WHAT IS DESIGN FOR PRINT?//MAC SUITE SESSION ONE//OUGD504

CMYK- subtractive, four colours, when colours are refereed to process colours it is CMYK 
transparent inks (colour overlay, range of colours)

Colour specific work-neutral grey background is the best for this, to change the background colour on Illustrator go to the top left hand corner click Illustrator, preferences, then user interface.  You can then change the tone of Illustrators background. 
Advantages of using swatches is consistency when applying colour.

CREATING SWATCH PALETTES 
select multiple swatches by clicking on one swatch and then pressing shift
Colour swatches make it much easier to apply colour to multiple vector shapes, as opposed to fill colour, then finding the right colour.

Registration will appear on every printing palette - cyan, magenta, yellow
Mix and create own colours by going to the colour palette and selecting CMYK

Menu at the top right of the swatch palette, near the bottom there is a way that you can change the view of the swatch palette and selecting 'small list view'

Advantage of using a global swatch, possible for you to be able to create tints of that colour, varied percentages of that colour.  If you look at a global colour it keeps the ink percentages as they are but gives you a tint slider from zero to a hundred per cent.  You can set a tint and then create a new swatch (you will not get a new swatch dialogue box) because the colour is already present, it now adds a tint swatch of that colour.  You then have different colour percentages of that same swatch.  Whenever you edit a 100 per cent swatch, you not only change that one swatch but you change the percentage of the tint swatches that were made from it.

SPOT COLOUR

whats the difference between a process colour and a spot colour? process colour is a mixture of CMYK, spot colour is just a colour, as far as inks go a spot colour is a colour thats printed that isnt made up of CMYK.

When is it appropriate to use a spot colour? two options when going to print- choose from CMYK or a spot colour, spot colour- printer will already have a mix of that colour- spot colour cheaper, cost is an important factor when deciding about print.

If you are producing something for Sainsbury's the logo is orange, that is a spot colour, whenever produced the same spot colour is used

Reference systems - different books, unique reference number to maintain consistency. consistency and cost, two reasons for using spot colour.

USING SWATCH BOOKS ON ILLUSTRATOR

click on open swatch library and then to colour books

Select: PANTONE+ Solid Uncoated

Important if your using spot colours you make swatches.  You can identify the spot colour by the cut corner and the little spot, indicating its a spot colour.  The important thing when using spot colour is NEVER change the name, leave it with its unique reference number, very important not to change it.  

If you double click on your spot colour you do have the option to change some of the colour values, but you shouldn't, you can change it to be a processed colour, you can also set up tints as a spot colour.  monochrome-just going to be printed with one ink

Go to open swatch library- open library, this will allow you to find any swatches you've saved.  The other option for saving your swatch library, is to save swatch library as ASE.  Allows you to transfer from one programme to another.