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INX International Ink Co.
Digital Division
INX Digital Color Library Installation & User Guide
Item ID: 78-00091
03/08/2018
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COPYRIGHT
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This Installation and User Guide, and the software described herein, are provided under license
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User Guide are the property of their respective owners.
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This Installation and User Guide is provided for informational use only and is subject to change
without notice. Nothing in this Installation and User Guide shall be considered a warranty,
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this Installation and User Guide are for illustrative purposes only and may not depict the actual
current use of the software. System specifications are subject to change without notice.
Descriptions, graphics and instructions are for illustrative and reference purposes only and may
not exactly reflect the current version of hardware or software. The colors shown in the INX
Digital Color Library are for illustrative or simulation purposes only and are not exact
representations of the printed colors. You agree that colors shown in the INX Digital Color
Library may appear different from the printed versions of the corresponding colors, and that
you will not rely on the appearance of colors in the INX Digital Color Library alone to make any
decisions on color selection. Your use of the INX Digital Color Library to create finished products
is at your sole risk. INX assumes no liability or responsibility for any differences between the
representation of colors in the INX Digital Color Library and any corresponding printed inks.
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CONTACT INFORMATION
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PRODUCT INFORMATION AND SUPPORT
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OVERVIEW: INX Digital Color Library Installation & User Guide for Mac and Windows Operating Systems. This
installer has been tested on the following operating systems:
Windows 7 Professional Service Pack 1 Professional
Windows 10 Enterprise
Mac OS 10.13.3 High Sierra
REVISION HISTORY: Date Version By Comments
03/08/2018 A1 Elizabeth Heraud Initial Draft
REQUIRED ITEMS: macOS 10.13.3 or Windows OS 7, 8, 10
One or more of the following Adobe products installed on the target computer:
a. Adobe InDesign
b. Adobe Illustrator
c. Adobe Photoshop
REQUIRED PARTS: The package installer file “INX Digital Color Library Setup.pkg” for macOS
The MSI installer file “INX Digital Color Library Setup.msi” for Windows OS.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS Copyright ..................................................................................................................................................... 1
Trademarks .................................................................................................................................................. 1
Warning and Disclaimer ............................................................................................................................. 1
Contact Information ................................................................................................................................... 2
Product Information and Support .............................................................................................................. 2
Overview: ..................................................................................................................................................... 3
Revision History:........................................................................................................................................... 3
Required Items: ........................................................................................................................................... 3
Required Parts: ............................................................................................................................................ 3
Installation Guide ........................................................................................................................................ 6
Installation Overview .................................................................................................................................... 6
Prerequisites .................................................................................................................................................... 6
Installation ....................................................................................................................................................... 6
macOS Installation ........................................................................................................................................ 6
Introduction................................................................................................................................................ 6
Read me ..................................................................................................................................................... 7
License Agreement .................................................................................................................................. 8
Accept License Agreement ................................................................................................................... 8
Install Type Dialog ..................................................................................................................................... 9
Installation Progress Dialog ..................................................................................................................... 9
Summary Dialog ...................................................................................................................................... 10
macOS Uninstall ........................................................................................................................................... 10
Windows OS Installation ............................................................................................................................. 13
License Agreement ................................................................................................................................ 13
User Account Control............................................................................................................................. 13
Installation Progress Dialog ................................................................................................................... 14
Finish Dialog ............................................................................................................................................. 14
Installed Programs and Features ......................................................................................................... 15
Windows OS Uninstall .................................................................................................................................. 16
Uninstall Setup Wizard ............................................................................................................................ 16
Uninstall Setup Options .......................................................................................................................... 16
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Ready To Remove Dialog ..................................................................................................................... 17
User Account Control............................................................................................................................. 18
Uninstall Progress Dialog ........................................................................................................................ 18
Finish Dialog ............................................................................................................................................. 19
Users Guide ................................................................................................................................................ 20
Loading the INX Digital Color Library file ................................................................................................ 20
Viewing Options .......................................................................................................................................... 21
Workflow Example ....................................................................................................................................... 25
Adobe Photoshop Workflow ................................................................................................................ 25
Using the Photoshop Spot Color File in Adobe Illustrator ................................................................ 32
Location of INX Digital Color Library ase File ........................................................................................ 37
macOS: INX Digital Color Library Location ........................................................................................ 37
Windows OS: INX Digital Color Library Location ............................................................................... 39
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INSTALLATION GUIDE
INSTALLATION OVERVIEW
The INX Digital Color Library installer consist of a .pkg file for macOS and a .msi file for
Windows OS. The installer provides a color library Adobe Swatch Exchange (ASE) file
that can be used by several Adobe products.
