Manage mixed ink groups – Adobe InDesign User Manual
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and so on).
3. To include an ink in the mixed ink group, click the empty box next to its name.
4. For each ink you select, do the following:
For Initial, enter the percentage of ink you want to start mixing to create the group.
For Repeat, specify the number of times you want to increment the ink percentage.
For Increment, specify the percentage of ink you want to add for each repetition.
For instance, when mixing and matching process color cyan’s 4 tints (20%, 40%, 60%, 80%) and 5 spot tints (10%, 20%, 30%, 40%,
50%) to create 20 swatches, for cyan, set Initial to 20%, Repeat to 3, Increment to 20%, and set spot Initial to 10%, Repeat to 4, and
Increment to 10%.
5. Click Preview Swatches to generate the swatches without closing the dialog box; you can then see whether your current ink selections and
values produce the results you want, and make adjustments if they don’t.
An alert appears if the values you enter for Initial, Repeat, and Increment add up to more than 100% of any one ink. If you decide to
proceed anyway, InDesign caps the ink percentages at 100%.
6. Click OK to add all inks in the mixed ink group to the Swatches panel.
Edit mixed ink swatches
You modify a mixed ink swatch using the same methods used to edit other swatches. As you edit a mixed ink swatch or group, be aware of the
following:
If you use the Swatches panel to delete an ink that is used in a mixed ink swatch, InDesign prompts you for a replacement. A mixed ink must
contain at least one spot color, or it will be converted to a process color.
Changes you make to the parent
of a mixed ink group apply to all mixed inks in that group. (Changes you make to a swatch in a mixed ink
group apply to that swatch only.)
Converting a mixed ink to a process or spot color removes its association with its mixed ink group.
Deleting the parent of a mixed ink group deletes all swatches in the group.
1. In the Swatches panel, double-click the parent
of the mixed ink group you want to change.
2. Do any of the following:
Select a new ink to replace an existing component ink.
Click the box next to an ink to exclude or include it as a component of the mixed ink group.
You cannot change the initial percentages, repeats, or increments used to create the mixed ink group.
3. Click OK.
Manage mixed ink groups
Use the Swatches panel to delete mixed ink groups, add swatches, and convert mixed ink swatches to process colors.
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