PS Pantone Colours
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- CFish
Can someone tell me how I can set up a 2 colour logo in Photoshop?
- HumanMale0
Good quesiton. I wouldn't mind hearing the answer to that.
I mean, you can pick Pantone colours in PS, obviously... but it ALWAYS converts to CMYK.
What's the fugging point?!
- CFish0
I think you have to set up new alpha channels and delete the CMYK Channels but it does seem to revert back to CMYK.
- DavidFelt0
do it as duotone?
- Spanna0
duotone or create new channels for oyur pantone colours and delete cmyk and then save as a dcs file
i think
- pyeaton0
First thing I would say is DON'T. Photoshop is a printing nightmare, especially for logos. Printers will need to "pinch" the paths, and for trapping, forget about it. Could be an expensive prepress run. But, if you need to, you will need to convert the file to a multichannel mode, and add your pms colors where need be. Then when you save it (this is where it gets a little weird), you will save it as a photoshop dcs formatted file. It will actually end up being an eps. I would recommends that you import it into a layout app like quark to make sure that the pms' show in the color palette.
Very tricky procedure. Email me if you need specifics.
Good luck!
- s_t_e_w0
a logo in photoshop?
i don't know what the logo is going to look like, but if i was you i'd used illustrator instead.
really.
- yourmumrang0
ok, spanna is right about DCS. this is the bitmap version of using spot colours in photoshop.
import the file in a layout app like Xpress to check the spot colours have been carried with the DCS.
Duotones work for tonal images well, but not logos, depending on the logo obviously.
Vector is the way forward, spot colours can be selected. the file is resolution independent (scaleable) and its easier to redesign it to include trapping and the rest of that stuff.
- CFish0
Thanks Pyeaton sounds like thats what I need to do.
It's a logo that has been supplied to me as a Tif in 4 colour process but really only needs to be 2 colour...and yeah if it were me I would have done it in Illy as well!
But I like to figure out how things are done and I've wondered about this PS problem foor a while, so I'll give it a bash!
Thanks again!
- pyeaton0
no problem! The trick i mentioned is actually a great thing to work with on black and white photos. I did some PC's for a compant called redbrick., The pic was of an old pile up in an old football game. Instead of a ball, I added a brick, and of course it was red. And since it was 2 color, saved a boatload on printing.
If you have any questions, call me!