Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
Type Hexadecimal values in the text field to the right of the # sign.
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Click the Color Libraries button to open the Color Libraries window. The Pantone solid coated library
is selected by default. Each color in this library represents a specific Pantone color on coated paper.
The color is automatically matched with the most similar Pantone color.
Open the Color Libraries section of the Color Picker.
Return to the standard Color Picker by clicking the Picker button.
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In this example, the client has specified that the orange should match PMS 173. Click the color value
Pantone 173 C, and then click OK. The color changes to match the value of PMS 173 and has a white
square icon in the lower-right corner with a diagonal line through it. This indicates that the color is
locked and was mapped to a color other than the original. You will now lock additional colors.
This color was locked and mapped to a specific value.
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Click any color in the color table, and then click the padlock icon ( ) at the bottom of the color table.
For this part of the exercise, select four additional colors you would like to retain in this image, and
lock them as instructed in the previous steps.
You will now reduce the number of color values in the optimized image even further.
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From the Colors drop-down menu, choose 8. This is a significant reduction in the number of colors,
and although your important colors are locked and the file size has been reduced, the image quality is
poor. You will need to increase the number of colors used to improve the quality.
