How to import a spot color image in illustrator

when importing a sport color tiff created in photoshop to illustrator the spot color image is not getting imported properly.

kandasamy:
PSDs will do nicely, and remain editable as well. Don't quite know what you mean by spot color TIFF as spots are not supported in this format.
You should, however, be able to "paint" a grayscale tiff any spot you like in Illustrator.
J

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