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November 11, 2019
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freeform gradient

  • November 11, 2019
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created some freeform gradients, but illustrator cannot separate them using spot colors

is there a way to do this?

i was always able to with radial and linear

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Ton Frederiks
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Community Expert
November 11, 2019

Maybe you can share an example file?

Ton Frederiks
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Community Expert
November 11, 2019

Ton Frederiks
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Community Expert
November 11, 2019

And the document is CMYK?

Participant
November 11, 2019

yes, every other shape in the file is a spot color

the gradient is the only thing that is process, and it is only the freeform tool

the radial and linear gradients work fine

Ton Frederiks
Community Expert
Community Expert
November 11, 2019

Which Illustrator version?

Participant
November 11, 2019

 newest one, just updated last week, first time using the freeform gradient

Ton Frederiks
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Community Expert
November 11, 2019

Did you check it with the Separations Preview panel?

Seems to work for me.

Participant
November 11, 2019

yes, no matter what i do it keeps coming up process, i even tried re-doing it, still process