Recolor clipart for use in InDesign spot color layouts v.CS3

[sauce]

I made a thread about this once before. It flamed until page 4. I'd like to reopen discussion since Adobe Illustrator CS3 has a new feature that may help us. I just don't know how to use it well. Its called Color Guide (Shift+F3). I easily recolored a piece of clipart to 100% of a Pantone color, but I haven't figured out how to get tints yet. I have a feeling its possible. Anyone wanna give it a shot?

Original thread: http://www.prepressforums.com/ftopic...orderasc-.html

[Sparky]

Sauce, sorry if I miss directed this, but Your Title says InDesign and your post says Illustrator?

Just wanted to be clear.
S

[prepress_brillance_43]

Originally Posted by Sparky

Sauce, sorry if I miss directed this, but Your Title says InDesign and your post says Illustrator?

Just wanted to be clear.
S

I think he said it the way he did because he's talking about recoloring the clip art in Illustrator for use in an Indesign layout.

Sauce, I would be more than interested in checking it out, but no CS3 yet..

[sauce]

Originally Posted by Sparky

Sauce, sorry if I miss directed this, but Your Title says InDesign and your post says Illustrator?

Just wanted to be clear.
S

Maybe I shouldn't have put InDesign in the subject line. I don't mind where you put it, as long as we figure out how to recolor clipart for spot color while retaining tint values

[jctremblay]

Select All, go to Edit Menu > Edit Color and choose recolor preset 1 color... In the dialog that pop choose your desired Pantone library. You can leave the recoloring option as is, tint will be preserved by default. In the assign tab, you can double-click the color swuare to choose a specific Pantone number. Give that a try... their is nothing like doing it yourself to learn.. ;-)

[zimmy]

I recently atennded a short seminar on Illy CS3 and recall something
along the lines of RECOLOR ART. Look up recolor under the help menu
in CS3 and see if that's what your wanting.

[sauce]

Originally Posted by jctremblay

Select All, go to Edit Menu > Edit Color and choose recolor preset 1 color... In the dialog that pop choose your desired Pantone library. You can leave the recoloring option as is, tint will be preserved by default. In the assign tab, you can double-click the color swuare to choose a specific Pantone number. Give that a try... their is nothing like doing it yourself to learn.. ;-)

8O wow

Thanks!

[sauce]

I blogged this tip, too:

http://notamused.org/blog/2007/06/19...lustrator-cs3/