Import and Edit CxF/X-4 Data

Use this dialog to create CxF/X-4 files from the color data stored in CGATS measurement files, legacy CxF1/CxF2/CxF3 files and QTX files. It is also possible to import the CxF/X-4 color data stored in PDF/X documents and existing CxF/X-4 files. This is a bulk-edit mode which allows you to quickly change a set of spot color definitions in one go. The CxF/X-4 metadata of multiple colors can be modified and some or all colors can be deleted.

For step-by-step instructions, refer to Creating CxF/X-4 Data from Files and Multi-Color Editing and Deleting.

File

Click and select the files to be loaded. Hold the Shift or Ctrl key pressed down to select multiple files.

Use and to successively load all files of the selected type available in the current folder (only one at a time).

Alternatively, drag a file (any except PDF) onto the ORIS CxF Toolbox window.

Use these buttons to toggle between two modes of handling the import of additional files. The active mode is indicated with an underline.

	All color definitions are removed from the dialog, i.e. replaced by those imported from the new files (default).
	All color definitions remain in the dialog, the new color definitions are added to them. Use this mode to create CxF/X-4 library files, for example.

Spot Color List (left)

The list is populated with all color definitions from all files you have loaded.

Select the CxF/X-4 color definition to be edited, saved or deleted by clicking on the boxes in front of the color name. Selected colors have a check mark.

Use to select all colors and to deselect all colors in one go.

Ascending numbers – (1), (2), etc. – are automatically appended to the color name to distinguish different color definitions with identical names.

Note:

If you have changed metadata and then select a different set of color definitions, you are asked to apply your changes. Select Yes, otherwise these changes will be lost. Enable the option Apply modifications … without additional confirmation if this question should not be displayed again.

CxF/X-4 Metadata List (right)

This is the metadata information stored for the CxF/X-4 color definitions selected on the left. Click the buttons to expand the metadata groups if required. Refer to section CxF/X-4 Metadata for more details.

Enter missing information or correct it as you see fit. To remove metadata, delete the text or select Undefined.

Note:

The Color name and Inventory ID can only be changed in single-color editing mode . Some metadata fields such as Substrate name and type are mandatory and cannot be left empty or undefined.

To assign the value being displayed in a metadata field to all selected color definitions, enable the check box to the right of this field.

Note:

Enabling the check box of an empty or undefined field causes the metadata information to be deleted from all selected color definitions.

Metadata fields displayed as empty are either really empty or have ‘mixed contents’. The latter means that each of the selected color definitions has different information in this metadata field.

Options

Apply modifications … without additional confirmation: If this option is enabled, all of your changes will be applied automatically. The application will no longer ask you whether your changes should be applied when you select or deselect spot colors in the list on the left.

Buttons

Click this button to remove the selected CxF/X-4 color definition from the dialog.

Click this button to remove all CxF/X-4 color definitions from the dialog.

Click this button to select all color definitions listed on the left. The button will change to .

Click this button to deselect all colors. The button will change to .

Click this button if you want to switch to single-color editing mode. You can then view the spectral curves and edit or rename colors individually. Click to return to the bulk-edit mode.

Click this button to display the Measure CxF/X-4 Data tab which allows you to create additional CxF/X-4 data by measuring spot colors.

Clicking the button on the left has the same effect.

This button is only available if the color definitions being listed were created by measuring spot colors in the current ORIS CxF Toolbox session.

Click this button to create a report for all CxF/X-4 color definitions loaded in this dialog.

Click this button to verify print quality by measuring spot colors against the CxF/X-4 color definitions loaded in this dialog (validation).

Click this button to export the selected spot colors as CGATS or Adobe Swatch Exchange (ASE) files. Using ASE files you can load the spot colors into the swatch palettes of Adobe design applications.

Note:

ASE files do not contain any CxF/X-4 data. Having designed a page in an Adobe CS application, make sure to open the resulting PDF/X file in ORIS CxF Toolbox and reassign the CxF/X-4 data to the spot colors.

Click this button to save the selected color definitions, i.e. the colors with a check mark displayed next to their name.

You can choose to save all colors to a single CxF/X-4 file or create a separate CxF/X-4 file for every color.

Click this button to save all color definitions even if they are not selected.

You can choose to save all colors to a single CxF/X-4 file or create a separate CxF/X-4 file for every color.