Vernon @ M&M Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 Hi All Could somebody point me in the right direction for knocking out a solid bk logo over a pantone colour for print purposes cheers Vernon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toltec Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 What program, and have you set the Pantone colour as a Spot colour ? Quote Windows PCs. Photo and Designer, latest non-beta versions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vernon @ M&M Posted August 18, 2017 Author Share Posted August 18, 2017 It's Designer and it says Global 3 (Pantone 1595) and spot - it's a solid red with a 100% black crown on top, bit in Indesign I'm showing 100% 1595 and bk in the separation preview Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeW Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 You need to go about this one of two ways. I would generally make a copy of the logo, then subtract the one logo black logo from the background. I would then add a 0.25" stroke to the background using the desired spot color. Then place the second logo on top of it so as to have the black logo overlapping that hole perfectly. This provides a bit of a trap where the black will by nature overprint that 0.25" outline. The second method creates a kiss fit, which is something that will show up with the slightest mis-registration. To do this, simply place the logo on the background, and when you export the PDF for printing, click on the More button and uncheck the Black Overprints checkbox. I attached an ever so simple file. The top version uses method #1, the bottom you need to uncheck the indicated checkbox for it to work. You can check the results in Acrobat. But if you use the first method, you need to leave the checkbox checked. Mike untitled.afdesign Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vernon @ M&M Posted August 18, 2017 Author Share Posted August 18, 2017 Excellent, I went for the second option - unchecking in the pdf and it worked perfectly, but I'll attempt the other version as the trap would help the minder - me!! cheers for all your help and so wonderfully swift Vernon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeW Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 Your welcome, Vernon. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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