Indesign / Transparent Image
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- craigatkinson
I have a transparaent image [logo] to place over a full bleed photograph using indesign.
At present one or some of the following happens.
Either a 'ghost' rectangle appears when printed - the rectangle the logo sits within.
Or - and more frequently, when the transparent tiff or psd is placed over the full page image, the full page image becomes brighter / more exposed. I don't think this alters the final print though, just on screen.
What's happening? Is the world ending? How do I fix it.
For info, all images are either CMYK or Grey DG15%. Transparency is Tiff or PSD single layer. Tran blend space is CMYK.
- pig0
- mekk0
No transparency when single layer on background-layer (the little lock) and no reliable transparency with tiff's
- pig0
I recently upgraded CS4 > CS6 too.
Not had any of the problems you've mentioned but had others.Have your tried ripping to PDF, then printing from there after?
- ian0
The image lightening is a display issue, but doesn't affect the final output, however I have sometimes seen the white box issue with the edge of a transparent box. More prevalent in laser outputs than the final, though it would be something to flag with your printer on a proof.
As for transparencies in a logo... If you have a logo sitting on a white background, ideally you would have an eps with no background or a psd with no background so you just see the white and gray checkerboard pattern and don't set it to transparent in indesign.
If its like a watermark, flag it with your printer and ask for a test or for them to confirm that its happening on their end too... or just overlay the logo in photoshop and bring it in as a flattened image. This wouldn't really be a runner if you had a lot of them to do, unless you did a batch process.
- Yep, good communication with your printer is vital. I never trust them to do a decent job.Chimp
- Chimp0
Hmm I've had problems like this when PDFing, it all prints out fine. To be safe you could always put the logo on the background in Photoshop.
- I've had them appear on laser prints when using drop shadows and bad color spacesmonospaced
- i_monk0
In my experience the ghost box appears when you're mixing colour spaces and/or blending spot colours.
- craigatkinson0
Yes maybe a colour space issue, I don't remember. Using Acrobat to convert the whole doc to a new colour space though should eliminate that issue?
- or make a package and check the linked files color space in the report?dyspl
- craigatkinson0
Yes maybe a colour space issue, I don't remember. Using Acrobat to convert the whole doc to a new colour space though should eliminate that issue?
- added_valium0
Maybe try to export to PDF, then print
- craigatkinson0
Yes always have exported before printing