Import PDF with spot channels

Is there a way to import a pdf with spot colors into photoshop, so that a spot channel is made for each spot color? (Instead of converting them to cmyk)
Maybe if I could find a way to export every spot color from the 'output preview' as a different pdf, then it would be possible by manually importing them into photoshop. And I guess that would be scriptable.
Any suggestions?
Thanks!

Images with spot colors created by Photoshop and saved as PSD, reopen in Photoshop without problem.
If you have an existing PDF file that you need to edit, go back to the original design file in the original design program to manipulate the separate inks/channels.

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CS5 Misinterprets Layered PSDs with Spot Channels

I haven't seen this mentioned yet; if you routinely use layered Photoshop files with spot channels, and might be opening older files into CS5 be warned that CS5 appears to misinterpret the tonal values in the spot channels of these documents.
Steps to reproduce:
Create a layered CMYK PSD file with one or more spot channels, and make sure that this file contains halftones on the spot channel(s), not all solid coverage.
Flatten the image and save a copy.
Place both images into Illustrator CS5. Notice that the spot channel(s) in the layered version appears much lighter than the flattened version (which matches the original image), and will output lighter as well.The CMYK channels display and output correctly.
Repeat the test with CS4. Both versions of the image will place and output identically from Illustrator.
Not sure what's going on here, but the only workaround I can find is to flatten the image. This could prove very dangerous when opening CS4 files that were set up this way into CS5, especially if the user is not familiar with how the file is supposed to look (prepress operators, etc.).
[Tested using CS5 and CS4, Mac OS X 10.6.x and Windows Vista.]
Additional info 3:39pm: if you start with a flattened image and add layers, retaining the Background layer, this issue does not occur. It is only if the PSD is "fully layered" with no flattened Background layer.

I don't actually see this but you
mention this happens with older files and I do not have any older files
like this so I really can't say.
No, this is with new documents created in CS5 as well. I referred to older files as they are my biggest concern -- if an older file was set up like this, with layered images containing spot channels, they are going to open and output different from CS5. And the likelihood of this going through to production without being caught is not insignificant. (These could be older files we have on backup that we're processing for a reorder, or from a customer who is using an older version of Illustrator...)
But I do like the idea that when you import a
photoshop with spot channels in CS 5 the spot channels are treated as
separate objects in the layers panel, rather than one collective object
like in CS 4. And that the spot color is properly set to multiply.
That is actually pretty neat, I hadn't noticed that (since we always link our images, rarely do we embed them). I'm not sure that Multiply mode shouled change the image data like this, and I'm also not sure how the file is handled by AI when it's linked... so I grabbed our film exposure bar and brought it into CS5 four ways (embedded / layered, embedded / flat, linked / layered and linked / flat) to test all variations.
The results are the same no matter how the file is placed; the spot content in the layered file is lighter across the board than the file, and the flattened version is correct.
(The forum resricts the size of attached images, and the resized image of the full test is a little difficult to see. I posted a second one below that, which is a close-up of a layered and flattened image showing the differences in the spot color data -- the lighter one is from the layered file, and is significantly altered from the original file.)

Problem with spot channels when importing PSD into AI CS3

tried the Windows forum, and adobe tech support in The Netherlands. Hopefully someone here can help.
b Problem description:
I make spot colour separations of full colour artwork by using the index separation method in Photoshop. This creates several spot color channels in my PSD file.
Normally I just place this PSD file in Illustrator CS2, and when I embed the file Illustrator makes objects of the spot channels. I can change the colors of these objects and delete them etc.
Now with Illustrator CS3 when I import and embed a PSD file it just creates one object called "Spot Color Image". I can no longer adjust or delete separate spot channels.
Maybe there is another way to achieving this but I cannot find it myself. Without this method Illustrator CS3 has become useless for me.

Hi again, I did the same, and I see what you mean. The original image is an image, the channels are separate objects for me, but the original image isn't different channels.
I found this in the Help file:
Spot colors (up to 31 spot channels per file) import as a single N‑Channel raster image, which is placed over the process color image. The spot colors are added to the swatches panel as custom colors with the same name as in Photoshop. Imported spot colors separate correctly.
Will think some more. Not sure what to suggest. Someone must have an answer to help you.

Photoshop images with spot channels in Indesign CS6 (layout question)

I've got an Indesign CS6 layout that will have a spot varnish when it goes to press. Right now I've got a layout with psd files that have spot channels in them that will be used for the spot varnish.
My question is, in Indesign when I'm laying this out should I have one layer with all the psd artwork (with no spot channels) and then a layer on top of that with the psd files with the psd layers turned off with the spot channel showing? I want to make this easy to print in the office so by doing it this way I could just turn the spot layer off and print.
Will this work for the printer?
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Besides the obvious extra work of tracking 2 images, there would be potential problems if the images needs to be scaled and moved, and you would have to assume people downstream would know what's going on—should the layer be on or off?
I would double check with the current printer—they should know the only way to view a spot is via Sep or Output preview by turning CMYK off—magenta could just as easily be process as spot.
Take a closer look at the Alias method. Here it is with your magenta defined SPOT VARNISH.
With SPOT VARNISH set as No Alias in Ink Manager and with Overprint turned on:
And with an additional spot color defined as white named CLEAR VARNISH. When you need to print in house alias SPOT VARNISH to CLEAR VARNISH and check Simulate Overprint in the Print dialog. You can get to Ink Manger via the Print>Output dialog or Swatches panel:
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We can import pdf in indesign either using plaacemultiplefile script or using place submenu under file menu but both of them import pdf as graphic object and lost its all hyperlink. no doubt when i again export its as pdf than hyperlink are there as it is but when i export it as HTML,IDML or other format than than all hyperlink are lost so is there any way to maintain this if no than is there any way to write some new script utilities which will do the same .one solution i think is first convert pdf into docx and than import it as docx indesign import it as text frame and maintain all hyperlink but in this process pdf file lost its some formating while converting it into docx .

