HOW TO SET UP A COLORED METALLIC PRINTING FILE
With our Colored Metallics, you can make any CYMK color or full color image into a metallic color. ALL COLORED METALLICS MUST BE CREATED IN PHOTOSHOP.
STEP ONE:
After creating your design, select what you would like to be metallic with the magic wand or selection tool. Make sure when you make your selection, you only select the area that you want metallic. This system WILL NOT WORK ON GRADIENTS so do not include them in your
selection. The Words COLORED METALLICS can NOT be made into colored metallic because it is a blend....
STEP TWO:
After your selection is made, go to the channels palette, then the channels menu, and select "NEW SPOT CHANNEL"....
When the "NEW SPOT CHANNEL" window shows up make sure your settings show SPOT CHANNEL OPTIONS (give name your want to call it such as "colored metallic channel"). Under "ink characteristics", color should be set to: cyan (C) 0%, magenta (M) 0%, yellow (Y) 0%, black (K) 100%. Solidity should be set to 100%.
STEP THREE:
Once your channel has been set and saved, you will have black parts indicating what will be metallic and white parts will be printed as a normal CYMK. Save your file as a "Photoshop DCS 2.0" file. Make sure format options are:
Preview: Macintosh (8 bits/pixel)
Single file DCS, no composite
Encoding: Binary Include halftone screen checked
The extension for this file will be .EPS.
REMEMBER: COLORED METALLICS WORK BETTER WITH LIGHTER COLORS.
Please Note: We cannot guarantee any color matching.... Our alchemists have been working very hard to help you create advertising, sales and marketing literature stands out and gets noticed. That's right, I said alchemists. We can think of no better way to describe our new WOW FACTOR COLORED METALLICS. By combining metallic silver ink which is made with microscopic bits of aluminum and adding standard 4 color process color combinations you can make metallic gold, bronze, brass and about 600 other color combinations
to create spectacular metallic effects. If you think this process is very expensive- you'd be wrong. We print your card with a turnaround time of 5-7 working days on gang runs. This way you are only paying for the space on the press you need for the size card you are printing. Our equipment is all state of the art and you can expect brilliant color printing. Make your printed cards stand out from the crowd with these colored metallics that create dynamic effects and help generate a must-have appeal.
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