I am having trouble fading the edges of a graphic that will be placed in pagemaker. I have a mask over the edges and a clipping path and it looks good in PS but when I place it in pagemaker and print it, I get what looks like a white outline around the edges of the graphic. This does not let the graphic that is behind it show through in that are ruining the effect I was shooting for. I am open to suggestions on how to solve this problem. I would also like to find any tutorials anyone might know of as well.
thanks always to everyone for all the help.
billy
#1
Pagemaker does not support transparency. You'll need to create your file with a background identical to the PM background.
Or do the really smart thing and move to InDesign.
Bob
#2
it does support clipping paths
#3
Bob,
we've been meaning to move to InDesign but our workload (and the learning curve) really hasn't permitted it yet. We have the entire CS suite but haven't loaded that either. I was trying to avoid having to do the entire spread in photoshop but I guess I have no choice now.
Thanks for the help.
billy
#4
it does support clipping paths
Of couse it does and that's why he's getting that hard edge. He needs a soft edge that will fade to the background. You can't do that with Pagemaker or Quark.
Bob
#5
In addition to Bob´s recommendation about the
creation of an image in PhS, placed on a uniform
background in PM:
It´s necessary to make the uniform background in
PM by an IMAGE which is a blown up version of a
small part (e.g.16x16 pixel) of the uniform back-
ground of the fading image in PhS.
If the background in PM is a box then the printed
colors can differ because images and vector graphics
are often printed by different rendering intents.
The method "image on image" is safe.
Best regards -- Gernot Hoffmann
#6
because images and vector graphics are often printed by different rendering intents.
Good point. I have done it both ways and Gernot's method is the one to choose if you don't like costly surprises.
#7