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Creating Effects/transparentcy in InDesign or Quark
Hi All,
How many here has experience with printing drop shadows or other special effects in either InDesign or Quark? I'm old school. I was taught to do any artsy stuffs outside of layout apps. Does it still apply now?
Both InDesign and Quark 7 has their own drop shadow effects etc build into the latest of either program. This morning, we were having a problem with drop shadows not proofing correctly and this stuff just came back from outside designer. This stuff is still a crapshoot at best which is why I suggest the designer to do things the old way. Of course, he claims it will take up too much time for the job. Frankly, I rather have something done correctly than someone taking a shortcut and not realized the shortcut really isn't saving them much time.
How hard is it to create type with soft shadow in Photoshop, add a color background and flattening it for re-import? Takes like 5-10 min if one knows what's going on. This designer clearly don't.
This job is done using InDesign's drop shadow, but on color laser proof, it prints a light/faint tint of black around text/object boxes.
Last edited by Techboy : 07-17-2007 at 02:37 PM.
Reason: Completing my thoughts
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