Removing special finishes

Special finishes are extra design embellishments often used on book covers including foils, embossing, diecutting and varnishes. They are represented in InDesign by the use of spot colour swatches on dedicated layers of the same name.

Selecting special finishes when creating covers with GreenLight Create menu > Create Cover or by using the command GreenLight Create menu > Add Special Finishes will ensure they are applied quickly, correctly and consistently.

Tip: To swap rather than remove a foil or brass special finish use the GreenLight Create menu > Swap Foil / Brass reference command

Special finish layers are individually checked and exported as Print ready PDFs to publisher requirements. Another benefit of using GreenLight for consistent file setup is the ability to quickly and completely reverse this process.

Removing special finishes

1. Choose GreenLight Create menu > Remove Special Finishes‍
2. A confirmation dialog is shown. If mutiple special finishes are present, choose those to be removed from a list. Use Command (⌘) key to multi select

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3. Click Remove Special Finishes
4. A dialog confirms that the selected finishes have been completely removed from the document's named layers, swatches and references in the GreenLight Info panel
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See the step-by-step tutorial Creating print ready covers to publisher specs for more on starting new cover documents