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- i_monk0
^ Vector is the king of subtle geometry. Pixel-based files reduce them to anti-aliased nearest-neighbour approximations.
- stewart0
Make it vector.
The difference in tone is probably because you don't have color profiles synchronized in the complete Adobe suite. You can do that in Bridge. Plus check if the transparency blend space in InDesign is set correct. And much much more... where do I start...
- Atkinson0
transparency blend space - that seems to fix it. If set to CMYK it's lighter and if RGB it's darker. Why is that, what does it do? I've never come across this before so please excuse my naivety!
- cmyk is for a printed document rgb is for a screen document...doesnotexist
- what if it's grey?Atkinson
- that's the K in cmyk Cyan Magenta Yellow blacKhans_glib
- it's not for what colors are in it, it's what the final output is for.doesnotexist
- err0
Funny I thought ur example looked like this.
- Atkinson0
@doesnotexist / hans_glib, what I mean by 'what if it's grey' is this:
If the BG image is RGB, adding the PSD logo turns the transparency blend to CMYK automatically and the image becomes lighter. If the BG image is CMYK there is no change. If the BG image is greyscale it acts as if it were RGB, and the image becomes lighter with the addition of the transparent PSD. It's like a greyscale image has a trans blend of RGB as default?- well you'll get weird results if you put rgb images in cmyk documents and so on.doesnotexist
- Atkinson0
@doesnotexist yes, I've had a lot of conflicting advice re printing mono / black. Most people say to use greyscale images, some say still use CMYK and set the printer to mono...I know that's a little unrelated to the above though.
- nato0
Indesign is notoriously lacking when it comes to greyscale support. In fact, it has none. It's disappointing that Adobe continues to not address this update after update, when Quark had true greyscale support before Indesign was a twinkle in Adobe's eye...
- Miesfan0
Perhaps this?
InDesign Secrets calls it “Yucky Discolored Box Syndrome.” Here’s their solution:
Create a Transparency Flattener Preset that completely rasterizes everything:
1.- Edit > Transparency Flattener Presets, click on “High” as a starting point, and then click “New.”
In the ensuing dialog box, yank the raster/vector slider all the way to the left. Set the linework resolution to the printer’s res (say, 600), and set the gradient/mesh resolution to, oh, 150. (I think you’ll find shadow appearance satisfactory at 150. If not, go to 300.) Save as a new Flattener Preset.
2.- File > Print, and under Output, choose Composite CMYK, and CHECK the “Simulate Overprint” checkbox. Under Advanced, select your all-raster flattener.