1. Desktop Icon for macOS .pkg file
2. Desktop Icon for Windows OS .msi file
PREREQUISITES
In order to install and use the color library, there must be at least one of the following
Adobe products installed on the target computer:
Adobe InDesign
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe Photoshop
INSTALLATION
Place the .pkg (for macOS computers) or .msi file (for Windows OS computers) on the
target computer at some location such as the Desktop. Double click the .pkg or .msi file
icon to launch the installer.
macOS INSTALLATION
After launching the installer, the Introduction screen is displayed.
INTRODUCTION
The Introduction screen provides general and contact information.
Press the Continue button to proceed.
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3. Introduction Dialog
READ ME
The Read Me screen provides detailed information about the product.
Press the Continue button to proceed.
4. Read me Dialog
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LICENSE AGREEMENT
Read the license terms presented in the dialog window. Press the Continue button to
access the license agreement acceptance.
5. License Agreement
ACCEPT LICENSE AGREEMENT
To accept the license terms and continue the installation, press the Agree button. Otherwise,
press Disagree and exit the installation.
6. Accept License Agreement
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INSTALL TYPE DIALOG
The Install Type shows the installation type of standard and the space in KB this product will use.
Press Install to continue the installation.
7. Installation Type Dialog
INSTALLATION PROGRESS DIALOG
The installation progress dialog provides a status bar to track the progress of the installation. The
installation may take a few minutes to complete. Once the installation is complete, the
Continue button will become enabled. Press the Continue button to proceed to the summary.
8. Installation Progress Dialog
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SUMMARY DIALOG
The Summary dialog is presented at the end of the installation. Press the Close button to close
the summary window and complete the installation.
9. Summary Dialog
macOS UNINSTALL
The INX Digital Color Library may be uninstalled by removing the folder “INX Digital Color Library”
within the Adobe product application folder path. Note: Multiple versions of an Adobe product
can coexist on a computer. The INX Digital Color Library installer installs to every version found
for Photoshop, InDesign and Illustrator.
Open a Finder Window from the dock.
Select the “Applications” folder under Favorites
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10. Finder Window Applications Adobe Product folders
Expand the Adobe Product’s Presets folder
For each Adobe Photoshop product expand the Color Swatches folder
For each Adobe InDesign product expand the Swatch Libraries folder
For each Adobe Illustrator product expand the en_US/Swatches folder
For each Adobe product, right-click on the “INX Digital Color Library” folder and select “Move To
Trash”. Enter the user password if prompted.
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11. Adobe Finder Window opened to INX Color Library location
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WINDOWS OS INSTALLATION
After launching the installer, the License agreement is displayed.
LICENSE AGREEMENT
Read and check the accept license terms checkbox. Press the Install button to
continue.
12. License Agreement
USER ACCOUNT CONTROL
To continue installation and allow the installer to make changes to your hard drive, press Yes.
To cancel the installation, press No.
13. User Account Control Dialog
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INSTALLATION PROGRESS DIALOG
The installation progress dialog provides a status bar to track the progress of the installation. The
installation may be cancelled by pressing the cancel button. Once the installation is complete,
the Next button will become enabled. Press the Next button to continue.
14. Installation Progress Dialog
FINISH DIALOG
The Finish Dialog is presented at the end of the installation. Press Finish to close the window and
complete the installation.
15. Finish Dialog
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INSTALLED PROGRAMS AND FEATURES
The INX Digital Color Library installation information may be viewed at the Windows Control
Panel Program and Features window.
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WINDOWS OS UNINSTALL
The INX Digital Color Library may be uninstalled by double clicking the .msi file icon or by
selecting uninstall in the Windows Control Panel Program and Features Window.
UNINSTALL SETUP WIZARD
The following setup dialog is presented when the product is already installed.
Press Next to continue to the setup options.
16. Uninstall Setup Wizard
UNINSTALL SETUP OPTIONS
The Uninstall Setup Options dialog provides Change, Repair and Remove options. To remove
the product from the machine, press the Remove button.
If the uninstall fails, it may be necessary to restart the .msi and select repair. Once the repair
completes, try uninstalling again.
For further assistance, please contact INX Hardware division. The contact information may be
found under the Contacts section at the beginning of this guide.
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17. Uninstall Setup Options
READY TO REMOVE DIALOG
To start the removal process, press the Remove button.
18. Ready To Remove Dialog
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USER ACCOUNT CONTROL
To continue with the uninstall and allow the setup to make changes to your hard drive, press Yes.
To cancel the uninstall, press No.
19. User account Control Dialog
UNINSTALL PROGRESS DIALOG
The uninstall progress dialog provides a status bar to track the progress of the uninstall. Once
the uninstall is complete, the Next button will become enabled. Press the Next button to
continue.
