Important steps to creating a Spot UV (3D-UV or Flat UV) artwork file

  • Fill and/or stroke all Spot UV objects with a new Swatch colour:

    • Swatch Name: “Scodix” (case sensitive & spelling critical)
    • Colour type: Spot Color
    • Color mode: CMYK
    • Fill: 100% Magenta

  • IMPORTANT: Spot UV objects must have their FILL and STROKE set to “overprint”.

    • Adobe Illustrator > Window > Attributes
    • Adobe InDesign > Window > Output > Attributes

  • IMPORTANT: Spot UV text objects must be converted to outlines / curves.

  • Create a layer for Spot UV objects, to be placed above the CMYK layer(s).

  • Spot UV objects print best at 100% opacity, and therefore should not be made transparent.

  • It can be helpful change a Spot UV object’s blending mode from Normal to “Multiply“:

    • Adobe Illustrator > Window > Transparency
    • Adobe InDesign > Window > Effects