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The transparency discussion is about PDFs, not your Photoshop workflow. I always flatten my Photoshop files before I import them into another program. Rich -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Adrian Colefield Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2004 9:02 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [PDF-Basics] PDF's from CS PDF-Basics is a service provided by PDFzone.com | http://www.pdfzone.com/ __________________________________________________________________ how would you flatten after RIP, in Photoshop I flatten my images then save as tiff but I am not sending to a press but to a Digital image Press(fancy for colour copier). >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2/19/2004 11:48:22 AM >>> PDF-Basics is a service provided by PDFzone.com | http://www.pdfzone.com/ __________________________________________________________________ Leonard, Have you ever worked for a printer/prepress house? Just curious. Gregory > ---------- > From: Leonard Rosenthol > Reply To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2004 1:09 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [PDF-Basics] PDF's from CS > > > PDF-Basics is a service provided by PDFzone.com | > http://www.pdfzone.com/ > __________________________________________________________________ > > At 03:05 AM 2/19/2004, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >Would any one except PDF created directly out of the new Adobe > >Creative suite for high-end output (Prepress). > > Any printer that does NOT accept these files should be > avoided - it means they are running their business based on FUD (fear, > uncertainty and doubt) of misunderstood technology AND may also not be > using current and up to date printers/RIPs. > > ANYONE with a current copy of Adobe Acrobat AND the current > software/firmware for their RIPs will have NO PROBLEMS handling > anything generated directly from ACS applications. > > > >I am currently not, as i dont want to fall into any issues with > >layers, transparencies etc etc. > > Layers will only get exported IF you have that box checked in > the > > export dialog AND choose PDF 1.5 as your PDF level. Easily solved by > choosing PDF 1.4/Acrobat 5 compatibility. > > Transparency MUST be left in a PDF UNTIL RIP TIME - NEVER > flatten > > transparency pre-RIP!! > > > Leonard > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- > - > Leonard Rosenthol > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Chief Technical Officer <http://www.pdfsages.com> > PDF Sages, Inc. 215-629-3700 (voice) > 215-629-0789 (fax) > > > To change your subscription: > http://www.pdfzone.com/discussions/lists-pdfbasics.html > > To change your subscription: http://www.pdfzone.com/discussions/lists-pdfbasics.html To change your subscription: http://www.pdfzone.com/discussions/lists-pdfbasics.html To change your subscription: http://www.pdfzone.com/discussions/lists-pdfbasics.html
