Over the years, some of the same questions reappear as designers new to the large- and grand-format industry transition from designing small printed pieces to very large advertising artwork. Some of the problems are not new, but the solutions have been upgraded slightly, much like the applications.
Let us first talk about the Photoshop, because so much original creation of large format artwork starts here, or in Illustrator.
If you want to use Photoshop, and create an image that contains library spot colors (Pantones, etc.), then you need to follow these basic steps. Pantones converted …