Layer the objects to the front of the page, and save as an EPS file. Now just copy the shape that you want to cut and fill the copy with the “cutcontour” swatch. Just click open and you should see the palette on the side of the screen. ****** Note You MUST HAVE SHOW HIDDEN FILES AND FOLDERS Selected in folder options under Tools in My computer ****** Open the palette editor and click on save palette on the upper right hand side. In windows 98, Me, you will need to save the palette in order to find the location on the c: drive. Select Color Palettes, Then select Open Palette I.Ĝhange the name of the color to “CutContour”į. Select the new color in the palette editor window Select add to palette on the bottom left hand sideĮ. Select the Custom Spot Colors Palette at the top of the screen I’m banging my head on my desk, the wall, the floor. Opening the EPS file in CorelDraw, the previously tagged outline shows up as “unnamed color.” It used to show up as “Magenta” until I changed the build from C=0, M=100, Y=0, K=0t to C=0, M=99, Y=0, K=0 Only the “magenta” outline show up in the RIP Software. You can use either HSL (Hue, Saturation, and Lumination) or RGB (Red, Green, and Blue) color. It comes with three pre-defined color palettes, namely, Standard, Windows, and Tango.Click on the Color Palette icon on the icon bar to create a new color palette. You can create your own color palettes or use the existing ones.
In exporting, the check box, convert Spot Colors to CYMK is UNchecked. Color Bug is another useful color palette generator software for Windows. The color is built as C=0, M=99, Y=0, K=0 and has a little dot in the swatch displayed in the CDR palette and it’s labeled CutContour. However, when exporting to an EPS for Print and Cut using VersaWorks it doesn’t show up. It opens fine with new CDR documents and is labeled CutContour in the swatch menu. Back to CorelDRAW apply color to object as you wish. When POWER trace is opened, choose 'Remove Back Ground' (in Options tab) and click OK. After that go to BITMAP>OUTLINE TRACE>DETAILED LOGO. So I saved it as the default palette (Palettes are stored in a folder on a shared hard drive for multiple computers). Import your file (.png) to CorelDRAW and convert it to Bitmap > Black and White. How do I make a spot color in CorelDraw X3. Okay, it’s time for CorelDraw 101 for Dave.