Indesign vs Photoshop to control image colors

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- February 8, 2016 at 5:23 am #81610
  
  muhakan
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  Hi,
  
  I have pictures in black&white with one Pantone color tint to print them in a two colors book. I have read in this forum that in most cases it doesn’t matter if you convert them to CMYK from Photoshop or Indesign. My question is: In my case shall I leave this job to Indesign or covert them from Photoshop?
  
  Thanks & Regards,
- February 8, 2016 at 9:22 am #81616
  
  Skiddy Doodah
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  Photoshop would give you more control, but if you convert images to cmyk your job will no longer be a 2 colour book but 4 colour (CMYK)
- February 8, 2016 at 9:28 am #81618
  
  muhakan
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  Then shall I make the pictures as Duotone from Photoshop?
- February 8, 2016 at 9:36 am #81620
  
  Skiddy Doodah
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  Thats the best option
- February 8, 2016 at 9:37 am #81621
  
  muhakan
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  Thanks!
- February 8, 2016 at 11:15 am #81632
  
  Colleen Shannon
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  Consult with your printer; some presses handle duotones better than others. I’ve had the best success saving a duotone file as a Photoshop EPS.
- February 8, 2016 at 11:22 am #81634
  
  David Blatner
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  I’m going to push back on the file format a little… In general it is best to save Photoshop duotones as PSD files (if you are going to be printing or exporting PDFs from InDesign)
  
  But you do need to get clear about whether your printer is printing with a spot color or just CMYK (process) colors.
- February 8, 2016 at 11:28 am #81635
  
  muhakan
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  Thanks!
  The problem is that I want to color only part of the picture but Duotone mode doesn’t allow masks. :/
- February 8, 2016 at 4:17 pm #81651
  
  David Blatner
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  You could perhaps use Multichannel mode instead of Duotone mode in Photoshop.
  Consider these articles:
  https://creativepro.com/merging-separations-into-composite-cmyk-plus-spot.php
  
  Photoshop How-To: Printing Separations in Color
- February 9, 2016 at 3:29 pm #81712
  
  muhakan
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  Thanks David!
  What if I just make the picture in two colors and export it as CMYK file. Will the printer just ignore the 4 colors and print two colors only?
- February 9, 2016 at 5:08 pm #81723
  
  David Blatner
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  Okay, let’s go back to the beginning:
  * What inks are the printer going to be printing with? Black and a spot color? Or cyan and magenta? Or what?
  * Are you placing these images into an InDesign document that also has color? What colors are you using there?
  * Do you have any examples of what you want it to look like? You cannot upload images here, but you can upload them to a different site and then place a link here for us to see.
- February 9, 2016 at 6:46 pm #81725
  
  muhakan
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  The Indesign file is Black with one Pantone (process) color. The images will have black this Pantone color. I have uploaded a page to this link:
  
  View post on imgur.com
  
  Regards,
- February 15, 2016 at 6:01 am #82025
  
  muhakan
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  Any help please?
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