1% Masks

• Masking off elements of a special finish or ink can be done in non-destructive ways. This allows for greater flexibility.
• As colour images can contain feathering and soft edges, it is not recommended to use them as a means to knock out an area coloured with a special finish. Creating a bitmap for a 1% masks means your special finishes will remain hard edged.
• Colouring an element with a 1% tint of a colour and setting it to overprint will create a masking shape through any element of the same colour that it sits on top of whilst leaving all other colours intact.
• Any InDesign element, Illustrator .ai file or bitmap can be used for a 1% mask.

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