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InDesign > PDF with Vector Images = Ugly Preview

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Linda King ID

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Mar 31, 2003, 4:04:42 PM3/31/03
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I meant to say I don't have the program Acrobat -- for distilling. I do have Reader 5.

Bob Levine

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Mar 31, 2003, 4:00:20 PM3/31/03
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This is not an InDesign issue. Acrobat 4 can not anti-alias vector
images no matter what application creates them.

Bob

Linda King ID

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Mar 31, 2003, 3:59:00 PM3/31/03
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Too bad. This should be fixed IMHP.

I don't have Acrobat 5 but maybe I'll try the old distiller that came with PageMaker.

Thanks for the swift reply Bob!

Bob Levine

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Mar 31, 2003, 3:54:30 PM3/31/03
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You'll need Acrobat 5. In the view preferences check the box for smooth
line art.

In Acrobat 4, there's nothing you can do.

Bob

Linda King ID

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Mar 31, 2003, 3:50:21 PM3/31/03
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Whenever I export to PDF, then preview the PDF on screen, the vector images are not clear and clean like the raster images. How I can improve on this.

Dave Saunders

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Mar 31, 2003, 4:12:03 PM3/31/03
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Reader 5 has the option. Go to Preferences and change it to smooth line art.

Dave

Bob Levine

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Mar 31, 2003, 4:45:47 PM3/31/03
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Yeah, What Dave said. :)

Bob

Linda King ID

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Mar 31, 2003, 5:27:30 PM3/31/03
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Oh...yuk...thanks anyway...

I trust all will be better with the next go-round of updates...

Linda King ID

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Mar 31, 2003, 5:11:12 PM3/31/03
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Thanks Dave. I should think that should have been the default, don't you? I need to tell me clients to change their preferences? Some of my files are downloaded from another Web site. Maybe I should have the guy post a notice there as well.

Dave Saunders

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Mar 31, 2003, 5:29:33 PM3/31/03
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Those hairlines are caused by the smoothing. The only way to avoid it is to use PDF 1.4 format so that the transparency is in the PDF itself rather than a flattened version of it.

Dave

Dave Saunders

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Mar 31, 2003, 5:25:25 PM3/31/03
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There are a couple of problems with switching it on:

1. It puts more pressure on computers and thus could slow down operations.

2 (and more likely an issue): If you have this option on when viewing a PDF that has an image in it that has been sliced (probably because of transparency flattening), you'll see hairlines between the slices at some zoom levels.

Dave

Erik Nanstiel

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Apr 1, 2003, 8:50:41 AM4/1/03
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I've noticed those hairlines as well. They usually go away at different magnifications. No big deal.
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