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Old 08-21-2007, 01:34 PM
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Freehand garbage destroying my gradient

I hate this program so much. A client has sent me a file using freehand 10 and there is a gradient in the background.

Ok so i file>export PDF and everything looks ok...except i cannot specify bleeds, crops, my overprint disappears and my pantone yellow moves to the yellow plate...errr

ok so file>print> print adobe pdf 7.0

set up crops/bleeds accordingly

ok so my overprint stays, pantone stays on its own plate but the gradient is now chopped into pieces (it looks like white lines going through the gradient at a 45* angle) they're so faint i dont think film or plates would catch them but the client basically thinks im an idiot since i sent them a pdf proof iwth these lines

ok so i even try saving as an .eps but as soon as the eps is opened in illy the gradient is in pieces, maybe 256 pieces if that makes sense?

wtf man, i hate this frigin program. does anyone have any ideas? even the help search tool sucks and i can't figure this out.
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Old 08-21-2007, 02:46 PM
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Can you distill that EPS? What about just ripping the EPS, or possible placing it into InDesign if necessary. Try to avoid unnecessary conversions, like opening it in Illy.
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Old 08-21-2007, 07:16 PM
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Maybe delete the gradient in Freehand, export an EPS, recreate the gradient in INDD or ILLY, and drop the EPS on top.... Just tossing it out there..

I usually save .ps and distill to PDF from Freehand.
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Old 08-22-2007, 04:30 AM
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as a last gasp to get a good pdf, view with overprint preview and take a screenshot - not good but at least it'll look kinda right.....

try the export to illy option and see what happens to the vignette
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