How To Create Spot Data With The Spot Layer Tool - Oce Arizona 200 GT User Manual

How to Create Spot Data with the Spot Layer Tool

How to Create Spot Data with the Spot Layer Tool
Introduction
In this section, you'll learn how to access and set up the Spot Layer Tool. The tool provides
a variety of options for generation of spot layers, and you may want to explore them with
a sample file of your own to familiarize yourself with the functionality. Remember that
any actions you set for this tool will only work successfully when used in conjunction
with properly constructed layers. The tool is located in Preflight on the Color Correction
tab.
The Spot Layer Tool provides options for generating spot layers for your image in Pro-
ductionHouse rather than in image editing programs such as Illustrator or Photoshop.
The tool has many advanced options and this section will explain them so that you can
set them up to best achieve your desired results. The tool options and settings to use it
for white spot data creation are listed here and are followed by instructions to access the
tool.
The Spot Layer Tool Provides These Options:
Generation Options - Set Media
Set media color is optional and serves two purposes:
If you want to preview the media color in Preflight, you can set the media color either
from the image or from the color dialog menu.
If you have areas in your image that use the media color and you want that color to
be handled with special consideration. For example; if you want the media color from
the image to show through the design, you must first define your fill options, then set
the media color and define the Media Color Handling Options as either "Spot
Knockout" or "Full Knockout".
Note:
The generation options are used in combination with the fill options, except when the
media color handling is set to "No Knockout". If you want to use the Spot Layer Tool
to create flood fills, underlay fills or mask fills it is not always necessary to set a mask or
media color to get the desired results.
To set the media color: Click the sample box to activate the color picker or use the drop
down arrow to access the Color Dialog menu.
Generation Options - Set Mask
The mask allows you to determine the area that you wish to print with white ink. Setting
the mask color is optional. The default mask color is white so if white is the color you
want to mask, then setting this is not a required step. If the image you are printing contains
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