Defining appearances for foiling, varnish and ink processes

Learn how you can define your own appearances for the processes foiling, varnishing and special ink, and add them to your library of proceses.

To define an appearance

  1. On the Format menu, point to Processes, and then click Foiling and Varnishing.

The Foiling, Varnishing and Ink Appearances dialog box appears.

Icon Control Name What It Does
  Name Name of the appearance
  Type Type of the appearance
 
Fit Fits the appearance model into the preview area.
Zoom Starts zooming inside the preview area.
Pan Starts moving the appearance model across the preview area.
Turn Starts rotating the appearance model in the preview area.
Single Axis Rotation Starts rotating the appearance model along the axis defined by how you move the mouse.
View Options Opens a dialog box in which you can set how the appearance model is lit in the preview area.
Make a Snapshot Makes a snapshot of the appearance model in the preview area. This snapshot then automatically appears as an icon for the appearance in the catalog list.
 
  New/Clone Opens a dialog box in which you can define the properties of an appearance: colors, texture, bump, edge (foil and varnish), and Physically Based Rendering (PBR).

NOTE: Cloning an appearance is an effort-saving technique with which you define an appearance by modifying the settings of an existing one: In the list, select an appearance, click Clone, edit the settings, and then save them under a new name.

  Edit Opens a dialog box in which you can edit the colors, texture, bump, edge (foil and varnish) and Physically Based Rendering (PBR) of a selected appearance.
  Delete Deletes the appearance that you have selected in the list.
  1. Click New/Clone, and then edit the settings described above to make them work for your case.

The new appearance now appears in the list.