2020

COLOR, OPACITY, AND DROP SHADOWS
CMYK: CMYK is a subtractive color model used by professional printers to •
reproduce colors by combining cyan, magenta, yellow, and black inks on a press.
To select a color from a color matching system and add it to your color list, •
choose one of the standardized color matching systems from the Model drop-
down menu.
Auto Color Name
Prior to QuarkXPress 2019 (v15.1), when we create a new color, the color was
created with the default name as ‘New Color’ and sometimes the designer wants the
color names like (e.g. R-200 G-50 B-60 or C10M5Y10K0) or with the names by using
the color % with an auto name. But there was no option and the user have to enter
it manually. It was a tedious job to modify the names manually for all the colors.
To resolve this issue in QuarkXPress 2019 (v15.1), we have the option in the edit
color dialog as ‘Auto Name’. When you check the option, the name would be
created as per the color is shown for the color values of the selected color model.
How to use it?
Create new colors with the auto name enabled for RGB, HSB, LAB, CMYK
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colors.
Create new colors with the auto name enabled for all the spot color libraries.
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Created colors would list in the colors drop down in all the drop-down and the 3.
user can use in the layout and save the project and copy and paste and append.
Open the legacy projects which are having lots of colors and double-click the
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colors and check the auto name and verify the colors for the auto name are
created correctly.
Creating gradients
A gradient is a transition from one color to another. You can use the Gradients
palette (Window > Gradients) to create multi-color gradients, specifying the
gradient colors, their shades, opacity, the pattern in which they blend, and the
angle at which they blend relative to the box or line. A gradient can contain any
colors available in a project.
To create a multi-color gradient:
Open the Gradients palette (Window > Gradients).
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