4over, Inc. introduces Metallics Unlimited.
By adding only one Silver Spot color, you can achieve up to 150 metallic colors. Just provide your artwork with recipe specs, and we'll print them with metallics.
To set-up Metallics Unlimited files, please follow the directions below:
Step One
With our Metallics Unlimited (MU) system, you can make any CMYK color or full color image into a metallic color. MU jobs must be created in Photoshop.
After creating your design, select what you would like to be metallic with the magic wand or selection tool.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Make sure when making your selection, to only select the area that you need metallic. The MU system will not work on gradients so do not include them in your selection.
Step Two
After the selection is made, go to the channels palet, then the channels menu, and select "New Spot Channel..."
Step Three
When the "New Spot Channel" window shows up make sure your settings look like this...
Make sure the name of your spot channel is "mu channel". Under "Ink Characteristics", color is set to, C 0 M 0 Y 0 K 100. Solidity is set to 100%.
Your channel window should now look like this...
Make sure your channels window looks like this before saving.
Step Four
The black parts indicate what will be metallic and the white parts will print as normal CMYK ink.
Step Five
Save your file as a "Photoshop DCS 2.0" file. Make sure your format options look like this...
The extension for this file will be .EPS. Your file is now ready to send to 4over. Remember, MU works better with lighter colors and we cannot guarantee any color matching.
