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- DavidFelt0
my emails busted, can you mail it to
ive tried importing that dsc2 into illy but it comes in all wierd.
the one hym said with the raster plates seems like the best option, anyone know how to do it though???
- Hym0
are you lacking sight? here is the file
- DavidFelt0
hym you fly fucker, i can see, but the images are embedded so i dont know what kind of files they are or how they were exported, jeez, im asking for a bit of knowledge not a blow job, dont be so fucking moody!!!!
*squeezes stress ball!!!!!
- Hym0
embedded?? huh?
how hard is it, just 2 rectangles with 2 separate grayscale opacity maps, you can take them out and put in your own
- DavidFelt0
okay hym you win, your the genious...
what the fuck is a greyscale opacity map? if i knew what u were saying id have done it by now instead of bitching on here, talk to me like the fool i am so i understand!
PLEASEoh and thanks, your solution is ace, just need to know what u mean and im onto a winner
- iDp0
haha I'm loving this thread...I had the same problems a couple days ago...glad I didn't ask Hym.
- DavidFelt0
who? him, no Hym... what
i kinda know what hes saying but my head is so smashed, anyone else download the file he upped and checked it out, are they just images in clipping masks???
- Hym0
i think i'm going to collect these threads and ask Adobe for a compensation for the support.
Opacity Masks have been in Illustrator since 9.0 and can be printed with any postscript3 driver. But this is just one method to handle 2 spot colors with raster images, personally i would keep all that work in photoshop but since you didn't feel at home there i thought i would give you the Illustrator way, obviously you know neither well. That brings me to another thought, i always said Adobe should make packages cheaper but now i notice that people don't even take the time to learn the tools that make their money so maybe it's time to increase prices, kinda like a motivation to make people read the manual.
you have been offered multiple solutions to your issue, if you can't figure out one then you have a problem. and not just a duotone problem
- ********0
A trick I used to use for duotones in photoshop: Work in a CMYK file but only use 2 channels. Black and yellow for this example. Make sure the remaining 2 channels (magenta and cyan are empty) Then when you're ready to print, tell the printer to replace the yellow plate with gold and and black plate with black ink and to forget about running the other 2. This is easier to show visually than it is to explain, so I'm kinda hoping this made sense.
- iDp0
Hym give me a break man. A lot of designers have never worked in 1, 2 and 3 color raster...it's not that big of a deal that he asked his question and didn't understand your answers. This is something that I've found I need to work on as well. Not a big deal, our profession is a constant learning process and NT should be a place to get answers and understanding.