Adobe 29500007 - Creative Suite 3 Design Premium Manual page 15

Shared swatches
You can define color swatches in
InDesign, Illustrator, or Photoshop,
and then exchange those swatches
across these components. This not only
promotes visual consistency across all
design elements, but also ensures
that all colors contain the same custom
process or spot colors. All members
of your design team can consistently
use these swatches.
You can create an .ase (Adobe Swatch
Exchange) file to load in other applications,
and transfer it to others on your team.
1 Create a set of swatches, and choose
Save Swatches for Exchange from
the Swatches panel menu. Name the file,
and click Save.
swatches panel menu
2
The .ase file containing your swatches
is saved to the Presets > Swatches folder
of the Creative Suite component where
it originated.
3 To import the swatches in another
application, choose Load or Open
Swatches from the Swatches panel menu,
locate the .ase file in Presets > Swatches
where it was saved, and click Load/Open.
To share the swatches with your team,
copy the .ase file to your server, where
everyone can access a copy, or e-mail it
to team members working remotely.
Tips for successful color workflow
• Synchronize color settings in Bridge
at the start of the project.
• Keep Color Management turned on
in all Creative Suite components.
• Exchange color swatches across
components to maintain consistency
in projects.
• Turn on Overprint Preview on in
Illustrator, InDesign, and Acrobat
when previewing the final file.
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