There is no way convert current colour to spot colour? again all apps.

[MxHeppa]

There is no way convert current colour to spot colour? i know add global colour where i can do spot colours but if i have allready perfect no avail at least i dont know how.

[Old Bruce]

Use the little Hamburger/Sandwich menu on the swatches panel and choose Add Global Colour then you'll get a little dialog where you can name the colour, use the Eye Dropper to choose the colour from anywhere if desired and check the Spot and or Overprint check boxes. Rather convoluted but it does work.

[firstdefence]

Missing the easy path for sure. Right click and create spot from Fill, It already has Create global from fill but I would have thought Create Spot from Fill would be an easy add?

[MxHeppa]

2 hours ago, Old Bruce said:

Use the little Hamburger/Sandwich menu on the swatches panel and choose Add Global Colour then you'll get a little dialog where you can name the colour, use the Eye Dropper to choose the colour from anywhere if desired and check the Spot and or Overprint check boxes. Rather convoluted but it does work.

Thank you seems work when document is cmyk. at least values stay cmyk. makes me wonder how factory pantone colour values are stored. i mean colour space.

[thomaso]

7 hours ago, MxHeppa said:

makes me wonder how factory pantone colour values are stored. i mean colour space.

Apparently as RGB – while 'Bridge' & 'CMYK' palettes are in both, rgb + cmyk.

– By the way, it seems you can create a custom spot colour palette by a .csv file. Here is an article (german) + HKS palette for Affinity:
https://xag.info/hks-fuer-affinity-designer/HKS-palette-in-Affinity-Designer/

[MxHeppa]

To be SRGB more exact. and now we need be exactly exact. and i found solution thing what i tried archive. saddly this HSK palette not have silver and gold when i looked. and luckilky at machine dewerloper says spot colour name is only mattersn ot hue how is showed in monitor.

 

[MxHeppa]

To keep colour to exact picker is not option as not know if some colouhr what we see display is pantone showed as rgb or rgb colour. but moving values by hand is solution but not nice. i made test card (what i going print someday) if all goes well with some other test cards. print mean using company and some elements meaned be gold (xerox igen series gold one).