Spot colors on PSD images with transparency

[jpstroud]

I'm not sure if others have noticed, but here's my problem.

When working with greyscale images in InDesign (all PC versions, I started back with 1.5, CS now), you can apply a color swatch to the image to screen it. This can be a PMS color, or a CMYK swatch and affects both PSD and TIF files.

However, if you include transparency in the PSD file, the color will not screen the image, unlike a TIF with transparency. I have complicated images and TIF's don't quite come close with the effects I'm looking for in InDesign, but until I can get color screening to work in InDesign with transparent PSD's, I'm stuck.

Anyone with thoughts on this?

TIA

 

[BodesMan]

I have heard that is a problem, and the work around that I have seen is that they recreate the file in Photoshop creating a spot channel and saving out the file as a DCS file - - I work in prepress, but I'm sure one of the designers might be able to answer your question.

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[jpstroud]

That's what I've been doing right now if I'm dead set on using a PSD. Not a very attractive option, because right now I have one copy of the image in greyscale and can swap the colors at will without having to save multiple copies.

Anybody else have a thought on this?