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Hi Angi,
I had created some of the text–with drop shadow effects–in Photoshop, and it’s not printing crisp like it would if the text were placed in Quark.
That should be passable in small amounts if the resolution of the images is high enough. 300 dpi is normally sufficient.
Another possible pitfall: Quark has troubles with TIFF files in a picture box with no background color. One way to handle it is to use a background color set to 0%. Or use a clipping path.
However, I can’t create the same drop shadow effects in Quark as I can in Photoshop or Illustrator.
There is a Quark XTension called ShadowCaster which will allow you to create drop shadows and a few other transparency effects. And it’s only and extra $100! ‘Course, you could solve your problems completely for not much more by switching to InDesign which supports live transparancy.
However, I can’t get the file to import and stay transparent.
Because Quark doesn’t support transparency. You’ll have to use a clipping path or alpha channel.
I am looking for any suggestions on giving this text a decent drop shadow and still enabling it to print without jagged edges.
Another quick and dirty option would a "faux drop shadow". Duplicate your text, turn one copy 30% grey or so, turn off runaround on both, send the gray text behind the other copy, and position it offset a couple of points. It won’t be as pretty as a feathered photoshop shadow, though.
HTH,
Gene
I had created some of the text–with drop shadow effects–in Photoshop, and it’s not printing crisp like it would if the text were placed in Quark.
That should be passable in small amounts if the resolution of the images is high enough. 300 dpi is normally sufficient.
Another possible pitfall: Quark has troubles with TIFF files in a picture box with no background color. One way to handle it is to use a background color set to 0%. Or use a clipping path.
However, I can’t create the same drop shadow effects in Quark as I can in Photoshop or Illustrator.
There is a Quark XTension called ShadowCaster which will allow you to create drop shadows and a few other transparency effects. And it’s only and extra $100! ‘Course, you could solve your problems completely for not much more by switching to InDesign which supports live transparancy.
However, I can’t get the file to import and stay transparent.
Because Quark doesn’t support transparency. You’ll have to use a clipping path or alpha channel.
I am looking for any suggestions on giving this text a decent drop shadow and still enabling it to print without jagged edges.
Another quick and dirty option would a "faux drop shadow". Duplicate your text, turn one copy 30% grey or so, turn off runaround on both, send the gray text behind the other copy, and position it offset a couple of points. It won’t be as pretty as a feathered photoshop shadow, though.
HTH,
Gene
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