thadeusz Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 Hi there, I was sure, finally to have a working solution for spot color separations. All worked fine when using PDF 1.7 for output and overprinting with Multiply blend mode. Until today. I found, that when using different text boxes, sometimes it's separating as CMYK again. I attached a test document with two text boxes wth the same text styles/colors. One works, the other doesn't. Any ideas? As a workaround I duplicate the working text box and it's fine. But I'd like to know, if there is a hidden switch, that prevents my spot colored text to come out correctly. test-spot-color.afpub Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Gabe Posted August 24, 2020 Staff Share Posted August 24, 2020 Hi @thadeusz, I can't see any reason why it should not export as spot colour. Issue logged. Will let you know when I have more info Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thadeusz Posted August 24, 2020 Author Share Posted August 24, 2020 Great, thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Gabe Posted August 27, 2020 Staff Share Posted August 27, 2020 The problem seems to the the blend gamma in Blend Options. You set that to 1.45 for the frame on the left, and it's getting rasterised. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thadeusz Posted August 27, 2020 Author Share Posted August 27, 2020 Wow, that was quite hidden. Many thanks for finding out! I just found, that I had this 1,45 gamma in my preferences. That's why even new text boxes din't keep my spot color. Maybe it would be good to have at least a warning in the preflight checklist? I hope, working with spot colors would be more robust. They easily break into 4c when doing something. But finally I found a way, even the print shop is ok with it. I'm also hoping, there will be a preview for overprinting/separation at some point. Or you sell us a little Acrobat substitute app.. But anyway, many thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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