The data is still the same, it’s just saved with a different file format. I can open it in CorelDRAW or Adobe Illustrator but just saving it as a PDF does not change a thing. Here I have a file that I want to separate into spot colors but it has already been saved as a jpg. Watch the “Zero to a Hero” series of videos. Now you will get the results you’re looking for.įreehand has produced great instructional videos to teach you this. What you need to do in these cases is auto trace the file in CorelDRAW or Adobe Illustrator, converting the raster data to vector then save the file as a PDF. Sep Studio will see right through that because the image data is still raster. Need a traditional spot color separation with solid areas, but only have png, jpg, or tif image? Opening then re-saving a file as a PDF is not going to deliver what you’re looking for. That’s the best part of Sep Studio, what it’s programmed to do for you. Sep Studio will automatically separate a file into Spot Process Sim Process halftones, or traditional spot color separations based on the internal file data. It’s not fooled by simply changing a file’s format or extension. Have you ever wondered why Sep Studio sometimes shows more tools than other times? Why some files separate as solid spot colors while others are always halftone? This is by design.
