The 3rd session looked at using colour as well as preparing artwork for print in InDesign. The colour palette used in Illustrator and Photoshop is mimicked in this application for ease of transferring artwork from one to another. Importing graphics such as photoshop duotones will also transfer the colours used for duotone into the colour palette. This means we can then use these colours to create a layout and ensure the design will always be a two colour print.
To place imagery from photoshop to InDesign the file type best suited to the task is either .tif or .psd both of which are suitable for print design. To place imagery from Illustrator the filetypes are .ai or .eps which both work perfectly well.
For photoshop files, there are a number of outcomes to consider such as files size, colour mode, resolution and of course the file format/filetype. Illustrator is more flexible however. The resolution, size of the graphic do not make a difference as Illustrator is a vector based design application.
During the session I also discovered how to set up overprinting using either transparency settings or the overprint attribute box. Shown in this post is an example of overprinting.
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