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Recolor clipart for use in InDesign spot color layouts
I made a thread about this a month ago and no one could find the true answer. I googled for answers too with no results. I was really confused about why you can do it in Quark and even Publisher, but not in InDesign, Anyhow, here is a tutorial on how to recolor clipart for use in spot color layouts, all without flattening and keeping the vector data.
If you choose a WMF file I recommend doing the following...
A) Paste clipart in Publisher
B) Copy clipart from Publisher, this step seems to make the data import to Illustrator a lot cleaner
1) Paste clipart in Illustrator
2) Save as PDF
3) Open in Acrobat
4) Open Enfocus Pitstop, Show Inspector (Alt+Ctrl+I)
5) Select All (CTRL+A) in the file, to select all of the clipart
6) Color Tab --> Fill Color --> Spot Color
7) Choose your spot color, click OK, watch it get recolored!
8) Save PDF
9) Open PDF in Illustrator, note the correct color swatch
10) Save as AI
11) Import into InDesign
12) Rejoice
This is going to make my life a lot easier. I hope it helps you guys too.
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