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Convert PDF Document to PDF with Spot Color

I want to convert a regular PDF document with RGB/CMYK color profile to one with Spot color. Can this be done using Acrobat X Pro, if so How?

Hi Steve
I am still working on the process to automate the conversion of PDF file with RGB color profile to Spot.
I am nearly there, here is the method...
1. Have a prefight profile with the spot color fixes. For now I put in 10 colors.
2. Wrote a Javascript that will invoke the preflight profile
3. Cretated an application (AutoSpotFix) in VC++ and Acrobat SDK that will open the document and assign the javascript function to 'WillSave' document action. The AutoSpotFix will then trigger the save on the document.
Java script had to be involved because SDK cannot invoke the preflight profile.
Now my problem is the document can contain any spot color, I need to
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Exporting pdf with spot colour

Hi, Im having trouble exporting a pdf with a spot colour from ID. Just one part of my logo is showing as thicker once its exported. I can place in the exact same artwork but using a CYMK colour and the thick shape doesnt show. does any one know why this is happening? Im placing an ai. file.

I'm not convinced that has anything to do with the presence of a spot color. Assuming you are viewing the PDF in Acrobat (or Reader), have a look at your Page Display preferences under Rendering. If "Enhance thin lines" is ticked, un-tick it and see if that makes the thick I go away.

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I don't know the answer to your question.
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http://www.mrfilmbiz.com/
the walkon... could have had other action (like Flash artwork) going on in the background... but that may not really be what you are looking for.
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masterys wrote:
> Is there a difference between the way that the Windows
and Mac versions of
> Flash 8 Pro handle alpha channels on .bmp files? We are
working with a .fla
> that was created in the Windows version of Flash 8, but
we are editing it with
> the Mac version. When we import the .bmp files that we
made on our Mac, the
> alpha channels don't show up. But the same .bmp files
that were imported with
> the Windows version do display their alpha channels. We
had to change the
> format to .tif in order to avoid "losing" the alpha
channel. Can anyone shed
> any light on this? Thanks!
>

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Is there a difference between the way that the Windows and
Mac versions of Flash 8 Pro handle alpha channels on .bmp files? We
are working with a .fla that was created in the Windows version of
Flash 8, but we are editing it with the Mac version. When we import
the .bmp files that we made on our Mac, the alpha channels don't
show up. But the same .bmp files that were imported with the
Windows version do display their alpha channels. We had to change
the format to .tif in order to avoid "losing" the alpha channel.
Can anyone shed any light on this? Thanks!

Use PNG-24.
Chris Georgenes
Animator
http://www.mudbubble.com
http://www.keyframer.com
Adobe Community Expert
*\^^/*
(OO)
<---->
masterys wrote:
> Is there a difference between the way that the Windows
and Mac versions of
> Flash 8 Pro handle alpha channels on .bmp files? We are
working with a .fla
> that was created in the Windows version of Flash 8, but
we are editing it with
> the Mac version. When we import the .bmp files that we
made on our Mac, the
> alpha channels don't show up. But the same .bmp files
that were imported with
> the Windows version do display their alpha channels. We
had to change the
> format to .tif in order to avoid "losing" the alpha
channel. Can anyone shed
> any light on this? Thanks!
>

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LD_logo_3d_horizontals.png

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Yeah, that used to be a problem, and it's not the file format but the color book resolution code that is broken.
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There may be another way to do this but I have accomplished
what you are trying to do by saving the image in photoshop as a png
24 and then importing that to the stage are in your flash file,
this will save the file without having to use a matte and preserve
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Error import pdf with indesign

Bonjour,
Je fais des pdf avec un logiciel de dessin (Topsolid 7.8) + PDF creator.
Ensuite j'essaye de les importer sur Indesign pour faire un montage de documentation.
Certain pdf s'ouvre et d'autre non.
J'aimerais bien connaitre la différence entre les deux fichiers.
Ce qui fait que l'un fonctionne et l' autre non.
A qui puis je envoyer mes deux fichiers pdf pour qu'ils soit analysé ?
Bien cordialement

Je suis assez d'accord avec vous. C'est pourquoi je me suis tourné chez topsolid en premier.
Mais la on stagne un peu dans nos recherche sur le problème et on aurait besoin d'indices supplémentaires.
Voici un lien de téléchargement avec un fichier qui s'ouvre et un autre qui ne s'ouvre pas avec indesign :
Téléchargerhttps://www.wetransfer.com/downloads/e448a84698d671bf1affc9f6bee298ac20140626114756/d6208f 0bb69bc7a13113a654397b5bbb20140626114756/03d814
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