SepPreview for Illustrator CS3
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Installation
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After expanding the downloaded archive (spv_cs3.sit)
- Place the file "SPV_CS3.aip" in the Illustrator CS3 Plug-ins folder (it's in the Illustrator Application folder).
- Launch Illustrator CS3.
- Open a CMYK mode Document. SepPreview is for CMYK color mode documents only, not RGB.
- Turn on overprint preview.
- Access SepPreview under the View menu.
- Some color selections will not be available (grayed out) in the demo version.
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The SepPreview Dialog Box
- Select a document color to preview in the color list popup.
- Hold the shift key when selecting a color to add it to the preview.
- Hold the option key when selecting a color to remove it from the preview.
- Click the plus or minus button to zoom in and out of the preview.
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Printing Separations in Color
- Click the Print button in the SepPreview dialog.
- Set Overprints to Simulate in the Advanced settings pane.
- The document will print the color(s) selected in SepPreview in color.
- Print each color on clear film to create quick, inexpensive “color keys”.
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