Preflight panel - maximal total ink option?
Hello!
I wanted to ask is there somewherein CS5 preflight panel hidden option for checking maximal total ink coverage for images? I didn't find it.
In CS3 there was such option. It sometimes worked strange but it was posible. And there was much more option for checking.
Or i just miss something and it all is there and i just don't see it?
Thanks.
I was found it. Don't remember right now where but there was such thing. Not so obvious but it was posible to add option for checking and find in object list total ink for image. I think same was for stroke and fill color max ink. But that was in CS3. I can find it later (some days) if needed.
Separation panel is excelent thing but since it depends on human eyes it's not so "cool" better for workflow would be to make Indesign do that work.
P.S. Oh my...i feel so ashamed. That was acrobat preflight. Sorry sorry sorry.
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In the MacIntosh-forum recently somebody asked about a way to assess the maximal total ink of an image in Photoshop as in Acrobat or Indesign (probably for prepress-purposes I guess).
http://forums.adobe.com/thread/453851;jsessionid=6EFF73D4ADC319F2F24387656080AF46.node0?ts tart=0
My first idea was iterating a color-picker through every pixel of an image an collecting the values, but that seems to take a forbiddingly long time.
A way that works much quicker is bunching the four CMYK-channels into one channel by Linear Burning them with 25% opacity and evaluating the resulting channel’s histogram.
Of course that means that every histogram-step actually amounts for about 1.5% accumulated ink which still seems acceptable to me.
And with an appropriate Threshold-setting the channel can be adapted to indicate areas of certain minimal ink amounts, though non interactively.
But when working on CMYK-files with more than one additional spot color the rounding errors accumulate pretty strongly as with 6 colors one histogram-step would amount to about 2.3% total ink and the opacity for the calculation of the accumulated-ink-channel – while fine for 4 or 5 colors – has to be rounded to an integer for 6 colors.
This can be worked around to some extent by getting the channels together as layers in a grayscale-document, converting them to one Smart Object and applying the Stack Mode Mean and evaluating the result.
So I have a crude and inexact solution but does any one of You have a better idea on how to get the maximum total ink in an image with more than 4 colors in a reasonable time or does a Script for that already exist?
(If someone’s interested I can post my current Script.)/* creates layers that mark areas that more or less exceed a certain total area coverage;
the more channels the more pronounced the rounding issues;
based on a discussion with j maloney;
2013, use it at your own risk */
if (app.documents.length > 0 && app.activeDocument.mode == DocumentMode.CMYK) {
/* dialog;*/
var dlg = new Window("dialog", "indicate tac of and over", [500,300,750,420]);
/* filter for checking if entry is numeric, thanks to xbytor;*/
numberKeystrokeFilter = function() {
if (this.text.match(/[^\-\.\d]/)) {
this.text = this.text.replace(/[^\d]/g, "")
if (this.text <= 0) {this.text = 100};
if (Number(this.text) > 500) {this.text = "500"}
/* field for entry;*/
dlg.tac = dlg.add("edittext", [15,15,110,35], "300", {multiline:false});
dlg.tac.active = true;
dlg.tac.onChange = numberKeystrokeFilter;
/* warning;*/
dlg.warning = dlg.add("statictext", [13,78,240,150], "please remember to remove or");
dlg.warning2 = dlg.add("statictext", [13,95,240,150], "hide the indicator layers");
/* ok- and cancel-button;*/
dlg.buildBtn = dlg.add("button", [13,45,118,68], "OK", {name:"ok"});
dlg.cancelBtn = dlg.add("button", [128,45,240,68], "Cancel", {name:"cancel"});
/* show dialog;*/
dlg.center();
/* show dialog;*/
var myReturn = dlg.show ();
if (myReturn == true) {
var myDocument = app.activeDocument;
