"He who marches out of step hears another drum." ~ Ken Kesey
hmmm, I just drag and drop the psd file from bridge and set transparency to "Isolate Blending". This will show the image in the illustrator. To make sure you are looking at the seps rather than the layers, trun off all the eyeballs for the layers before saving the psd file and it will show the channels.'not sure what the issue is, but I've never had to use the DCS files, regular drag and drop has always worked for me. . .pierre
Quote from: blue moon on February 04, 2015, 12:20:01 PMhmmm, I just drag and drop the psd file from bridge and set transparency to "Isolate Blending". This will show the image in the illustrator. To make sure you are looking at the seps rather than the layers, trun off all the eyeballs for the layers before saving the psd file and it will show the channels.'not sure what the issue is, but I've never had to use the DCS files, regular drag and drop has always worked for me. . .pierreummmm...whaaa?can you post a sample of the art and the print....this sounds revolutionary
I'm glad I posted this because I've discovered that a psd will work fine for this (original channels from photoshop must be retained for color mode to be identified by Illustrator). If you drag and drop into illustrator, the image still needs to be embedded if you want to continue working on the channels in Illustrator. Applying Isolate Blending on the parent group will filter down (Normal- Blend Mode) to it's children, however Knockout Group also needed to be checked to drill down through the transparency of each channel stacked on top each other.
So, why would I continue working on the channels in Illustrator, as opposed to having the PS file open at the same time and making adjustments there, and saving them so it updates in Illustrator? And, what exactly can be done to the channels in Illy? That's a new wrinkle for me...Steve
Quote from: Sbrem on February 05, 2015, 09:14:48 AMSo, why would I continue working on the channels in Illustrator, as opposed to having the PS file open at the same time and making adjustments there, and saving them so it updates in Illustrator? And, what exactly can be done to the channels in Illy? That's a new wrinkle for me...SteveWhen you embed the image it breaks the link so no working back and forth..