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gstarnyc · #1 (**permalink**) 04-04-2007, 06:08 AM

Not sure if this belongs here or in Indesign. Having trouble with this one. I've done cmyk with spot plate jobs in photoshop saving the file as a DCS 1.0 file type which gives me a file with an eps extension that I can place into InDesign for color seperation purposes. When I check the color seperation in InDesign, both cmyk and spot plates show up.

Now I need to make a Duotone with a spot plate. In Indesign I should see three pms colors on my color seps palette. When I try to make a duotone and use a spot plate, the DSC option does not come up. I can only save as Photoshop, eps, large document format, pdf, photoshop 2 and raw. None of these files when imported into Indesign give me the spot plate in Indesign.

Does anyone know how to make a duotone with a spot channel and save it in a format that will work with InDesign???

beermonster · #2 (**permalink**) 04-04-2007, 06:34 AM

yep

in photoshop - 2 new spot chanels - one for each colour - paste whatever image you need for each colour onto it's appropriate colour channel - save as ".psd"

#3 (**permalink**) 04-04-2007, 06:35 AM

If you want 3 spot plates to come in to INDD - it's got to be a Tri-Tone.
Duotone only has 2 channels.
Save it as PSD and all should be well.

beermonster · #4 (**permalink**) 04-04-2007, 06:42 AM

so - if i wanted say 15 colours - whats the "...tone" for that - like - zillionacolourstone or summat :lol:

#5 (**permalink**) 04-04-2007, 06:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by beermonster

so - if i wanted say 15 colours - whats the "...tone" for that - like - zillionacolourstone or summat :lol:

oh yea - that's a pentapentapenta-tone!
:P :P :P

gstarnyc · #6 (**permalink**) 04-04-2007, 06:54 AM

sorry...still not working...maybe I need to explain more.

I have a photo of person that i want to be the duotone (i.e. black ink and grey ink). The bac ground I want to be a spotplate of pms red. The red will only be in the background. The suggestion of using a tritone will not work. The suggestions here using a psd file when imported into indesign loses the spotplate and only has the duotone colors represented..

Cory · #7 (**permalink**) 04-04-2007, 07:11 AM

Could you copy the channels from your duotone into a new multichannel file? that would give you the duotone and the ability to control your 3rd channel.

#8 (**permalink**) 04-04-2007, 07:11 AM

DCS 2.0 - Single file - color composite. Saved as EPS.
That should do it.

Here it is in INDD w/ spots

I gotta ask - why a blk & gray duotone?

jimking · #9 (**permalink**) 04-04-2007, 07:14 AM

What you could do is take the duotone and create a clipping path of the forground and save. Reopen the original duo and create a clipping path of the background and convert to a grayscale and save as a tiff. Bring the grayscale tiff into your document, select it and choose the color you want it to be in your swatch pallet. Then bring in your duotone using the same exact x and y coordinance as the colored tif. Make sure the clipping path in the duo is active and you should have a 3 spot color pic with a different colored background.

gstarnyc · #10 (**permalink**) 04-04-2007, 07:40 AM

Why black ang grey duotone? Usually I would just do a cmky b/w image which will give me better/richer quality but I'm working on packaging and on reprints their is two much of a tendency for the color to shift. Sometimes old product is on the shelf with new product. Doing a duotone helps regulate this issue while giving a richer print job.