Step 1: Create the design of your elevated artwork with a Brila effect

The white undercoat layer should consist of fully transparent areas (i.e. areas without a white undercoat) and fully black areas (i.e. areas with a white undercoat).

For areas where you want white ink to be visible in your artwork, it is advised to use the White undercoat layer [B] for these areas and make sure the corresponding areas in the Colour layer [C] are transparent.

Explanation:

When you define white in the Colour layer [C] and the Elevation (varnish) layer [D] contains no elevation, these areas will not be previewed correctly in the Touchstone Preview. Although your design contains no elevation in these areas and the final PDF export will be OK, the Touchstone Preview will incorrectly show Elevation (varnish) in these areas.

• Use matching colour and grey profiles (i.e. sRGB and sGray) in order to properly translate the colour values to the expected grey levels. That way you can be sure that RGB (128:128:128) corresponds with 50 percent of the maximum elevation.

  

• Make sure that you define the correct colour management settings before you start to work on the elevation map.

• When you create your design using multiple computers, make sure that you always use the same colour management settings (working spaces, colour management policies, et cetera) on all computers.

• Do not change the colour management settings any more after you have finalised the elevation map. Changing the colour management settings affects the grey levels and thus the geometry of the elevation.