/* get the number of tac;*/
var total = Number (dlg.tac.text);
var myDocument = app.activeDocument;
/* go to top layer;*/
var theVis = myDocument.layers[0].visible;
myDocument.activeLayer = myDocument.layers[0];
if (myDocument.layers[0].iBackgroundLayer == false) {myDocument.layers[0].visible = theVis};
/* set to composite;*/
app.activeDocument.activeChannels = [app.activeDocument.channels[0], app.activeDocument.channels[1], app.activeDocument.channels[2], app.activeDocument.channels[3]];
/* array for printing channels;*/
var theChannels = [0, 1, 2, 3];
/* check for spot colors;*/
for (var m = myDocument.channels.length - 1; m >= 4 ; m--) {
if (myDocument.channels[m].kind == ChannelType.SPOTCOLOR) {
theChannels = theChannels.concat(m)
/* create channel mixer;*/
var channelMixer = theChannelMix(theChannels.length);
channelMixer.name = "total area coverage "+total+"%";
/* work throuh spot channels;*/
for (var n = theChannels.length - 1; n >= 4 ; n--) {
myDocument.selection.load(myDocument.channels[theChannels[n]]);
/* make solid color layer;*/
var idMk = charIDToTypeID( "Mk " );
var desc72 = new ActionDescriptor();
var idnull = charIDToTypeID( "null" );
var ref57 = new ActionReference();
var idcontentLayer = stringIDToTypeID( "contentLayer" );
ref57.putClass( idcontentLayer );
desc72.putReference( idnull, ref57 );
var idUsng = charIDToTypeID( "Usng" );
var desc73 = new ActionDescriptor();
var idType = charIDToTypeID( "Type" );
var desc74 = new ActionDescriptor();
var idClr = charIDToTypeID( "Clr " );
var desc75 = new ActionDescriptor();
var idCyn = charIDToTypeID( "Cyn " );
desc75.putDouble( idCyn, 0.000000 );
var idMgnt = charIDToTypeID( "Mgnt" );
desc75.putDouble( idMgnt, 100.000000 );
var idYlw = charIDToTypeID( "Ylw " );
desc75.putDouble( idYlw, 0.000000 );
var idBlck = charIDToTypeID( "Blck" );
desc75.putDouble( idBlck, 0.000000 );
var idCMYC = charIDToTypeID( "CMYC" );
desc74.putObject( idClr, idCMYC, desc75 );
var idsolidColorLayer = stringIDToTypeID( "solidColorLayer" );
desc73.putObject( idType, idsolidColorLayer, desc74 );
var idcontentLayer = stringIDToTypeID( "contentLayer" );
desc72.putObject( idUsng, idcontentLayer, desc73 );
executeAction( idMk, desc72, DialogModes.NO );
myDocument.activeLayer.name = myDocument.channels[theChannels[n]].name;
myDocument.activeLayer.opacity = Math.ceil(100 / theChannels.length);
myDocument.activeLayer.grouped = true;
myDocument.channels[theChannels[n]].visible = false;
/* create curves layer;*/
var curvesLayer = theCurvesMix (total, theChannels.length);
/* function for channel mixer */
function theChannelMix (channelNumber) {
var thePerc = Math.ceil(100 / channelNumber);
var idMk = charIDToTypeID( "Mk " );
var desc3 = new ActionDescriptor();
var idnull = charIDToTypeID( "null" );
var ref2 = new ActionReference();
var idAdjL = charIDToTypeID( "AdjL" );
ref2.putClass( idAdjL );
desc3.putReference( idnull, ref2 );
var idUsng = charIDToTypeID( "Usng" );
var desc4 = new ActionDescriptor();
var idType = charIDToTypeID( "Type" );
var desc5 = new ActionDescriptor();
var idpresetKind = stringIDToTypeID( "presetKind" );
var idpresetKindType = stringIDToTypeID( "presetKindType" );
var idpresetKindDefault = stringIDToTypeID( "presetKindDefault" );
desc5.putEnumerated( idpresetKind, idpresetKindType, idpresetKindDefault );
var idCyn = charIDToTypeID( "Cyn " );
var desc6 = new ActionDescriptor();
var idCyn = charIDToTypeID( "Cyn " );
var idPrc = charIDToTypeID( "#Prc" );
desc6.putUnitDouble( idCyn, idPrc, 100.000000 );
var idChMx = charIDToTypeID( "ChMx" );
desc5.putObject( idCyn, idChMx, desc6 );
var idMgnt = charIDToTypeID( "Mgnt" );
var desc7 = new ActionDescriptor();
var idMgnt = charIDToTypeID( "Mgnt" );
var idPrc = charIDToTypeID( "#Prc" );
desc7.putUnitDouble( idMgnt, idPrc, 100.000000 );
var idChMx = charIDToTypeID( "ChMx" );
desc5.putObject( idMgnt, idChMx, desc7 );
var idYlw = charIDToTypeID( "Ylw " );
var desc8 = new ActionDescriptor();
var idYlw = charIDToTypeID( "Ylw " );
