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- [Voiceover] In this movie,

I'll show you how to work



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with and troubleshoot spot colors.



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And as you may recall, spot

colors are premixed inks



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that do not separate to

the process components



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cyan, magenta, yellow, and black.



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And so in the case of this logo,



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we're looking at a total

of three spot colors



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and nothing more.



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They all come to us

from the Pantone library



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and there's something that says you have



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to work with Pantone



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but Pantone is the closest thing there is



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to an international industry standard.



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And so just so you're familiar



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with what's going on here,



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the blue is set in Pantone 285,



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the greenish color is Pantone 325,



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and then the text is

set in Pantone Black 6.



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Now as you can see, I've got

my separations preview panel



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up on screen.



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And if you're not seeing yours,



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then you can go to the window menu



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and choose the separations

preview command.



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Problem is, I'm not seeing my inks



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and that's because I'm working inside



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of an RGB document.



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Now there's nothing

that says that you have



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to work in CMYK just

because you're commercially



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reproducing a document.



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In fact, it makes no difference whatsoever



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where spot colors are concerned



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because, after all, these spot

colors exist independently



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of CMYK, RGB, or any other color model.



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However, we're not gonna

be able to populate



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the separations preview panel in RGB



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so I'll go up to the file menu,



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choose Document Color Mode,



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and then choose CMYK color.



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And now you'll see your inks

listed here inside the panel.



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Now my case I can only

see the cyan, magenta,



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yellow, and black inks



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and that's because my

panel's not tall enough.



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So I'll go ahead and stretch it open



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like so and now you can see

the various spot colors.



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In order to gain access to them,



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I'll turn on the

Overprint Preview checkbox



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and I want you to notice how one



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of the inks disappeared and that's because



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I have this checkbox turned

on Show Used Spot Colors Only.



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If you turn that checkbox off,



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then you'll bring up

unused spot colors as well.



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That's not really what I wanted however



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so I'll go ahead and turn

that checkbox back on.



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Now note, if I turn off each

one of the Pantone colors here



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and just leave CMYK turned on



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I'm not gonna see anything



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because I'm not taking

advantage of the CMYK inks



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inside of this document.



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Now that's not always

going to be the case,



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you can mix spot colors along

with CMYK inks if you like,



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it just so happens I have not done this



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inside this particular document.



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Alright so I'm gonna

ahead and turn off CMYK,



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at least, I'd like to.



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Problem is, I can't turn it off



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when nothing else is turned on.



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So I'll just go ahead and

turn on Pantone Black 6 C



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and you can see that brings back the text.



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Then I'll turn off CMYK because after all,



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it's not making any difference here.



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And now I'll turn on Pantone 285



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and I want you to notice something.



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Where these very thin lines

around these edges right here



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and that is the genuine

problem, by the way.



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And we have a similar problem associated



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with the Pantone 325 plate.



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I'll go ahead and turn it on



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and then turn the blue plate 285



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off and now notice we have this thin line



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over here on the right-hand side



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and we also have another thin line,



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it's a little bit shorter,



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over here on the left-hand side.



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And so to take care of that,



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what I'm gonna do is press Control+0



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or Command+0 on a Mac to zoom out



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and I'll go ahead and

turn Pantone 285 back on.



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And then I'll just go

ahead and marquis this path



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and the problem, by the way,



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if I twirl open this solid color layer,



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here inside the layers panel,



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I've got a clipping group right there.



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And notice that that group

contains a big blue shape



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right there that's clipping

the greenish shape.



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And while that's generally

a great way to work,



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it's not serving our needs in this case



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so I'm gonna press the backspace key



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or the delete key on a Mac



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in order to get rid of that logo



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and then I'll turn on the

base shapes layer right here



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which contains my original path outlines.



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Problem is, I can't see as darn thing



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and that's because I have CMYK turned off



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so I'll go ahead and turn it back on



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and that way I can see these shapes



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that are currently set in black.



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And then I'll just go ahead

and marquis 'em like so



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and then I'll duplicate these

shapes by pressing the ALT key



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or the Option key on a Mac



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and I'll drag that purple square



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up to the solid colors layer like so



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and then I'll turn off

the base shapes layer



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in order to protect it.



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Alright now, if you're

working along with me,



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just go ahead and click off

the path to deselect them



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and then click on the rings,



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notice they're represented

by a compound path,



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and then Shift+click on the big circle.



