Manage Color Plates

Manage Color Plates in Adobe Photoshop — with two ready prompts: the immediate one, and the one that makes it stick. 1 real situation leads here.

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The moments that lead here

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Decide on color separations and prepare the files so the printer gets accurate CMYK plates.

2 ready prompts

Written for the moment this actually comes up.

Execute — do the immediate task

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Decide on color separations and prepare files so the printer gets accurate CMYK plates, convert art…
Decide on color separations and prepare files so the printer gets accurate CMYK plates, convert art to the press profile, and export plate-ready PDFs with proper trapping and spot color notes.

Improve — make it easier to accept

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Prevent plate errors by delivering a print package with clear separation specs: include individual…
Prevent plate errors by delivering a print package with clear separation specs: include individual CMYK previews, a PDF showing spot color names and percentages, a trapping summary, and a checklist confirming total ink limits and the printer's required profile and trapping tolerances.

Who does this, and with what

The same task is different work inside a different job.

Desktop PublisherAdobe PhotoshopAdobe InDesignalso: Prepare CMYK Separationsalso: Set Print-Ready Files

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Every task here came from the work, not from a feature list — which is why the prompts name what you want done and never the button that does it. The tool changes; the work does not.
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