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8. You can create a flood layer in the same way by selecting the entire workspace (Select All) and
then add the spot channel as described above. The example below shows what your workspace
may look like with a 50% and 100% flood fill. If you need to see your image for editing purposes,
simply turn off the visibility of the Spot Channel.
[57] Flood 50 PSD
9. In some cases, it may be easier to select the area in which you don't want any white ink data and
then select the inverse.
[59] Select
10. It is also possible to edit the spot channel much as you would any other data in a PhotoShop
document, making use of such tools as the Eraser.
11. Save your image as a either a TIFF or PSD format file (see the points below to determine the best
format).
[61] Save with Spot Option
• If you intend to use this file in a vector-based program such as Illustrator, save it as a .PSD file
in order for all channel information to be carried over. The white spot colour is printed in the
order it appears in the Channels palette, with the spot channel printing underneath CMYK data.
However, when exported as a .PSD to Illustrator, this data will appear above the image data.
This is the correct format protocol for Illustrator.
[58] Flood 100 PSD
[60] Select Inverse
Chapter 7 - Manage a White Ink Workflow
Create Spot Data in Photoshop
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