Adobe Ch 17 Notes Having Fun with Color

Add Spot Color to an Image Used to add or colorize an area on a grayscale image Used to add spot color to any image that allows multiple channels

Using an alpha channel to create the spot color 1.Click on Channels 2.Click on the alpha channel that you want to use to apply the spot color in the palette to select it 3.Click on load channel as selection 4.Click on the Channels palette menu button 5.Click on New Spot Channel 6.Type a name for the channel in the Name Text Box

Using an Alpha Channel to create the Spot Color cont... 7.Click on the Color box. This opens the Color Picker 8.Click on a color in the narrow band of colors near middle of dialog box. 9.Click on a color in the Select Spot Color box. 10.Click OK 11. Make a new entry in the Solidity text box, if needed.

Using an Alpha Channel to create the Spot Color cont Click on OK. The New Spot Channel dialog box will close, finishing the spot color channel. 13.Click on the composite channel in the Channels palette. (The image will reappear in the image window) 14.Click on the Visibility button (eye icon) beside the spot channel so that the icon appears in it. The spot color will appear in the image. 15.To Print with the spot color you MUST convert the image to RGB or CMYK color. (If you don’t convert the image still prints gray.

Steps to Creating a Duotone Image Click on Image Click on Mode Click on Duotone Click on down arrow beside the Type drop-down list, click on Duotone in the list (The second ink color will be come active for the image) Click on the white Ink 2 box to open custom colors

Steps to Creating a Duotone Image cont... Click on a color in the narrow band of colors near the middle of the dialog box. Click on a color in the list at the left side of the dialog box. Click OK Type a color plate name in the Ink 2 text box (Enter cyan, magenta or yellow) Click on OK Click on Image Click on Mode Click on Multichannel

Steps to Creating a Duotone Image cont... Click on the color channel to preview in the Channels palette. (Photoshop will display the ink areas to be printed with that color in the image window.) Click on Edit Click on Undo Multichannel (Photoshop removes the multichannel mode and redisplays the single duotone color channel.

Making a Sepia Image You work in the opposite direction when you create a Sepia image, working from a color image to one that appears more like a creamy brown grayscale.