Making a spot channel, for printing

[Francis Paquette]

Hi, I just buy an DTG, and I need to create a SPOT Color

In the following step, they use Photoshop, and to make the first layer of white ink (background) they select all of the image and add a channel called SPOT and then they save it as TIFF, in my RIP I select the spot color and it will print white instead.

Any idea how I can do it on Affinity, dont want to add Photoshop in my dock just for that..

Thanks !!

Edited October 16, 2020 by Francis Paquette

[Dan C]

Hi @Francis Paquette,

Welcome to the forums

4 hours ago, Francis Paquette said:

they select all of the image and add a channel called SPOT and then they save it as TIFF

Unfortunately Affinity apps don't support Spot Channels, although Spot Colours are supported, my apologies.

This has been discussed and requested in the following threads - 

I hope this helps!

[mhuynh1031]

couldnt find much info on this. Is the spot channel creation still missing in 2024?

[Komatös]

1 hour ago, mhuynh1031 said:

Is the spot channel creation still missing

Yes, it is.