any way to make 100% black?

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Astrospaced
Aug 26, 2004
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Is there any way to make 100% black color from "just" black in Photoshop 7?

The foreground color box uses cyan, magenta, and yellow to make black. Everytime I change the CMYK sliders back to zero and just use the 100% black, it changes back when I close out from the dialouge box.

Then, I can’t separate a two color CMYK object in IDCS. The magenta will print out, the black will print out, etc.
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jonf
Aug 26, 2004
Are you in RGB mode by some chance?
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Astrospaced
Aug 26, 2004
jonf…. no, I’m strictly cmyk all the way through, even in IDCS
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Buko
Aug 27, 2004
click on the main color swatch and when it opens, make it 100% black
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Astrospaced
Aug 27, 2004
That is my main problem. when I click on the main color swatch and set the cmyk sliders to 100% black, it always defaults back to cyan 100%, Magenta 100% and Yellow 100%, after I close it out.
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Astrospaced
Aug 27, 2004
Then again, it could be an IndesignCS problem…. If i switch to adobe color picker it retains a 100% black. but when in IDCS I go to separte a clip art item that is supposed to be 100% cyan and 100% black….. the black retains some of all the other colors, and those portions of the black print out with the cyan plate…..
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Astrospaced
Aug 27, 2004
Ok…. never mind…. I found the culprit to be the apple color picker. It somehow will not allow for 100% pure black. at least this one doesn’t.
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Buko
Aug 27, 2004
Never use Apple color picker.
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Ann_Shelbourne
Aug 27, 2004
… nor the Apple ColorSync Engine.

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