How to setup your file

1. Open your artwork in Indesign.
2. Create a new layer for the Spot UV application.
3. Select the elements you wish to enhance with Spot UV and duplicate them to the new Spot UV layer.
4. Create a NEW colour swatch and name it Spot UV.
5. Select colour type ‘Spot Colour’, and convert all Spot UV elements to this new spot colour.
6. Spot UV elements should all be set to 100% Opacity.
7. IMPORTANT - Select all graphics on the Spot UV layer and set them to ‘Overprint’ in the Attributes palette (Window/Output/Attributes). If graphics have been imported from Illustrator or other programs - These may not be selectable within Indesign. You will need to make sure the colour is set to Spot Colour then named as Spot UV and set to Overprint within the original graphics application before importing into Indesign.
8. Select “Overprint Preview” from the ‘View’ menu to CHECK your work.
9. Export the Spot UV layer - by turning off all layers except the new Spot UV layer, then export as a single PDF with all trim marks.
10. Proceed to export the CMYK file by turning off the Spot UV layer, then export all CMYK layers with trim marks.

Supplying final artwork

When supplying final artwork, SCODIX artwork should be supplied as an extra page in the PDF set as 100% Spot Colour named ‘Scodix’. It is important to make sure that this layer is identical in all respects (size, orientation, crop, position of images and text etc.) to your original CMYK artwork.

How to setup your file

1. Open your artwork in Indesign
2. Create a new layer for the SCODIX separation.
3. Select the elements you wish to enhance and duplicate them to the new SCODIX layer.
4. Create a new colour swatch and name it “Scodix”
5. Select colour type “Spot Colour”, and convert all SCODIX elements to this spot colour.
6. SCODIX elements are all set to 100% Opacity
7. Copy this new layer to a new blank page in the same document and ensure it is in the same position as the CMYK artwork.
8. Export this SCODIX layer as a single PDF with all trim marks.

How to setup your file

1. Open your artwork in Indesign 
2. Create a new layer for the Metal separation. 
3. Select the elements you wish to enhance and duplicate them to the new Metal layer. 
4. Create a new colour swatch and name it “Metal” 
5. Select colour type “Spot Colour”, and convert all Metal elements to this spot colour.
6. Metal elements are all set to 100% Opacity
7. Copy this new layer to a new blank page in the same document and ensure it is in the same position as the CMYK artwork.
8. Delete the CMYK artwork from page 1 of your PDF that will be blocked out by the Metal finish.
9. Export this Metal layer as a single PDF with all trim marks.