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Right?! I've used it a few times now and sometimes it can be a godsend.

You can specify the tint color in the profile, but there is no direct way to just copy the exact tint pattern since you’re switching from four colors to one, basically. The tint percentage is located on the profile set up area near the bottom of the settings.

Thanks. Glad it helped. Let me know if you have questions or need help with anything else. I'm happy to do more tutorials.

I just emailed it to you. Let me know if you have any issues. Thanks.

There is a way to do. I think I might do a follow up because I'd already had two people ask me. Stay tuned.

Thank you. Hopefully you’ll get that chance soon. Good luck to you.

No problem. Thanks for watching, as always.

No worries, glad it helped. Thanks for the watch and purchase, it really helps the channel grow.

That’s the great thing about preflights. With variables you can change then on the fly without having to edit each profile every time you use it. Thanks for watching.

You’re welcome. Glad it helped. Thanks for watching.

I appreciate your comment. Thank you for watching the video. Are you planning on printing this yourself, or sending it to a print shop? If you're sending it out, that's easy, you can just export the design as a PDF and email it. If you're planning on doing it yourself, I would still export your design as a PDF. You can either then import the print ready PDFs back into Illustrator and set them two-up on a 8.5" x 11" size pasteboard, add crop marks and then print. I normally do something like that via InDesign because it's a little easier to work with, but I'm not sure if you have InDesign or not. Let me know if you have any other questions, I'm happy to help.

What version of acrobat do you have?

@@miketheprintman 24.1 I have paid CC so its the latest from adobe.

Hmmm...that's the latest release. I have it as well. I go to Tools -> Print Production -> Preflight. Then in the Preflight window click the wrench icon first. That gets you to the fixups. Then in the upper right hand corner click on "Options" and select "Create Fixup" from the drop down. In the new window that pops up there is a search bar in the upper right. Type in Overprint and one of the two options that should be below is "Set Overprint and Knockout". From there follow the steps in the video and your preflight will be set. Let me know if that doesn't work for you.

@@miketheprintman Yes it works...I didnt switch to the wrench icon. I thought it is just a filter. Thank you very much for your help. :)

You got it. No problem. Thanks for watching.

According to the PANTONE website it was versions 2.3.4. Personally I never used it, I just reuploaded the older versions directly to the newer CC programs on my computer.

@ Thank You!

You could set up a data merge for these items. Do text for all the text fields and then link the graphic in the proof box. The question is why would you want to? Most of the time a proof is a one off, so by the time you set all your data, it would be just as fast to just type it in and replace the PDF. If you had a ton of proofs to send then it might be worth it. Obviously there are websites that have built in print on demand capabilities with automated proofing, but that's a whole different ball game than doing the proofs manually.

For sure. Not all of us are blessed with having PitStop though….😉.

Thank you. I appreciate the view.

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No problem. That’s why I do these videos. Glad it helped and thanks for watching.

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Gotta stay on the grind, right? Appreciate the view. Definitely more coming in 2025.

Glad it helped. I had the same Eureka moment when I discovered it myself. It helps so often I don’t know how I did things before it. Thanks for watching.

Thank you.

I hope they don’t disable them, but there is always a possibility. If you can save both, do it. I don’t think I really even though about it, I’ve just been using the ACB files. No matter what, when 2026 versions of the software rolls out you’ll have to do this whole thing over again. Thanks for watching.

Haha, thank you. I aim to please.

Thank you. I appreciate that very much. Glad you liked it. Thanks for watching.

So are you looking to do a variable from multiple PDFs, but want to specify just one particular page to place into your illustrator document, so I have that right?

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Thank you. I’ll put it on my list of videos to do. I’ve got some lined up coming this month once the new year rolls around. Stay tuned. Thanks for watching.

Thank you for the kind words. I'm just trying to impart some of my knowledge for those who come after me have a decent enough reference point. I wish videos like this were around when I first started in this business, I would have found them super useful. Thanks for watching.

You got it. Glad it helped.

After all the years of using Aldus PageMaker to Adobe InDesign for various design projects, strangely, I have never used the data merge function. Tutorials like yours, gives me and I am sure others the confidence to use data merge. Every day is a school day and it is always of interest to see how other creatives use the many menu functions of InDesign for design and print projects. 👍🏼

@@michaelmccrory2220 very kind words. Thank you. Warm wishes this holiday season.

No problem. Glad it was helpful. Thanks for watching.

If you absolutely need 100% accuracy, then the Pantone bridge is the way to go. However, these swatches are going to get you about 98% of the way there. I wouldn’t worry about them being very far off from the actual printed PANTONE books.

@miketheprintman i don’t understand why? if they are preexisting colors from the former Adobe versions: Pantone does not change existing colors (that would render older designs absolute), they just add more every year.

@@denblaakop I think the whole falling out between Adobe and PANTONE had to do with money (of course). If you have older colors, I don't see what the big difference is, like you said, nothing really much changes. PANTONE claims that their old swatches were out of date and that users needed updated versions. The ironic thing is that ink comes from a can and is set on press, so there is always going to be some issues with what you see on the screen not 100% matching the ink from the can anyway. I think it was all just a cash grab and to make our lives as designers harder.

@ 1. Another company (some Medical giant) actually bought up Pantone, think that was what happened (don’t know so much about it. 2. Exactly, the inc is defined by the color name/code not what we see on the screen 3. It is of course possible that Pantone has gotten better at simulering the correct colors on the screen. But if these swatches was good enough for me to design packaging with them in 2020, they still are… anyways, I bought them, because I hate Pantone Connect 😅

Btw. They do add new colors, so it gives more options to use the Pantone connect, but there is plenty in your collection for my needs.

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No problem. Thanks for the purchase and joining on the Patreon page as well.

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I did this in Acrobat CC, but Preflight has been available as far back as CS2 I believe. Maybe not all the features are there for version 9.0. Yes, could be time for an upgrade.

No problem. Happy to help.

Hopefully soon. We are so busy here that I feel like I’m stepping on toes if I’m out there filming. But maybe in the near future.

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No problem.

You got to. The real heavy stuff is just too stiff to curl around those small paper paths.

You're probably trying to edit an existing built in preflight. There are some that come by default and are not editable. The best bet would be to make the fixup from scratch like I did in the video.

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I truly appreciate those kind words. Thank you so much. The plan is to take the money I've been making on KZbin and Patreon to finance some at home equipment to do even more videos related to print. I'm just about at that range where I'm pulling in enough money. Hopefully soon. Thanks again for watching, I appreciate it.