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Now what we wanna do is

divide these paths apart



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using a pathfinder operation.



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And so, just to reduce the

screen clutter a little bit here,



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I'm gonna grab the Separations Preview tab



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and I'm gonna drag it and

drop it into this group



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down here at the bottom

of this column of icons.



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So as you can see, I've

gone ahead grouped the panel



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with the actions and links panel.



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Of course, you can go

your own way on that.



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Then, I'll go up to the Window menu



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and choose the PathFinder command



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to bring up the PathFinder panel.



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Now what you wanna do, just

keep things as tidy as possible,



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go ahead and click on

that fly out menu icon



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and choose PathFinder Options



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to bring up the PathFinder Options panel



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and then turn on both of the checkboxes



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both Remove Redundant Points



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and Divide and Outline Will

Remove Unpainted Artwork.



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Then, click Okay.



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And that's just going to

help get rid of the clutter.



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Next, you wanna divide these paths apart



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by clicking on the first

icon in the second row



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which is the Divide Operation.



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So just go ahead and click on it,



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that'll bust up the paths.



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Then you'll wanna go up to the Object menu



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and choose the Ungroup command



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or you can press Control Shift+G



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or Command Shift+G on the Mac.



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Alright, now what you wanna do is click



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off the paths once again to deselect them.



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Select this path right

there, this bottom one



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and then go ahead and

click on the first swatch



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up here in the control panel

and change it to Pantone 325.



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Then what we wanna do is

marquis these paths right there



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because, as you can see,

there's a few of them.



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And just to get a sense

of what's going on here



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I'll just drag these guys apart



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so you can see that things are

busted up pretty good there.



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Alright, now I'll press Control+Z



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or Command+Z on a Mac

to undo that movement



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and I'll just go ahead and

marquis these paths right here.



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And then I'll Shift+click on

these remaining path outlines.



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This guy down here and this one



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over on the left-hand side as well,



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just to make sure they're all selected.



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And then, I'll click on the first icon



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in the first row of the PathFinder panel,



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which represents the Unite Operation.



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That'll go ahead and fuse

all those paths together.



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And then I'll change its fill color



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by clicking one the first swatch



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over here in the control panel



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and changing it to Pantone 285 C.



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Alright now what I wanna

do is subtract the rocket



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from both of these shapes



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so I'll go ahead and click on the rocket



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and notice that it's a

dynamic compound shape.



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I wanna go ahead and fuse it

into a single path outline



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and you can do that by, once again,



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going to the PathFinder panel



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and clicking on the Expand button.



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Now, go up to the Edit menu

and choose the Copy command



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or you can press Control+C



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or Command+C on the Mac



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and then Shift+click

on this greenish path,



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add it to the selection,

and click on the second icon



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on the first row here

inside the PathFinder panel



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which is Minus Front.



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And that'll go ahead and

subtract away that rocket.



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And now I'll just go ahead and

combine these guys together.



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I'll go up to the Object

menu and choose Compound Path



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and choose Make because, after all,



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they share the exact same fill attributes.



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Alright now click in

the big blue shape here



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and I'll go to the View menu

and choose Paste in Front



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or you can press Control+F,

or Command+F on a Mac



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in order to paste that copy of the rocket.



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And then Shift+Click on the big blue path



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and click on the Minus

Front icon once again



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or you can press that keyboard shortcut



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of Control+4 or Command+4 on a Mac,



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which repeats the last

PathFinder operation



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and we end up with this effect here.



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Alright now, just to make sure

everything's working the way



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it's supposed to, go ahead and bring back



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the Separations Preview panel.



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You can turn off CMYK if you want



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but then go ahead and turn off Pantone 325



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and notice now we no longer

have those faint outlines.



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And the same goes, by the way,



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if you were to turn on

325 and turned off 285.



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And I'll go ahead and click

off that path to deselect it.



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And you can see that we

no longer have this edge



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over here on the right-hand side or



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on the left side of the planet.



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Alright, now press Control+0,

Command+0 on a Mac,



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to zoom out and I'll go ahead

and turn Pantone 285 back on.



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Somehow, I managed to

turn on the yellow ink.



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I don't want that so I'll

just go ahead and turn it off.



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And that is how you work

with premixed spot colors



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and how you troubleshoot

your artwork to make sure



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that you're getting the exact

effect you're looking for.