Adobe Community: Need to print placed halftone in PMS color?

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1. Steve Werner,

Sep 1, 2011 8:49 PM in reply to kcrossley

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Make sure the TIF image has no transparency. Add your Pantone (PMS) color to the Swatches panel. Select image with the Direct Selection tool (or in IDCS5 or 5.5 choose the Content Grabber donut) and click the Pantone swatch.

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2. kcrossley,

Sep 1, 2011 9:38 PM in reply to Steve Werner

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Thanks. That worked great. Unfortunately, my colored halftone looks pretty bad. What's the trick to getting great looking colored halftones?

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3. [Jongware],

Sep 2, 2011 1:23 AM in reply to kcrossley

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Use a great grayscale image to begin with.

Why does it look bad? If you followed the instructions, you should have the exact same grayscale image you started with, except instead of grays and blacks it shows your selected color.

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4. kcrossley,

Sep 2, 2011 4:13 AM in reply to [Jongware]

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I must be doing something wrong because all it looks like is a color layered overtop of the halftone.

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5. kcrossley,

Sep 2, 2011 4:15 AM in reply to kcrossley

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Yep. I just confirmed it by changing the color to black.

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6. kcrossley,

Sep 2, 2011 4:17 AM in reply to kcrossley

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Figured it out. I was selecting the image box, not the content. Thanks guys. I'm good to go.

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