20. Uninstall Progress Dialog
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FINISH DIALOG
The Finish Dialog is presented at the end of the uninstall. Press Finish to close the window and
complete the uninstall and exit the setup wizard. The product will be removed from the Control
Panel Programs and Features window.
21. Finish Dialog
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USERS GUIDE InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop all support the exchange of colors via Adobe Swatch
Exchange (ASE) files.
The INX Digital Color Library files consist of ASE files that can be used on a macOS or
Windows OS computer. The .ase file can be used with several Adobe products by
accessing it through the product’s swatches pallete or panel.
LOADING THE INX DIGITAL COLOR LIBRARY FILE
The INX Digital Color Library file can be opened from the main menu bar of any Adobe product.
When opened, the INX Digital Color Library is displayed in the Adobe product’s swatch
panel. The swatch panel displays the contents of the entire Library. View option provide
several different ways to display the library contents
Instructions are provided below for opening the INX Digital Color Library in the various Adobe
products.
Photoshop:
1. Open the swatch panel: Windows->Swatches.
- If the INX Digital Color Library has been previously opened, it may appear in
the swatch panel.
2. Click on upper right corner of panel to open the menu . Select view option small list
or large list to display the INX color names in the swatch panel
If the INX Digital Color Library is not already loaded, it may be necessary to navigate to the
library as shown below:
3. Click on upper right corner of panel to open the menu .
4. Locate the INX Digital Color Library file and select it.
- The library will then open in the swatches panel. It will ask you “Replace
current color swatches with the swatches from INX Digital 2-Piece Metal Color
Library?” Choose the appropriate option.
Illustrator:
1. Open the swatch panel: Window->Swatch Libraries->INX Digital Color Library-> INX
Digital 2-Piece Metal Color Library.
InDesign:
1. Open the swatch panel: Windows->Color->Swatches.
2. If the INX Digital Color Library swatches were previously imported, they will automatically
appear in the swatch panel. Otherwise, click on upper right corner of swatch panel to
open the menu .
3. Select Load Swatches.
4. Select the Adobe Swatch Exchange file type in the file type dropdown.
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5. Navigate to the Adobe InDesign Product ‘s swatch library location and select the INX
ASE file.
E.g: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe InDesign CC 2017\Presets\Swatch Libraries\INX Digital
Color Library\ INX Digital 2-Piece Metal Color Library
6. Press the Open button to load the .ase file into the Swatch Panel.
New Color Swatch dialog
An INX color swatch may be accessed directly in the “New Color Swatch” dialog.
1. If not already open, open the swatch panel: Windows->Color->Swatches.
2. Click on upper right corner of swatch panel to open the menu .
3. Select “New Color Swatch”.
4. Select the INX Digital Color Library file in the “Color Mode” drop down box.
5. Select desired colors to add to the active swatch book.
22. New Color Swatch dialog
VIEWING OPTIONS
The Adobe Product’s Swatches Panel provides several different viewing options for
swatch library files. The viewing options can be selected by clicking the menu
button at the top right corner of the swatches panel and selecting one of the viewing
option types: name, list, or thumbnail. The name and list views show the color name
and color. The thumbnail view shows the color.
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Photoshop
View Options: Tiny Thumbnail, Small Thumbnail, Large Thumbnail, Small List, Large List
23. Photoshop Small List and Thumbnail views
Double-clicking on a swatch row or thumbnail color displays a dialog with the color swatch
name.
24. Photoshop Color Swatch Name dialog
Illustrator:
View Options: Small Thumbnail View, Medium Thumbnail View, Large Thumbnail View,
Small List View, Large List View.
The color name is displayed when the mouse hovers above a swatch color.
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25. Illustrator Large List View and Medium Thumbnail View
InDesign:
View Options: Name, Small Name, Small Swatch, Large Swatch
26. InDesign Name and Small Thumbnail views
Swatch Options
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Double clicking on a swatch row or thumbnail, or selecting a thumbnail and performing
a right-click ->Swatch Options opens a Swatch Options dialog. The color name is
displayed in the swatch name field. Modifications may be made to the swatch here.
27. Swatch Options
New Color Swatch
The New Color Swatch dialog allows creation of a new color swatch from the INX Digital Color
Library file.
1. Select New Color Swatch from the swatches panel menu.
2. Select the INX Color library from the Color Mode Drop down list.
3. Select one or more swatches from the color library and click Add. Note: To exit the New
Color Swatch dialog without adding any swatches, click Ok.
4. Click Done to complete the addition of color swatches.
28. New Color Swatch
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WORKFLOW EXAMPLE
This section describes how a user could utilize the INX Digital Color Library in their pre-press
workflow.
