Step 2) Once the file is in the correct format as above, choose “Save As” from Photoshop’s File menu. This will help avoid confusion with process black when the DCS 2.0 file is placed in Adobe Illustrator. It is also advisable to rename the Black Channel to “Black Ink” or something other than “Black”. Step 1) When the separation of colors is completed, either by doing them manually or using a high-quality Photoshop plug-in / action to render, it is important to remove the RGB channels along with any color channels that are not required for the movie output. Since I have found that much of the information on the Internet related to storing, placing, importing, and printing DCS 2.0 files is somewhat inaccurate or confusing, we will try to clarify the process here using a step-by-step process. EPS file that has the unique ability to also contain spot color channels, such as Photoshop generated color separations. EPS file format developed by Quark in the early 1990s. The initials “DCS” stands for “Desktop Color Separation” and is a format based on the. Therefore, since it is no longer possible to apply halftone settings directly in Photoshop CS5, CS5.5 and probably all versions in the future, those who need to generate color separations, especially the type used in the industry of T-shirt screen printing, they will need to save the Photoshop document as a DCS 2.0 file followed by inserting the DCS file into Adobe Illustrator to print the color separation on film. However, for those within the T-shirt screen printing industry, eliminating this vital function presents a major problem. Why? Well, for some reason Adobe feels that it is simply not necessary to print color separations directly from Photoshop. With the release of Photoshop CS5, Adobe has removed the screens button within the application’s print functions.

Illustrator spot color separation