BennyD Posted November 19, 2022 Share Posted November 19, 2022 There's a Bug from V1 which made it's way into V2, too. If you try to export PDFs with Spot Colors in Photo V2, the colors are converted into CMYK. It's described detailed under the link above but here the short version: For my understanding it should work also like this, but doesn't Create new CMYK document. Create two Pixel layers Select top Pixel layer Load selection for first spot color from spare channel Select first spot/global color from document pallette Choose »Fill with Primary Color« from »Edit« menu Repeat for second Pixel layer for spot color two Export as PDF-X Have a PDF with Spot-Color Channel Yes, this needs to be fixed one and for all. loukash 1 Quote ___♥___ | | | | | | Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff stokerg Posted December 2, 2022 Staff Share Posted December 2, 2022 Hi @BennyD, As you are aware from the linked thread, this is already logged with the Developers to resolve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BennyD Posted December 2, 2022 Author Share Posted December 2, 2022 Yes, I'm aware, but that was on V1 and the thread seems to disappear under all that V2 feedback and since it hasn't been resolved so far this was just a friendly reminder. Can you tell me why it takes so long and does not have high priority? It's not really obvious why tons of kinda cheesy features have been implemented into V2 but bugfixing played a minor role. If I were Serif I would first get my homework done, then do new stuff because I assume the new features aren't bug free as well and this adds up later on, right? Quote ___♥___ | | | | | | Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loukash Posted December 2, 2022 Share Posted December 2, 2022 2 hours ago, BennyD said: Yes, I'm aware Oh, I remember that thread. Indeed, it's slightly annoying – to put it mildly – that it still hasn't been fixed.(Although, frankly, I don't think that your rather aggresive tone here will help the case.) Anyway… The easiest workaround that does export as spot color would be: make all your pixel layers which you want to be in spot color as K100 black switch to Publisher Layer > Convert To Image Resource context toolbar > K Only apply the spot swatch as Fill export either from APu or from APh, that doesn't make a difference now Works as intended, with "overprint" as well. Double checked plates in Acrobat. That's currently in v1, as I'm not at my v2 installation at the moment. Unless anything else has been broken in v2, it should work about the same. NotMyFault 1 Quote MacBookAir 15": MacOS Ventura > Affinity v1, v2, v2 beta // MacBookPro 15" mid-2012: MacOS El Capitan > Affinity v1 / MacOS Catalina > Affinity v1, v2, v2 beta // iPad 8th: iPadOS 16 > Affinity v2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BennyD Posted December 2, 2022 Author Share Posted December 2, 2022 52 minutes ago, loukash said: (Although, frankly, I don't think that your rather aggresive tone here will help the case.) Anyway… Hey @loukash, sorry I didn't want to be aggressive. Yes, I feel annoyed and that's what I wanted to signalize as well as that i don't understand what the motivation is not to focus on bug fixing. And by the way thanks again for summarizing the workflow. I've learned the best way for me is to export the channels as PNG and fill them in Publisher with the spot color. But again, all this is quirky and could be done real better. loukash and debraspicher 2 Quote ___♥___ | | | | | | Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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