Prepressforums.com - Photoshop image with spot channel into Illustrator CS2

whiskey22 · #1 (**permalink**) 01-27-2006, 09:05 AM

Does anyone know how I can get a multichannel photoshop file with a spot channel into Illustrator CS2? I have a client that uses spot channels quite a bit but always used Illustrator 8 and it was fine. Now, they want to use CS2 but CS2 won't let you place an image with a spot channel. FYI, opening the file in Indesign is not an option, per the client.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Markbo · #2 (**permalink**) 01-27-2006, 10:14 AM

IlyCS2 will let you place a Photoshop DCS2, however you get a warning message when doing so, and it seem to convert everything to 4CP.

I suggest you have them save PSD's instead. I have not had a problem placing multichannel PSD's into Illustrator.

David · #3 (**permalink**) 01-27-2006, 10:32 AM

I just tried it and I get the exact opposite.

I can place (into Illy CS2) and print out a dcs2.0 eps file with 5 channels but I cannot place a multichannel .psd file (unsupported format error).

???

whiskey22 · #4 (**permalink**) 01-27-2006, 10:52 AM

ok, I SWEAR that earlier today I was NOT able to place a multichannel DCS 2.0 file into Illustrator and now I can. Time to hit the bar I think.

So, I can place the DCS 2.0 file into Illustrator, but my rip error's out saying it can't find the spot channel plate Pantone 265 CVC..... blah bllah blah.

zimmy · #5 (**permalink**) 01-27-2006, 11:00 AM

Did you print seperations or composite?
You have to print seps for DCS2 to work properly.

David · #6 (**permalink**) 01-27-2006, 11:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zimmy

Did you print seperations or composite?
You have to print seps for DCS2 to work properly.

yeah, what he said.

that's how I did mine.

whiskey22 · #7 (**permalink**) 01-27-2006, 11:17 AM

I'm not printing out of Illustrator. I have Rampage, so I eps it out then drop the eps into my rip (Rampage)

zimmy · #8 (**permalink**) 01-27-2006, 11:26 AM

You better call RAMPAGE then,I doubt it can handle a DCS2.

whiskey22 · #9 (**permalink**) 01-27-2006, 11:44 AM

Well, I think their new version, which we will be getting in the next couple weeks, will be able to handle it. It can handle Illustrator 8 files with placed DCS2.0 files, cause I've done about 500 of them over the last few years. I don't know what CS2 is doing different to them that Illus 8 didn't do.

Thanks for all your input on this!

one_mack · #10 (**permalink**) 01-27-2006, 12:24 PM

You could have use the search function.

Here is one tread I wrote in the Tips/Tricks/Knowledgebase

Get rid of Photoshop DCS 1 or 2 and use PSD's for spot colors in Illustrator CS2