var idPrc = charIDToTypeID( "#Prc" );
desc8.putUnitDouble( idYlw, idPrc, 100.000000 );
var idChMx = charIDToTypeID( "ChMx" );
desc5.putObject( idYlw, idChMx, desc8 );
var idBlck = charIDToTypeID( "Blck" );
var desc9 = new ActionDescriptor();
var idBlck = charIDToTypeID( "Blck" );
var idPrc = charIDToTypeID( "#Prc" );
desc9.putUnitDouble( idBlck, idPrc, 100.000000 );
var idChMx = charIDToTypeID( "ChMx" );
desc5.putObject( idBlck, idChMx, desc9 );
var idChnM = charIDToTypeID( "ChnM" );
desc4.putObject( idType, idChnM, desc5 );
var idAdjL = charIDToTypeID( "AdjL" );
desc3.putObject( idUsng, idAdjL, desc4 );
executeAction( idMk, desc3, DialogModes.NO );
var idsetd = charIDToTypeID( "setd" );
var desc38 = new ActionDescriptor();
var idnull = charIDToTypeID( "null" );
var ref12 = new ActionReference();
var idAdjL = charIDToTypeID( "AdjL" );
var idOrdn = charIDToTypeID( "Ordn" );
var idTrgt = charIDToTypeID( "Trgt" );
ref12.putEnumerated( idAdjL, idOrdn, idTrgt );
desc38.putReference( idnull, ref12 );
var idT = charIDToTypeID( "T " );
var desc39 = new ActionDescriptor();
var idpresetKind = stringIDToTypeID( "presetKind" );
var idpresetKindType = stringIDToTypeID( "presetKindType" );
var idpresetKindCustom = stringIDToTypeID( "presetKindCustom" );
desc39.putEnumerated( idpresetKind, idpresetKindType, idpresetKindCustom );
var idCyn = charIDToTypeID( "Cyn " );
var desc40 = new ActionDescriptor();
var idCyn = charIDToTypeID( "Cyn " );
var idPrc = charIDToTypeID( "#Prc" );
desc40.putUnitDouble( idCyn, idPrc, 0.000000 );
var idChMx = charIDToTypeID( "ChMx" );
desc39.putObject( idCyn, idChMx, desc40 );
var idMgnt = charIDToTypeID( "Mgnt" );
var desc41 = new ActionDescriptor();
var idCyn = charIDToTypeID( "Cyn " );
var idPrc = charIDToTypeID( "#Prc" );
desc41.putUnitDouble( idCyn, idPrc, thePerc );
var idMgnt = charIDToTypeID( "Mgnt" );
var idPrc = charIDToTypeID( "#Prc" );
desc41.putUnitDouble( idMgnt, idPrc, thePerc );
var idYlw = charIDToTypeID( "Ylw " );
var idPrc = charIDToTypeID( "#Prc" );
desc41.putUnitDouble( idYlw, idPrc, thePerc );
var idBlck = charIDToTypeID( "Blck" );
var idPrc = charIDToTypeID( "#Prc" );
desc41.putUnitDouble( idBlck, idPrc, thePerc );
var idChMx = charIDToTypeID( "ChMx" );
desc39.putObject( idMgnt, idChMx, desc41 );
var idYlw = charIDToTypeID( "Ylw " );
var desc42 = new ActionDescriptor();
var idYlw = charIDToTypeID( "Ylw " );
var idPrc = charIDToTypeID( "#Prc" );
desc42.putUnitDouble( idYlw, idPrc, 0.000000 );
var idChMx = charIDToTypeID( "ChMx" );
desc39.putObject( idYlw, idChMx, desc42 );
var idBlck = charIDToTypeID( "Blck" );
var desc43 = new ActionDescriptor();
var idBlck = charIDToTypeID( "Blck" );
var idPrc = charIDToTypeID( "#Prc" );
desc43.putUnitDouble( idBlck, idPrc, 0.000000 );
var idChMx = charIDToTypeID( "ChMx" );
desc39.putObject( idBlck, idChMx, desc43 );
var idChnM = charIDToTypeID( "ChnM" );
desc38.putObject( idT, idChnM, desc39 );
executeAction( idsetd, desc38, DialogModes.NO );
var idsetd = charIDToTypeID( "setd" );
var desc34 = new ActionDescriptor();
var idnull = charIDToTypeID( "null" );
var ref22 = new ActionReference();
var idLyr = charIDToTypeID( "Lyr " );
var idOrdn = charIDToTypeID( "Ordn" );
var idTrgt = charIDToTypeID( "Trgt" );
ref22.putEnumerated( idLyr, idOrdn, idTrgt );
desc34.putReference( idnull, ref22 );
var idT = charIDToTypeID( "T " );
var desc35 = new ActionDescriptor();
var idBlnd = charIDToTypeID( "Blnd" );
var list10 = new ActionList();
var desc36 = new ActionDescriptor();
var idChnl = charIDToTypeID( "Chnl" );
var ref23 = new ActionReference();
var idChnl = charIDToTypeID( "Chnl" );
var idChnl = charIDToTypeID( "Chnl" );
var idMgnt = charIDToTypeID( "Mgnt" );
ref23.putEnumerated( idChnl, idChnl, idMgnt );
desc36.putReference( idChnl, ref23 );
var idSrcB = charIDToTypeID( "SrcB" );
desc36.putInteger( idSrcB, 0 );
var idSrcl = charIDToTypeID( "Srcl" );
desc36.putInteger( idSrcl, 0 );
var idSrcW = charIDToTypeID( "SrcW" );
desc36.putInteger( idSrcW, 62 );
