Can you create tints of a CMYK mix?? 3

[junglist]

Is it possible to create tints of a CMYK colour, in the same way you can have tints of a Pantone, shown as a percentage of the master colour?

I am aware that if you hold down the "shift" button while adjusting your CMYK sliders the other three sliders will move relative to the slders you are moving, thus creating a tint of the CMYK colour you originally had.

However, is it possible for illustrator to to inform you what percentage of the orignal CMYK mix, that new colour is, as per the Pantone slider?

Thanks a million, I'll be really impresed if someone can answer this.

 

[carlow]

Hi junglist,

Easy I believe.


Create a colour you want.

Go to the palet "swatches", with the color still selected go to the black little arrow on the right, choose "new swatch.

give your swatch a name,
in stead of cmyk you choose "spot'

now you have created a colour that is still in cmyk and that you can apply percentually.

carlow

 

[junglist]

Wow! Thanks for the tip. Really, is it still in CMYK??

I want to be absolutely sure my image will seperate correctly.

Actually, just having a look at it now - once I've created that new swatch, it is still labelled as being in "CMYK Colour mode", however it is also a spot color and I can use it in percentages as such. I didn't know that was possible.

As long as it all seperates OK, this is great!

Thanks a bunch - a star for you!

 

[junglist]

Yeah, as I look at my colour palette now, the new swatch has both the little Spot icon AND the CMYK icon, so I guess that means it is OK to separate.

 

[carlow]

Hi junglist

thanx for the star

carlow

 

[MarcusStringer]

Doing it that way will only create a spot colour,
If you goto file/seperation setup you will see that it seperates out as a spot.

A work around would be to create your spot, make your percentage adjustment, then change it back to process, or when you go to print select convert to process.

Marcus

http://www.midlandtypesetters.com.au

 

[junglist]

Thanks for that tip M Stringer.

I was a little concerned about the issue of seperation.

So, even if the swatch has both the spot icon and the CMYK icon, it is still only a spot colour? Is that correct?

How come when I double click on the swatch, it displays a CMYK break-up, and states that it is in "CMYK Mode"??

This is a bit confusing.

 

[MarcusStringer]

I belive that is there only to show you the breckdown of the spot colour. This allows you to create you own special colours. you can select a pantone for example then double click on it. if you don't like that colour you move the sliders around to get the correct colour, but it will be still called that original pantone.
This would good for renaming different colour so they print on the same plate etc. etc.
But basically if it says spot, then it will seperate on it's own plate.
If it says process then it will seperate as 4 colours.
Hope this helps

Marcus

http://www.midlandtypesetters.com.au

 

[MarcusStringer]

Sorry for the typing errors, I didn't re-read it

Marcus

http://www.midlandtypesetters.com.au