Convert rasterized graphics to spot colors

Sometimes you have a JPG or other rasterized graphic that needs to be printed as a single Pantone (PMS) color. This video shows one way of converting your images to a single spot color.

There are a number of other ways to do it, however I have found that this method gives me the most flexibility.

If the image needs multiple spot colors you'll have to erase the individual parts in photoshop and save each color separation as its own grayscale file.

[cognitivebelligerence]

Saved my life for a quick turnaround for a client! 🙏

[ChristopherDillman]

These steps don't work when importing into Illustrator. At least in AI 2022..

Create the RGB image in Photoshop. Select it. Copy it. Paste it into AI. Convert it to Grayscale. Then you can apply any swatch color to it.

Don't ask me why. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[j.m.]

Thank you for this amazing video. also saved my live.

[bobwonders]

but you can't create spot color PhotoShop file?

[andrewmccormack]

ah yes but how do you export or save from photoshop while retaining the spot colour? It cant be done by anything that adobe will recognise.