{"id":851,"date":"2015-02-27T13:26:37","date_gmt":"2015-02-27T13:26:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.primocards.com\/blog\/?p=851"},"modified":"2020-11-18T15:54:48","modified_gmt":"2020-11-18T15:54:48","slug":"primo-print-spot-uv-tutorial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.primoprint.com\/blog\/primo-print-spot-uv-tutorial\/","title":{"rendered":"Include Spot UV on Your Printed Products"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><\/center>Applying Spot UV&nbsp;<span class=\"s1\">(also referred to as Spot Gloss or Spot Varnish)&nbsp;<\/span>to your business card, postcards, presentation folders and other business products. It&#8217;s a favorite added feature. We have created a Spot UV tutorial to help you through the process to ensure the files are correct. Once we print the product, we apply a clear glossy UV Coating to select areas of the card such as logos, photos or even as a blind pattern to create highlights, contrast, and dimension.<\/p>\n<h2>What is Spot Gloss?<\/h2>\n<p>Learn more about this clear varnish that can enhance the look of your print product by reading: <a href=\"https:\/\/support.primoprint.com\/artwork-and-files\/mask-files\/spot-gloss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How to Create a Spot UV Mask File<\/a>. We&#8217;ve also created a video tutorial. Take a look at our <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/PBRIkWYEOPg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Spot UV video tutorial<\/a> as it explains how to create mask files for business cards and postcards.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7285\" src=\"https:\/\/www.primoprint.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/custom-folders.jpg\" alt=\"When deciding what stock option to use, you should think about your other print marketing materials.\" width=\"1546\" height=\"1045\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.primoprint.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/custom-folders.jpg 1546w, https:\/\/www.primoprint.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/custom-folders-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.primoprint.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/custom-folders-768x519.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.primoprint.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/custom-folders-1024x692.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1546px) 100vw, 1546px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re interested in applying Spot UV, offered&nbsp;on a <a href=\"\/business-cards\">variety of our business cards<\/a> and <a title=\"Large Selection of Postcard Printing Options\" href=\"\/postcards\">postcard printing options<\/a>.&nbsp;If you would like to learn more information or find out if Spot UV is ideal for your print design, please&nbsp;<a title=\"Contact Primo Print\" href=\"\/resources\/contact\">contact us<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you need help designing your next print project, our <a title=\"Primo Print Graphic Designers\" href=\"\/resources\/design-services\">graphic designers<\/a> can help.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Applying Spot UV&nbsp;(also referred to as Spot Gloss or Spot Varnish)&nbsp;to your business card, postcards, presentation folders and other business products. It&#8217;s a favorite added feature. We have created a&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2420,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[130],"tags":[143],"class_list":["post-851","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-print-tutorials","tag-print-tutorials"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.primoprint.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/851","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.primoprint.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.primoprint.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.primoprint.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.primoprint.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=851"}],"version-history":[{"count":28,"href":"https:\/\/www.primoprint.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/851\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14570,"href":"https:\/\/www.primoprint.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/851\/revisions\/14570"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.primoprint.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2420"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.primoprint.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.primoprint.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.primoprint.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}