Convert CMYK to Pantone Video by VectorTuts (1)
Published on June 15th, 2010. By The Taddict, under General, Videos.
Have you ever had to go through the rigorous task of searching for a spot color to match your CMYK colors? If so here is a nice little two minute video on how to convert CMYK to Pantone© colors. This is a simple but detailed video tutorial for beginners in Adobe Illustrator CS4. It should benefit you the next time you need to send a design to your printer and are having a tough time making the color conversion.
Thanks to VectorTuts for the cool vid!
skatimmy737 on June 29th, 2010
Great tips. Though some screen printers would have to shoot separate plates for the halftone orange. Another solution would be to convert the halftone to a fulltone stipple (or pixelate color halftone) or a lined effect to create the illusion of a lighter hue.