var idSrcm = charIDToTypeID( "Srcm" );
desc36.putInteger( idSrcm, 62 );
var idDstB = charIDToTypeID( "DstB" );
desc36.putInteger( idDstB, 0 );
var idDstl = charIDToTypeID( "Dstl" );
desc36.putInteger( idDstl, 0 );
var idDstW = charIDToTypeID( "DstW" );
desc36.putInteger( idDstW, 255 );
var idDstt = charIDToTypeID( "Dstt" );
desc36.putInteger( idDstt, 255 );
var idBlnd = charIDToTypeID( "Blnd" );
list10.putObject( idBlnd, desc36 );
desc35.putList( idBlnd, list10 );
var idLefx = charIDToTypeID( "Lefx" );
var desc37 = new ActionDescriptor();
var idScl = charIDToTypeID( "Scl " );
var idPrc = charIDToTypeID( "#Prc" );
desc37.putUnitDouble( idScl, idPrc, 100.000000 );
var idLefx = charIDToTypeID( "Lefx" );
desc35.putObject( idLefx, idLefx, desc37 );
var idLyr = charIDToTypeID( "Lyr " );
desc34.putObject( idT, idLyr, desc35 );
executeAction( idsetd, desc34, DialogModes.NO );
return app.activeDocument.activeLayer
/* function for curves */
function theCurvesMix (total, channelNumber) {
var thePoint = 255 - (256 / channelNumber * total / 100);
var idMk = charIDToTypeID( "Mk " );
var desc7 = new ActionDescriptor();
var idnull = charIDToTypeID( "null" );
var ref4 = new ActionReference();
var idAdjL = charIDToTypeID( "AdjL" );
ref4.putClass( idAdjL );
desc7.putReference( idnull, ref4 );
var idUsng = charIDToTypeID( "Usng" );
var desc8 = new ActionDescriptor();
var idType = charIDToTypeID( "Type" );
var desc9 = new ActionDescriptor();
var idpresetKind = stringIDToTypeID( "presetKind" );
var idpresetKindType = stringIDToTypeID( "presetKindType" );
var idpresetKindDefault = stringIDToTypeID( "presetKindDefault" );
desc9.putEnumerated( idpresetKind, idpresetKindType, idpresetKindDefault );
var idCrvs = charIDToTypeID( "Crvs" );
desc8.putObject( idType, idCrvs, desc9 );
var idAdjL = charIDToTypeID( "AdjL" );
desc7.putObject( idUsng, idAdjL, desc8 );
executeAction( idMk, desc7, DialogModes.NO );
var idsetd = charIDToTypeID( "setd" );
var desc17 = new ActionDescriptor();
var idnull = charIDToTypeID( "null" );
var ref9 = new ActionReference();
var idAdjL = charIDToTypeID( "AdjL" );
var idOrdn = charIDToTypeID( "Ordn" );
var idTrgt = charIDToTypeID( "Trgt" );
ref9.putEnumerated( idAdjL, idOrdn, idTrgt );
desc17.putReference( idnull, ref9 );
var idT = charIDToTypeID( "T " );
var desc18 = new ActionDescriptor();
var idpresetKind = stringIDToTypeID( "presetKind" );
var idpresetKindType = stringIDToTypeID( "presetKindType" );
var idpresetKindCustom = stringIDToTypeID( "presetKindCustom" );
desc18.putEnumerated( idpresetKind, idpresetKindType, idpresetKindCustom );
var idAdjs = charIDToTypeID( "Adjs" );
var list4 = new ActionList();
var desc19 = new ActionDescriptor();
var idChnl = charIDToTypeID( "Chnl" );
var ref10 = new ActionReference();
var idChnl = charIDToTypeID( "Chnl" );
var idChnl = charIDToTypeID( "Chnl" );
var idCmps = charIDToTypeID( "Cmps" );
ref10.putEnumerated( idChnl, idChnl, idCmps );
desc19.putReference( idChnl, ref10 );
var idCrv = charIDToTypeID( "Crv " );
var list5 = new ActionList();
var desc20 = new ActionDescriptor();
var idHrzn = charIDToTypeID( "Hrzn" );
desc20.putDouble( idHrzn, thePoint );
var idVrtc = charIDToTypeID( "Vrtc" );
desc20.putDouble( idVrtc, 0.000000 );
var idPnt = charIDToTypeID( "Pnt " );
list5.putObject( idPnt, desc20 );
var desc21 = new ActionDescriptor();
var idHrzn = charIDToTypeID( "Hrzn" );
desc21.putDouble( idHrzn, thePoint + 4 );
var idVrtc = charIDToTypeID( "Vrtc" );
desc21.putDouble( idVrtc, 255.000000 );
var idPnt = charIDToTypeID( "Pnt " );
list5.putObject( idPnt, desc21 );
desc19.putList( idCrv, list5 );
var idCrvA = charIDToTypeID( "CrvA" );
list4.putObject( idCrvA, desc19 );
desc18.putList( idAdjs, list4 );
var idCrvs = charIDToTypeID( "Crvs" );
desc17.putObject( idT, idCrvs, desc18 );
executeAction( idsetd, desc17, DialogModes.NO );
app.activeDocument.activeLayer.grouped = true;
return app.activeDocument.activeLayer -
