mode>Duotone and choose Monotone, and specify the Pantone color.
Although, if your printer agrees, you might consider simply putting the Grayscale pix in InDesign and coloring them there.
Why monotone. This is a two color job. Mix a bit of black in with the Pantone and you’ll get a much nicer looking result.
Bob
OK. I understand all this. It does sound like duotone is the way to go for me. Now, the question is what format should I save it in for import into InDesign – EPS or Photoshop PDF? And do I also need to convert it to Multichannel mode and save it as DCS 2.0 format?
Just save as PSD. EPS files are archaic in an InDesign workflow.
Bob
Great! That’s what I was hoping. I had heard that about EPS files in my InDesign class. Much easier to just save the PSD file. Thanks for all your help!
My impression is that he wanted the photos to be one color.
How do I obtain the one-color photo he is asking for?
I would probably do a duotone also and use the curves in the duotone dialog to get a better image, but I think that might be beyond the scope of this project.
Well, it is a two-color job so technically I guess it can be a two-color photo. When he said that I think he was just talking about the main PMS color. Or, maybe I misquoted him. Sorry.
Good communication between designer and printer is too rare, which is a shame. I’d ask the printer what he would prefer to get, what format, etc.
A lot can be done with two color printing, but it can get tricky.
Part of that communication problem is I am talking to the salesperson and not the art person. Part of the problem is I am still learning all about colors and have never had a printer say this to me, although I’ve run 2- and 3-color jobs before.
