Computer Graphics with Photoshop - Spot Colored Text + Layer Styles?

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Spot Colored Text + Layer Styles?

Mark Hilberg

2003-11-30, 12:39 pm

Hi,

For the cover of a print-booklet, I want to use the the layer style "bevel
and emboss" for a short text. The problem is, that this text has to be in a
certain pantone (spot) color. I thought that this color can
only be applied to the text with a new spot channel, but then I cannot use
the layer style "bevel and emboss" anymore.

Is there any way to apply the layer style "bevel and emboss" to spot-
colored text?

Thank you very much for your help -- I've been looking for an answer for
this one for quite some time...

Greetings, Mark

Tacit

2003-11-30, 12:39 pm

>Is there any way to apply the layer style "bevel and emboss" to spot-

quote:

>colored text?

No. Photoshop treats a spot channel as a special case of an alpha channel. You
cannot work in layers in aspot color.

But you are using the wrong tool for the job. Don't set text for print in
Photoshop if you can at all help it. Use Illustrator.

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