Color with Gradient Tool no longer working properly - Native plugin

[mwenz]

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The following image shows an example of duotone photo editing. Basically two tones for a photo. In this case Peach and Purple.
You can even add more colors if you want. Doesn't have to be two colors.

The tool allows for some really creative edits. ...

While using the conotone option one cannot specially do more than two colors, in the below, I duplicated the image and removed the FX, then used the conotone option.



Now if they would actually be true duotone images.

[gwpriester]

Now if they would actually be true duotone images.

As I have always maintained, if it were easy to do, it would have been done a long time ago. Grayscale is another of these.

[mwenz]

As I have always maintained, if it were easy to do, it would have been done a long time ago. Grayscale is another of these.

Might just be true.

Then again...we have a good list here with simple things that may never get added.

[mwenz]

BTW, if I can fake it out of XP&GD and it be for all practical purposes a duotone, I think Xara can do it right...

[properez5]

Hello Guys. The question here is not if Xara "Can" do duotone effects with the Color Gradient tool in the FX option.
It can definitely do so. The Duotone example I gave was an example from it.
The problem is when I open the project again to do edits, The tool will not act right and the effects are gone. It's very weird and should not be happening.
It's literally the only problem I am seeing on my PC in total.

I might just upgrade but I might just reinstall first.

[gwpriester]

I just tried this and I do not get a duotone when I export to PDF/X I get two colors that are CMYK.

Yes it looks like a duotone and you can create a "contone" using two Pantone spot colors, and it looks like a duo-tone, but in the Acrobat Ink Manager, it only shows CMYK.

[gwpriester]

Mike - When you eliminate the process colors you don't have much detail.