INDESIGN to PDF question
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- marychain
I have a two color job....
A background done in photoshop in blackand elements placed in Indesign in pantone 485
everything is good.
My question is what setting should I use when I export to .pdf to make sure my 2 color information remain and doesn't convert to CMYK
Is it as simple as setting NO COLOR CONVERSION in the OUTPUT panel of the export?
I haven't exported 2 color jobs from INDESIGN before and just want to make sure I'm doing it correctly.
Thanks
- duckofrubber0
As long as the placed file has only K in it and the 485 swatch is a spot in Indesign, there is nothing special you need to do really. Just don't convert it to RGB.
- <<d_rek
- InDesign will not convert colors for you... if you place a file and export it to PDF the PDF still retains the placed images colorspaced_rek
- colorspaced_rek
- You can convert when creating a PDF, but in this case, you don't want to.duckofrubber
- Ranger0
No Colour Conversion will leave your colours as you want them but it is always worth checking your PDF in Acrobat > Advanced > Print Production> Output Preview. This will show you exactly what colours are in your document, where they are, what percentage etc.
- ItalianStallion0
Check "Preview color separations" within the document or the "Ink manager" in the PDF export panel to be sure Pantone colors are not converted in CMYK.
- < they're not converted by default
monospaced - Yes indeed.ItalianStallion
- < they're not converted by default
- marychain0
Thanks guys