I have been looking for a command to define a shortcut for the spot color to the selected element. But i could not figure out. Can anybody help me how to covert the selected element into spot color here in x6
pkg_sriram said:how to covert the selected element into spot color here in x6
Make sure this color gets added to a palette, maybe it's already been added to the Document palette.Click the little arrow button on the palette and select Edit color from the menu.Select the color swatch inside the dialog and then choose Treat as: Spot.
This swatch will now appear and separate as a spot color.
I have tried that procedure many times and it simply does not work when Publishing a PDF.
For example:
1) I add a CMYK color to the document palette (eg., to use as a die line)
2) select that color in the document palette
3) click on little arrow at left side of the palette and select Edit Color to open the Palette Editor
4) the Palette Editor now displays "Document Palette" in the drop down list, the document's colors and the current color as the "Selected Color"
5) I give it a name and select "Treat as: Spot"
6) publish document as a pdf using "Prepress" as the PDF Preset and it DOES NOT separate as a spot color.
I have tried all combinations of PDF Preset values and none have resulted in this, or any "Spot Color" I created, actually separating as a spot color when opened in Acrobat pro X.
It will, however separate Pantone Colors correctly.
X6 appears to use the "Components:" value to determine if and how that same color is treated as a spot color or not.
Any ideas what is going on here?
Just to check, do you have the X6.4 update?
I did report a problem with spot separations a few months ago, which I thought had been fixed.
As far as I can remember, the error may have been in the palette rather than the exporting -- so you would need to delete the colour and recreate it in X6.4 to be sure you are giving it a fair test.
I am using version 16.4.0.1280. Win 7 64-bit.
I created 2 cdr test files just prior to writing the post, then published pdfs -- to make sure.Same issues for both.
Any other ideas?
Thanks.
K.
I looked at the previous posts and at the bottom of http://community.coreldraw.com/forums/p/41921/199521.aspx#199521 it seems that the problem was fixed for creating EPS files, but still exists when creating PDF.
I think if you read that post and the thread that contains it you have two possible ways to resolve the problem. But if that doesn't make sense, post again and I'll try to remember the details.
After changing to treat as spot, select the item again (if not selected) and click on the swatch again. Should output to PDF correctly.
MikeWe is probably right. You must make sure the objects get the new spot color.Changing a color swatch from CMYK to spot doesn't automatically give objects with that color the new spot color.