Phantasm CS Designer version 2

Phantasm CS Designer

Vector Halftones

Phantasm CS Designer version 2 hones in what designers want and need - professional color control directly within Adobe Illustrator!

The core tools are live (non-destructive) Effects and permanent Filters which allow users to color adjust all artwork within an Illustrator document, including all vector objects, text and images.

Filters vs. live Effects

Adjustments are made via familiar tools including Curves, Levels, Hue/Saturation and more. Carefully constructed to produce identical results compared to their Photoshop equivalents, all major tools allow users to exchange adjustment settings between the two applications.

Illustrator to Photoshop settings exchange

All core color adjustment tools also provide a comprehensive selection of advanced options to better control all vector artwork and images directly within Illustrator. These include the ability to automatically remove overprint white and convert rich black to any user defined color, such as pure black.

Advanced Options and Actions

Automation is also possible using the Illustrator Actions system allowing batch processing of artwork.

What's new in Phantasm CS Designer version 2?

  • Unified versions for Mac and Windows and Illustrator CS3, CS4 and CS5. Up/cross-grading between these is no longer necessary - one size fits all.
  • New, easy installation process on Mac and Windows.
  • New licensing system (details here) providing the significant benefits.

New tools:

  • Exposure Effect / Filter
  • All advanced options previously only found in Phantasm CS Publisher
  • Select all Phantasm live Effects

Note that the basic Swap Channels tool has been removed from Phantasm CS Designer. The revised and advanced Swap Channels Effect / Filter is part of Phantasm CS Publisher.

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Phantasm CS Designer features

  • Color functions available as Filters and live Effects:
    • Brightness/Contrast
    • Curves
    • Desaturate
    • Duotone (including monotone, tritone and quadtone)
    • Exposure
    • Halftone (vector)
    • Hue/Saturation/Lightness
      • Colorize mode
    • Invert
    • Levels
    • Shift to Color
    • Swap Channels
    • Temperature/Tint
  • Photoshop-compatible color adjustment settings exchange:
    • Curves (including pencil mode)
    • Duotone
    • Exposure
    • Hue/Saturation
    • Levels
  • Filter and Effect color function options:
    • Safe CMYK, with option to exlude pure black
    • Ignore spot colors
    • Apply to: Fill / Stroke / Text / Images
    • Convert colorized bitmaps
    • Auto Rasterize
    • Black / White color cut-off:
      • Ignore White (variable range)
      • Ignore Rich Black (variable range)
      • Ignore Pure Black (variable range)
    • Rich black to user-defined color
    • Overprint control
    • Gradient Accuracy
  • All live Effects can be incorporated into Illustrator Graphic Styles
  • Save and manage options settings
  • Additional spot color object, image types and Phantasm live Effect selection
  • Actions-compliant