The following workflow sequence creates a file in Adobe Photoshop and uses two spot colors
from the INX Digital Color Library. Next, a new file is created in Adobe Illustrator. The file
previously created in Photoshop is placed in the AI file. Text is added to the AI file using spot
colors that were automatically loaded when the Photoshop file was placed into the AI file.
ADOBE PHOTOSHOP WORKFLOW
Create or open a CMYK Document
In Photoshop File->New
Set the Document’s Color Mode
In the New Document Window, set the Color Mode drop-down box to “CMYK Color”
Press the Create button
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The untitled document is displayed in the Photoshop window below
Open the Swatches panel
If the swatches panel is not already displayed, open the swatch panel: Windows->Swatches
Open the Swatches menu
Press the menu button in the upper right corner of the swatches panel
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In the Swatches menu, find and select the INX Digital Color Library
If a swatch library was previously loaded, a prompt will be presented to either append or
replace the current swatch library
Press OK to replace
Create a new spot channel to draw the first image
Open the Channel panel if it is not already opened. Window->Channels
Select CMYK Channel from the Channels in the panel
Press the menu button to open the Channels menu
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Select the New Spot Channel menu item
The New Spot Channel dialog will open.
Select the color for the New Spot Color
For Photoshop Creative Cloud versions
Select a color from the INX Digital Color Library loaded in the Swatches panel
The Name field and Color field will auto populate with the INX color name and color.
For earlier versions of Photoshop
If the auto population does not occur, it may be necessary to type in the name of the
INX color
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To find the INX color name, set the viewing option for the swatch panel to small list or
large list
Do not change the name of the INX color.
Set the Solidity value
Create your image… Example: Draw an image in the document
Select the pen drawing tool from the left tool panel
Draw an image in the document
The pen strokes will be in the spot color that was just created.
Create a 2nd New Spot Channel
Follow the steps above to access the New Spot Channel dialog
Select a different color from the INX Digital Color Library in the Swatches panel
Remember to set the Solidity value
Press Ok button
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Draw a 2nd image in the document
Select the pen drawing tool from the left tool panel
Draw another image in the document
The pen strokes will be in the 2nd spot color that was just created.
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Save the Photoshop document
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USING THE PHOTOSHOP SPOT COLOR FILE IN ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR
Create or open a CMYK Document
In Adobe Illustrator File->New
Set the Document’s Color Mode
In the New Document Window, set the Color Mode drop down box to “CMYK Color”.
Press the Create button
The untitled document is displayed in the Adobe Illustrator window
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Place the Photoshop document into the opened Illustrator document
First, select File->Place to open the Placement window
In the Illustrator Placement window, navigate to the Photoshop file that was created earlier.
Select the Link check-box
Select the Photoshop file in the navigation pane
Press the Place button
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The spot colors from the Photoshop document are auto populated
Place the image from the Photoshop document onto the opened Illustrator document
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Add Text or Other Graphic Elements to Your Design
For Example: Add text in the Illustrator document using the INX spot colors created in the
Photoshop document
Select the Text drawing tool from the left tool panel
Select the spot color from the Swatches panel
Type the text on the document
The text will be displayed in the selected spot color
Select the 2nd spot color
Type a second line of text on the document
The text will be displayed in the 2nd spot color
As can be seen below this workflow allows you to have spot color image and vector data in
your design which can then be passed over to proofing and production without the need for
further color separation processing.
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LOCATION OF INX DIGITAL COLOR LIBRARY ASE FILE The INX Digital Color Library .ase file is installed in the folder “INX Digital Color Library” within the
Adobe Product folder. Note: Multiple versions of an Adobe product can coexist on a
computer. The INX Digital Color Library installer will install to every version found for Photoshop,
InDesign and Illustrator.
macOS: INX DIGITAL COLOR LIBRARY LOCATION
1. Open a Finder Window from the system tray on mac
29. Finder Window Applications
Select the Applications folder under Favorites
Expand the Adobe Product’s Presets folder
For each Adobe Photoshop product expand the Color Swatches folder
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For each Adobe InDesign product expand the Swatch Libraries folder
For each Adobe Illustrator product expand the en_US/Swatches folders
30. Location of INX Digital Color Library .ase file in different Adobe products on macOS
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WINDOWS OS: INX DIGITAL COLOR LIBRARY LOCATION
Open an Explorer window and navigate to C:\Program Files\Adobe\ folder
The path for each Adobe product is slightly different. The “INX Digital Color Library” ASE file is
located in a folder “INX Digital Color Library” at the following locations.
a. Adobe Photoshop
C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CC 2017\Presets\Color Swatches\
b. Adobe Illustrator:
C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator CC 2017\Presets\en_US\Swatches\
c. Adobe InDesign
C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe InDesign CC 2017\Presets\Swatch Libraries\
31. Explorer window opened at location of the INX Digital Color Library folder in Adobe
Photoshop