Metallics


	With our Metallic Unlimited (MU) system, you can make any CMYK color or full color image into a metallic color. MU jobs must be created in Photoshop. In addition to your full color artwork, you must add a channel to your final file.


	1. After creating your full color design in a photoshop layer, select what you would like to be metallic with the magic wand or selection tool.

	2. After the selection is made, go to the channels palette, then the channels menu, and select "New Spot Channel..."

	3. When the "New Spot Channel" window shows up make sure your settings look like this...

		Make sure the name of your spot channel is "mu channel". Under "Ink Characteristics", color is set to, C 0 M 0 Y 0 K 100. Solidity is set to 100%. Your channel window should now look like this. (Shown on the right)

	4. The black parts indicate what will be metallic and the white parts will print as normal CMYK ink. Remember, the color or area you indicated in the channels must match the same area you want metallic in your layers.

	5. Save your file as a "Photoshop DCS 2.0" file. Make sure your format options look like the image on the right. The extension for this file will be .EPS. Your file is now ready to send to 4over. Remember, MU works better with lighter colors and we cannot guarantee any color matching.