Expert: Glen Demers - 4/21/2009

Question
Hi,
 I am donig an Annual Report for a company who wants only two colours in their design green and orange...the last time i did a design on a 2 tone colour i found out from the prnting company that all the fonts and designs were in full colour...how do i setup up my design so that i am just working with 2 colours...and not all full colour output...thankyou.

Answer
Hi Sowane,

I would urge you to do the typesetting and layout in an application designed for that, such as QuarkXpress, InDesign or PageMaker. That being said I would define the two spot colors in Photoshop exactly the same as those in your layout application.

The only way to save two color graphics out of Photoshop is as Doutones saved as .eps files or as multi-channel graphics saved as single file DCS 2.0 files. Check with your printer to see what they can accept.

Hope this helps,
Glen Demers
Adobe Certified Expert, Photoshop 7
Prepress Technician, Best Printing Online
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