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                <br clear="both" /><div id="minitoc"><div class="t"><div class="b"><div class="l"><div class="r"><div class="bl"><div class="br"><div class="tl"><div class="tr"><div><h3>Contents [<a href="#" onclick="return toggleMiniToc('minitoc-links', this);" class="hideLink">Hide</a>]</h3><ul id="minitoc-links"><li><p><a href="#WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6c66a"><h3 class="topictitle3">Using colors from imported graphics</h3>
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provides various ways for you to sample and redefine colors from
the graphics you import into your document. Spot colors from placed
PDF or EPS files and spot-color channels in Adobe Photoshop (PSD)
and TIFF files appear as spot colors in the Swatches panel. You
can apply these colors to objects in your document or convert them
to process colors; however, you cannot redefine the color values
or delete the imported swatches. If you delete the placed graphic, the
colors remain but are converted to native InDesign colors, which
can then be edited or deleted.</p>
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<div id="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6c65a" class="nochunk"><a name="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6c65a"></a><h2 class="topictitle2">Using the Eyedropper tool to sample colors</h2><div><p>You
can use the Eyedropper tool&#160;<img src="images/P_Sampler_Lg_N.png" /> to
add colors from imported graphics to your document, or to apply
them to objects in your document. This is useful for coordinating
layout colors with images.</p>
<p>For best results with color separations, you may want to make
sure that color names, types (such as spot and process), and models
(such as RGB and CMYK) of the colors sampled in InDesign are consistent
with the color definitions in the imported graphics. If you’re not
sure about the best settings to use, consult with your prepress
service provider.</p>
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<div id="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6c64a" class="nochunk"><a name="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6c64a"></a><h2 class="topictitle2">Working with spot-color channels in an Adobe Photoshop (PSD) file</h2><div><p>When
you place a native Photoshop file (PSD) or TIFF file in InDesign,
any spot-color channels the file contains appear in the Swatches
panel as spot-color inks. You can select and apply these swatches
to other objects in your document; to delete these swatches, however,
you must first delete the placed image. </p>
<p>If you import a file that has a spot-color channel with the same
name as a spot color in your document, but with different color
values, you will be asked whether you want to use the color values
in the placed file or the ones in the document.</p>
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<div id="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6c63a" class="nochunk"><a name="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6c63a"></a><h2 class="topictitle2">Working with colors from EPS or PDF files</h2><div><p>When you place a PDF
file, EPS graphic, or Adobe Illustrator (.AI) file, names of spot
colors used in the graphic are added to the Swatches panel in your document,
so that you can be aware that they can cause additional printing
costs later, and also so that you can use the spot colors in your
document.</p>
<p>If the graphic you are importing contains a spot color with the
same name as a spot color in your document but different color values,
you will be asked whether you want to use the color values in the
imported file or the ones in the document.</p>
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<div id="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6c62a" class="nochunk"><a name="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6c62a"></a><h2 class="topictitle2">Change an imported spot color to a process color</h2><div><div class="section"><p>When you import an EPS,
PSD, TIFF or PDF graphic containing a spot color (or a spot-color
channel), InDesign adds the spot color name and definition to the Swatches
panel. You can change an imported spot color swatch to a process color
swatch. This provides flexibility for adapting colors—even those
in imported graphics—to your current output requirements.</p>
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<ol><li><span>In the Swatches panel, double-click the swatch
you want to edit.</span></li>
<li><span>In the Swatch Options dialog box, choose Process in the
Color Type menu.</span></li>
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<div class="section"><div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:  </span>This changes the color type in the InDesign document
only. To permanently change the color type of colors within a graphic,
open the graphic in the program in which it was created, and then
edit the color in that program.</div>
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