Hi,
I have a problem creating a CutContour. I have to use 100% Magenta and set it to spot color. Every time I set the color to spot it automatically sets the color from 0|100|0|0 to 5|95|0|0 and I can't change these settings.
Can anyone help me with this?
What you should do is to create it as a spot colour in a custom palette.
For a cut contour, it is tne name of the spot colour that matters. Your cutting software should be looking for that name, not for a specific CMYK value which you are highly likely to be using somewhere in the design.
Thanks for your quick response.
I did create a custom palette and I named the color right. My printing company needs the color to be 100% Magenta as spot color, named "Lack". But every time I add 0|100|0|0 to my palette and set it to spot the color changes to 5|95|0|0. I spent hours to solve that problem but I can't solve it ... please help!!!
I think its likely that the colour model or colour management settings are causing the change.
I don't have X5 to test this with, but if X5 works the same way as X4, I believe it is possible to find the colour palette file, open it in a text editor and change the colours there.
It works here - see attached pdf sample file.
Do you have installed all updates?
Best regards,
Mek
I have installed all the updates. Thanks for your file, but when I import it into Corel the color of your pdf is 5|95|0|0 ...
I tried it even with the test version of Corel X7 ... seems like I have some general problem.
@notas
Danke für den Tipp, ich mach mich mal auf die Suche!
Ralph said: @notas Danke für den Tipp, ich mach mich mal auf die Suche!
Sorry falschen Link gesetzt , so stimmts
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Sounds like your converting CMYK color when you open a file instead of assigning a profile which will maintain numbers
I'm testing this in X7 -- and seeing exactly the same problem.
Nothing is being opened or imported -- I am creating a completely new colour in the palette editor.
So I add a colour in CMYK as 0:100:0:0 and I choose the option to treat it as a spot colour. But if I go immediately to edit that colour, it has already changed to 4:94:0:0.
Document colour profile is the default CMYK preset, with a primary colour model of CMYK, RGB profile of sRGB and CMYK profile of Iso Coated v2. It makes no difference whether the document setting is assign or convert. But in any case, I'm not yet bringing this colour into a document. The colour shift is happening entirely within the palette editor.
I looked inside the palette with VBA. As far as I can see, the colour is being stored only as an RGB value, despite having been defined as CMYK.
harryLondon said:So I add a colour in CMYK as 0:100:0:0 and I choose the option to treat it as a spot colour. But if I go immediately to edit that colour, it has already changed to 4:94:0:0.
Not seeing that here, when I create a new palette (test) create a color 100% magenta, close that dialog and go to the next dialog, select spot color and name it CutContour all is well, it's a spot color with the name CutContour, I can edit it and the value is 100% magenta, 17.2.0 688, Windows HP 64 bit