At the RIP/DFE, assign the Touch7 spot colour to the corresponding ink on your press – For example, T7-NeonPink would be printed with the Pink ink on your printing device. See example below as demonstrated using the Fiery RIP.

All presses use slightly different coloured neon/fluorescent inks. It's important that you use the correct press partner from the Press Configuration Settings menu

If your press or ink set is not available in our Press Configuration Settings, you can manually assign a LAB value after creating the spot color. Simply use the Touch7 preset colors in the plugin and follow these steps:

Your assigned LAB value is now applied, and the SCR and Boost buttons will use it for future calculations.

TIP: You can create an action set of the above process to speed up your workflow.

You're in complete control of where the neon ink prints!

During separation, our algorithm may pick up colored pixels in areas you don’t want to enhance. Since neon ink is a 5th color that adds to printing costs, it’s best to remove any unnecessary areas from the neon spot color.

Working in Photoshop, you can use any familiar tools, but we recommend the Dodge Tool:

Set it to Highlights

Adjust the exposure to around 20%

Gently remove unwanted neon pixels, especially in highlight areas

For a detailed walkthrough, check out the Touch7 Photo training video.

SCR functions similarly to UCR (Under Color Removal), but instead of reducing ink in shadow areas, it removes the equivalent hue of the Touch7 spot colors from the original image. This is especially useful when you want to extract a specific color range and replace it with neon ink on your press.

How SCR Works
The SCR button generates three additional layers alongside the original image, each using a different mathematical algorithm to calculate color removal. This allows for precise replacement with the neon spot color.

Using SCR in Photoshop
Press the corresponding SCR button — Open the Layers Palette – You’ll see four layers:

No SCR – The original image. If printed as-is, the neon spot color will overprint on top (No SCR is applied).

SCR 1, SCR 2, SCR 3 – Each layer applies a different color removal method. Toggle layers on/off to compare results.

Choosing the Best Option – You can preview the different effects or print all four versions to determine which one works best for your design.

Processing Multiple Neon Colors – If your image contains more than one neon color (e.g., Neon Pink & Neon Yellow), you’ll need to apply SCR separately for each.

Note: All images are converted to CMYK using your Photoshop color settings.

You have full control over your image and can enhance the neon effect using Levels in Photoshop.

For example, to add more neon color to a specific area:

Make a Selection – Select the part of the image where you want to increase the neon effect (e.g., the left side).

Adjust Levels – Open the Levels adjustment and move the shadow slider (left slider) to the start of the histogram. This boosts the deepest, most saturated areas of the neon spot color to 100%, while ensuring the midtones and highlights scale proportionally.

The BOOST button increases the overall neon intensity in 25% increments. Each boost adds another 25%, enhancing vibrancy across the entire separation. This provides a quick and efficient way to amplify the neon effect.

You can also selectively boost a specific area of the spot color by creating a selection. In this instance we are selectively boosting just the left side of the image.

The first time you work with one of the Touch7 Neon color palettes for InDesign, you will need to manually load it. You only need to do this once! (Provided that your computer doesn't crash before you quit from InDesign, the palette will be in the drop down list the next time you open InDesign). The following procedure would be applied to each of the palettes you wish to open.

1. Open your “SWATCHES” window (Window > Color > Swatches)

2. Click the the sub menu in the top right of the swatches window

3. Select NEW COLOR SWATCH …

From the new window that opens up:

4. Click the COLOR MODE drop down menu

5. Select OTHER LIBRARY

Touch7 can be used to process images and vector graphics within a customer supplied PDF – However, due to the limitations of Adobe Acrobat, it’s only possible to process one image at a time.

Step 1
Open your PDF file using Adobe Acrobat (requires a full version of Adobe Acrobat Pro/DC)

Step 2
Using the Adobe Acrobat Tools, select the “EDIT PDF” function.

Step 3
Select the image or vector graphic you wish to convert and go to the “EDIT USING” feature, and select either Adobe Photoshop or Adobe Illustrator depending on what you are editing.

Step 4
Your image or vector graphic will then open up in in Photoshop or Illustrator – For Photoshop, process the image using the Touch7 Photo Neon plugin, and once you are happy with your file conversion, save and close the image. For Adobe Illustrator, use the Touch7 Neon Graphic Style palette to add neon colors to the vector graphic, save and close the file.

Step 5
Next, go back to your PDF in Adobe Acrobat and your image/vector will automatically update, bringing in the extra Touch7 spot color(s).