2018

COLOR, OPACITY, AND DROP SHADOWS
302 | A Guide to QuarkXPress 2018
To get started in creating a source setup, you will need to know some details about
the hardware and software involved in a client’s workflow — what type of digital
camera and scanner they use, for example — and you’ll need to make sure the
relevant profiles are available. It’s also helpful to see sample projects so you know
what types of pictures, colors, inks, and devices they’re working with, such as logos,
charts and graphs, photographs, and duotones, and output to SWOP.
To create a source setup choose Edit > Color Setups > Source.
Creating an output setup
An output setup describes the capabilities of various types of output devices and
determines how colors are handled in various output scenarios. You can think of an
output setup as “where colors are going.” An output setup specifies composite or
separation output, the output mode, and an output profile. You create output setups
both for display simulation using View > Proof Output and for actual output in
print, PDF, and other formats.
As with source setups, to get started in creating an output setup, you need to know
details about typical jobs, output methods, and equipment. For example, it’s helpful
to know the name and have the profiles for any composite printing devices.
QuarkXPress provides default output setups for various workflows:
Grayscale•
Grayscale 100K•
Composite RGB•
Composite CMYK•
Composite CMYK and Spot•
As Is•
In-RIP Separations•
To create an output setup, choose Edit > Color Setups > Output.
Sharing source and output setups
Source setups and output setups are portable, so color experts can easily distribute
them to users and workgroups. Source setups can be appended from other projects
and output setups can be exported as individual files and saved in output styles.
Both types of setups, source and output, can be shared through inclusion in Job
Jackets. Before distributing setups to a workgroup or to clients, be sure to test the
setups with typical jobs.
To share setups, append setups, export setups, or import setups, choose Edit >•
Color Setups and modify the corresponding setting.
To incorporate setups into Job Jackets and specify the source and output setups•
used in a Job Jackets structure or Job Ticket, in the Job Jacket Manager dialog
box (Utilities menu):
(Windows only) Click the Advanced Settings button.
1.
Select a project that contains source or output setups in the list on the left.2.