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Introduction

This is what we'll create in this episode: color variations using tint from one brand color, and spot colors printed with special inks to ensure brand colors remain consistent. Let's get started. Hello, welcome back to the Complete Adobe InDesign Series from Cerdas Inovasi Digital. One color can be used in various tints. For brand colors that must remain exact, printing often uses special inks called spot colors. Open the letterhead file.

Step 1: Tint Slider

Select the second block and then click Swap Blue. At the top of the Swatches panel, there is a tint box. Change it to 40%, the color becomes lighter without adding a new swap.

Step 2: Saving tint as a swatch

To make the same tint easy to reuse, click the New Swap icon when the 40% tint is active. A 40% Blue Swap appears below its parent. If the parent is changed, the tint also changes.

Step 2 Saving tint

Select the third block and apply blue with a 15% tint.

Step 3: Lighter tint

These three blocks form a gradient of strength from one color, harmonious, and color-efficient.

Step 4: Spot Color

Process colors are printed from a mixture of four inks. Spot colors are printed with pre-mixed inks, resulting in consistent and very vivid colors. Create a new color swap named 'Brand Green' with color type Spot.

Step 5: Spot Icon

Spot swaps are marked with a circle icon in the Swatches panel, different from the square icon for process colors. Apply the brand green to the company logo. The tint of the spot color still uses the same spot ink.

Step 6: Separations Preview

Open the Window, Output, Separation Preview, and then select View Separation. The ink list shows cyan, magenta, yellow, black, and brand green as a separate plate. Ensure the number of spot colors matches the print budget, as each spot adds one plate.

Done!

Done. We have used tint, saved tint as a swap, understood process and spot colors, created a spot swap, and checked the inks in the separation preview. In the next episode, we'll create gradients using the Gradient Swap and Gradient Tool. Need a layout design for a magazine, book, brochure, product catalog, company profile, or annual report? Cerdas Inovasi Digital provides layout and print design services, as well as InDesign courses from beginner to advanced. Want to master the entire series, 104 episodes from the interface to magazine and book projects? All episodes, complete with PDF step-by-step guides, exercise files, and project files, are available for premium tutorial subscribers. Subscribe starting at Rp69.000 per month, save 28% with the 12-month package, or pay once Rp999.000 for lifetime access. Want just one class? Buy individual classes with lifetime access. Subscribe now at the premium page cerdasinovasidigital.com Contact us via WhatsApp or visit cerdasinovasidigital.com Thank you for watching, see you in the next episode.

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0:03Introduction

0:36Step 1: Tint Slider

0:49Step 2: Saving tint as a swatch

1:05Step 2 Saving tint

1:09Step 3: Lighter tint

1:18Step 4: Spot Color

1:36Step 5: Spot Icon

1:51Step 6: Separations Preview

2:11Done!

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0:03Introduction

0:36Step 1: Tint Slider

0:49Step 2: Saving tint as a swatch

1:05Step 2 Saving tint

1:09Step 3: Lighter tint

1:18Step 4: Spot Color

1:36Step 5: Spot Icon

1:51Step 6: Separations Preview

2:11Done!

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Introduction

Step 1: Tint Slider

Step 2: Saving tint as a swatch

Step 2 Saving tint

Step 3: Lighter tint

Step 4: Spot Color

Step 5: Spot Icon

Step 6: Separations Preview

Done!

Introduction

Step 1: Tint Slider

Step 2: Saving tint as a swatch

Step 2 Saving tint

Step 3: Lighter tint

Step 4: Spot Color

Step 5: Spot Icon

Step 6: Separations Preview

Done!