Ok, I'm trying to write a script that copies spot color channels directly into Layers. I know how to copy the information over, and I figured out how to get the name to transfer, but I'm hung up right now trying to color overlay the new layer with the spot color of the old channel.
How do I grab that spot color as a variable that I can later call out in a color overlay?
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pfaffenbichler
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You are aware that spot colours can not exist in Photoshop Layers at current?
So you could only get a simulation of the colour in the colour space you are currently working in – and that may be pretty far off in appearance.
Edit: Have you checked if »Merge Spot Channel« produces Action Manager code?
If so you could duplicate the image, fill with white, merge the spot channel and then transfer the Layer to the original file.
So you could only get a simulation of the colour in the colour space you are currently working in – and that may be pretty far off in appearance.
Edit: Have you checked if »Merge Spot Channel« produces Action Manager code?
If so you could duplicate the image, fill with white, merge the spot channel and then transfer the Layer to the original file.
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Mike Hale
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I answered this on the Adobe forum before I saw that it was also posted here. My answer can be found at http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1250933?tstart=0
And I did try to point out that converting spot color channels like this in many way defeats the purpose of a spot channel. i.e. to handle special colors that don't reproduce correctly in CMYK process printing. That only applies to spot channels that use book colors/color libraries. If the spot color is a in the same color space as document the color should match.
But I would think that the menu item Merge Spot Channel would have the same color conversion problems with color books/libraries.
And I did try to point out that converting spot color channels like this in many way defeats the purpose of a spot channel. i.e. to handle special colors that don't reproduce correctly in CMYK process printing. That only applies to spot channels that use book colors/color libraries. If the spot color is a in the same color space as document the color should match.
But I would think that the menu item Merge Spot Channel would have the same color conversion problems with color books/libraries.