Spot colors in Photoshop

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Dean Fritzel
May 1, 2007
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Alright…I have done this before, but cannot seen to remember how, nor find it in the help menu. I need to create a file with one spot color. Let me know if I’m on the right path…

1. Create a multichannel file.
2. Select what you want to be a PMS color and in the channel box, "create new spot channel"
3. Fill selection with PMS color…(Shows up as a shade of gray for some reason)
4. Delete all other channels not being used.
5. Save as DCS2.0 EPS

Why is my color a shade of gray??
Can I save out a spot color file as a PSD?

TIA!!!

Dean F
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Bob Levine
May 2, 2007
Why multichannel? Why DCS? It’s an archaic file format.

Just add a new spot channel to your file, save as PSD or PDF and you should be good to.

How is the file going to be used?

Bob
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Bernie
May 2, 2007
Delete all other channels not being used.

I’d avoid that step, keep the CMYK channels.
DF
Dean Fritzel
May 3, 2007
Hmm…thanks for the replies. PSD will work? Great! The final usage will be to bring it into InDesign to be sent to a printer. I forgot to mention we are using CS2 if that makes a difference.

One more question. Being the semi-anal person that I am…When I preflight InDesign files, I like to see only the plate colors that are in the file. If I use a PSD format and leave the empty CMYK channels there, won’t Indy read that as needing those plates come print time?

I know this probably makes no difference to the printer… Its just for my warm and fuzzy feeling.

Thanks,

Dean

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