Quark 8.1 native transparency in PDF export?!

[Shawn]

Hi Don

We set it up years ago, so it was originally based on PDF X-1a with the settings modified to allow live transparency in Acrobat 5 format and icc profile embedding turned off--since our workflow required no profiles at the time.

If I were doing it today, I would probably start with PDF X-4 modified to use our standard bleed and crop mark offsets.

Shawn

[disbellj]

Thanks again Shawn.

Don

Hi Don

We set it up years ago, so it was originally based on PDF X-1a with the settings modified to allow live transparency in Acrobat 5 format and icc profile embedding turned off--since our workflow required no profiles at the time.

If I were doing it today, I would probably start with PDF X-4 modified to use our standard bleed and crop mark offsets.

Shawn

[prepressguru]

Just used the Native transparency feature for the first time yesterday with a Quark 7 file. Works great! No half vector half bitmap vector art when it tried to figure out the transparency.

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[saber]

I am having a terrible time with B&w Photoshop images and quark shadows. The B&W ad looks fine with native transparency until it is flattened. Then, any area that is contained transparency becomes a different shade of gray. CMYK elements look fine when flattened.

Can someone email me a settings file to try?

Does anyone have any idea why this is happening?

Thanks

[mattbeals]

Did I see PDF/X-4 mentioned as a Distiller setting? Or was I reading that wrong?

[saber]

I tried that (this is pdf version 1.5 - right?) I also tried PDF X-1a.

Below is a link to some sample files, showing the problem. Can someone try flattening the native transparency file with their settings?

Thanks


Samples.zip

[neologicspasm]

Your flattened pdf looks fine to me when I open it and use the "output preview" in acrobat

neo