Urgent help needed with Illustrator & InDesign
terina (59 pencils) | Fri, 2007-06-15 06:18We are trying to print large format posters, but when we print a proof there is funny blocks on the printout?!?
We first did the posters in Illustrator, made a high res pdf & it looked fine on the high res pdf, but then we had a proof printed & there was these blocks, lighter colour than the rest, behind some of the shapes?!? We have checked the photo's it's all got clipping paths etc. So it's not the photo's. Now we've re-done it in InDesign, same story? PLEASE HELP? I really don't know what to do anymore & it must go to print today?!
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Please export any format file which can be open in PSD..just this in to channel...and view on each color..
or just redo cippping path again and paste, save as EPS..and try...
Cheers,
Baski
We have now slowly eliminated shape for shape. We've found the problem. It's the drop show on the shape. Why is this? Can anyone maybe help?
http://www.tdesigns.co.za/
thanx! but we've now figured out it's not the images, but the drop shadow on one of the shapes. how can we fix this? it looks very flat without the shadow?
http://www.tdesigns.co.za/
Take a look at this PDF guide from Adobe. The blocks you are seeing are due to the drop shadow and the way the file has or hasn't been flattened.
http://www.adobe.com/designcenter/creativesuite/articles/acs2transpguide/acs2transpguide.pdf
thank you sooo much!
http://www.tdesigns.co.za/
Make sure to rip PDF/X-1a files; They will flatten all transparencies and give you the best possible file for a printer to use without errors. (It''s a print industry file standard).
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