It’s a huge time-save and it’s a lot more accurate than manually searching and replacing colors. If you want to search for RGB or Spot colors that is also possible.įirst, this Action List will save you the hassle of searching for rich black objects manually, and secondly, multiple color combinations can be configured to be converted with a single click. Instead of using the “Select fill color” action, you use the “Select color range” action. If you would like to select within a color range, for example 30 to 40 C, 50 to 55 M, 50 to 60 Y, 90 to 100 K then that is possible as well. Notice that if you need the strokes converted, you must enable that check box.Īnd that’s it! Save the Action List, run it, and get all your rich black objects converted to true black objects. In the “Change fill color” action we specify the color wanted. If more than one color combination object is present, both will be selected.

You add the “OR” operator to make sure that you select any of the three CMYK combinations specified in the Action List. This is because we have the fill checkbox selected in the action. Notice that the action is showing as “Select fill color” instead of “Select color”. You can find details on how to start an Enfocus Action List here.įor the “Select color” actions, you will specify the different colors that you want to select. How do we convert rich black objects to true (flat/real) black objects?įirst, we’ll setup an Enfocus Action List in PitStop Pro. With PitStop Pr0 you can convert any PDF to an iPad-ready PDF, a print-ready PDF, or an optimized PDF for client approval. PitStop Pro is a plug-in for Adobe Acrobat Standard or Professional and it is compatible with Mac and Windows. It makes selecting rich black objects and changing them to true black easy! It’s a common scenario in the print publishing industry: you have PDF files with rich black objects (CMYK – 50, 50, 50, 100 or 70, 35, 40, 100 or 35, 60, 60, 100) and you need to convert those objects to 100K.Įnfocus PitStop Pro can do this for you.

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