How to Create Spot Colors in Photoshop
Adobe Photoshop is the vanguard of graphics editing programs, and is used by beginners and professionals alike. You can create or manipulate any image to match your wildest imagination with this software. But having done so, you need to make sure your hard work survives its journey through the printing process just as you conceptualized it. One of the ways to do this is to create a spot-color profile.
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Creating Spot Colors in Photoshop
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Open Adobe Photoshop and bring up your image by selecting "File -> Open" from the Control menu and locating it on your computer.
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Make a selection of the area of the image you wish to apply a spot color to using one of the selection tools (Pen, Magic Wand, Lasso, etc.)
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Select the "Channels" palette at the right of the canvas. If it does not appear there, select "Window -> Channels" from the control menu. Select the panel drop-down from the upper right of the Channels palette and select "New Spot Channel."
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Click the "Color" swatch and select the color you wish to create as a spot color. Click OK and the spot color will be created and applied to your selection.
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Save your image.
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