Pantone color in rasterized .eps

Hi,

Our company logo was created in Illustrator with the spot color Pantone 295. When I open the .eps in Photoshop and rasterize it for a project, the color is not even close to 295—whether I use CMYK or RGB color mode.

When I rasterize in RGB mode and sample the color, it comes out as 49,86,134 for RGB and 98,70,22,6 for CMYK. The custom color sampling is closest to Pantone 647.

When I rasterize as CMYK and sample the file, it comes out as 22,76,130 for RGB and 100,56,0,34 for CMYK. The custom color sampling is closest to Pantone 7462.

When I select 295 as a custom color, it samples as 0,49,97 RGB and 100,83,33,32 in CMYK. The Pantone custom color in Photoshop is much darker blue than the rasterized file.

When we place the .eps into PageMaker, it brings in 295 coated as a color and prints accurately. Why does the color shift so dramatically when brought into Photoshop? Does it have to do with the settings in Illustrator or the settings in Photoshop?

Help!

Thank you,

Courtney Armbruster

If you want it to accurately rasterize you should change the spot color in Illustrator to either the CMYK or RGB mix you want in Photoshop.

But the question is, why rasterize it?

Bob

I didn't create the file, nor do I have Illustrator on my computer, so I'm a bit uneducated here. I have to rasterize the file when I'm using it on a graphic being created in Photoshop. For example, today I had to make a poster that needed our logo on it. I opened the .eps file in PS to put it on the poster. Is there a different method I should be using? When placing our logo in a program like PageMaker, we always place the .eps.

I can have my coworker who has Illustrator change the CMYK or RGB mix we want in the .eps.

Thank you,

Courtney

Are you creating the entire poster in Photoshop? If so, then yes, I would have your coworker rework the EPS file. If you're doing the poster in a page layout or illustration program, then just place the eps file there.

Bob