Spot colors changing…???

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Wm
Jun 21, 2005
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I’ve got some EPS graphics that I edited in Illustrator CS, saving once again as EPS files. When I open them in Photoshop, all my colors have changed! If I create lettering with a spot color (with defined RGB values), why would that number change when the EPS is opened in Photoshop? This is getting to be a pain, because each time I use the logos I have to go in and replace each of the colors with the correct RGB values. Can anyone tell me what’s going on?

Thanks,
Wm

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Tacit
Jun 21, 2005
In article <PgVte.68395$>,
"LAshooter" wrote:

I’ve got some EPS graphics that I edited in Illustrator CS, saving once again as EPS files. When I open them in Photoshop, all my colors have changed! If I create lettering with a spot color (with defined RGB values), why would that number change when the EPS is opened in Photoshop?

Because Photoshop does not use spot colors when it opens an EPS. The file opens in RGB or CMYK, not spot.

You are not using spot colors. You are using RGB. Do not specify your colors as spot in Illustrator; specify them as RGB.

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getting to be a pain, because each time I use the logos I have to go in and replace each of the colors with the correct RGB values. Can anyone tell me what’s going on?

Different programs translate a spot color (such as, say, PANTONE 123) to process or RGB in different ways. Since you are not using the colors as spot colors anyway, don’t specify them as spot.

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PH
Jun 21, 2005
LAshooter wrote:
I’ve got some EPS graphics that I edited in Illustrator CS, saving once again as EPS files. When I open them in Photoshop, all my colors have changed! If I create lettering with a spot color (with defined RGB values), why would that number change when the EPS is opened in Photoshop? This is getting to be a pain, because each time I use the logos I have to go in and replace each of the colors with the correct RGB values. Can anyone tell me what’s going on?

Thanks,
Wm

(Replies CC: to lashooter at hotmail would be greatly appreciated!)

A spot color defined with RGB values? That is a RGB color.

You got (minimal) spot colors (Pantone), RGB and CMYK. They are different.

But slight differences between RGB values in Illustrator and Photoshop have been discussed before. One of the reasons might be the difference in Color Management settings. Fix those. —
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