Hi guys, me again !
My boss has designed a layout in Corel x5 and he has added a drop shadow glow to a vector logo - i am unsure how he did this, sorry, i hope you are all a lot better than me in Corel so you will understand how ?!
My problem is that when i create a pdf file and view it in acrobat, we lose the nice soft glow - we get what looks like a fat shadow - If i create a ps file (for outputting to our large format printer), my RIP tells me that a potential conflict may exist between spot colour replacement and a flattened transparency.
I guess Corel is flattening the transparency ? - Do i just need to print the file and at some point choose to keep the transparency instead of it being flattened ? If so, where do i find this to do it ?
I can do a pdf file for you all to see what outcome I am getting if this helps, if you could tell me how best to upload it on this forum?
Sammi
I resolve these similar problems - from Corel into pdf, in this way: Firstly, I export the file from Corel into jpg or tiff, secondly from jpg into pdf.
Thanks Jised, I am having a play with this method - it works great for our proof but for our large format printer the resolution is too small so we do not get a good enough quality finished print. (i am going to try exporting as a tiff with the res to 1200 but this creates a big 380mb file)
but, like i said for our proof for the client this works great so thanks again.
Sammi said:our large format printer
What type of large format printer?
Is it driven VIA a RIP?
Hi David, we have an Epson 60inch wide printer and its run through Postershop Onyx RIP
and thanks for the extra advice Ronny and Nasko, very helpful once again :)
Sammi said:Hi David, we have an Epson 60inch wide printer and its run through Postershop Onyx RIP
The advice you have gotten for flattening the transparency is good I have PosterShop also and it has issues with Adobe and Corel Transparency.
Big thanks to you all for sharing your knowledge
I now know about 'publish to pdf' which I didn't before and it's great, especially for proofs for emailing to clients etc.And I have also now learnt how to 'flatten' in Corel which is excellent to know.
Now I know I have mentioned before about how friendly, helpful and patient you all are but I can't help still being impressed with that on other forums I visit for other programs, members are only interested if you are a user at the same advanced level as they are !
Big thanks again you are all little stars