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Originally Posted by Techboy
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.
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You answered your own question. FLATTENING is bad. The ultimate goal of all these fancy new tools is to have a page go completely from design concept to screened separations without ever flattening. They're getting there but it takes time. We can do it in Nexus right now but it's not the most productive workflow as it stands now but they'll get there. Plus your outside designer paid big bucks for those tools. I can't say I blame him. Gotta keep up with the times.