We have a customer who likes to use a dark maroon color over dark background areas, using multiply to enhance the image visually. The problem is that since the transparency setting is 'multiply', The total ink density is around 350 or in some cases 380. Is there another transparency setting to use or anything else to get the same effect without causing such ink saturation?
Thanks!You can set up a custom preflight profile. You have to go through the billion of options in the "user defined check-ups" (I'm not sure about the english name). The search box should be of help. Somewhere further down the list are some examples of TAC-check-ups (also not sure about that term and if it is used this way in acrobat: total amount of color). And of course you can modify the settings.
Cheers,
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Total ink coverage problem with images
Hey there!
I have this strange problem I cannot figure out. Any advice would be highly aprecciated. I'm making a magazine in Indesign and when I export the pdf (or print postcript file and distill the pdf) then the total area coverage of inks of the images are way over limit when I check it in Acrobat.
I have converted all the images from RGB to CMYK using correct profiles. I have several different papers in the magazine, so I used Fogra27 (300 total ink) for coated papers and custom Swop for uncoated paper (260 total ink).
When I preflight the document in Indesign then it's says all the ICC profiles are embedded in the images.
I even tried to export from Indesign with the overall color profile included. But it's the same problem.
I cannot figure out why the images are still over limit?
The conversion of the images with correct profile should avoid the total ink to be over the top, right? I have tons of images, so adjusting the channels manually for dark places is not really an option.
Thanks a lot!
Risto>Keep the apps in the same colorspace as the Photoshop files you can sync your apps in Bridge is you own the suite.
Risto can't do that because in PS he needs to separate the uncoated and coated images using different CMYK spaces and place them in one ID document. The ID document can have only one assigned CMYK space.
The job really needs to be split into two documents one for the uncoated and one for the coated signatures then there wouldn't be conflicting profiles and all the previews will be accurate.
He can stay in one document but the placed files can't have embedded profiles, or the conflicting embedded profiles need to be turned off in ID. In that case the previews would be less accurate, but there wouldn't be unwanted conversions at output. -
Preflight panel not displaying / broken
The Preflight panel will not display. Invoking it from the main menu (Window > Output > Preflight), or the bottom of the document window or via the keyboard shortcut - none of them work - the preflight panel appears for the briefest moment and then disappears. No other part of the interface appears to be broken or behave the same way.
System
Mac OS 10.6.8, InDesign CC version 9 and Indesign CC version 9.1
Previous versions:
Exact same behaviour in CS6 (8.0.1)
Works fine in CS5.5 (v7.5.3)
Steps taken to troubleshoot:
Replicated the problem in a Mac OS X guest account.
Replicated the problem after resetting the preferences (as described in Troubleshooting 101 post: http://forums.adobe.com/thread/526990?start=160&tstart=0 )
Tried disabling preflight (via bottom-of-document preflight menu). Tried creating new profiles.
Deleted / reinstalled the preflight profiles?
Not sure how I might do this, but it has occured to me this might be worth pursuing.
Using non-standard preflight profiles ?
No, using the supplied preflight profile.
Any troubleshooting advice appreciated...Peter Spier wrote:
The behavior you describe is not normal, and not reported by other users, making it highly unlikely to be a bug, and very likely to be some sort of configuration issue on your system, some other program running in the background or a third party plugin causing a conflict, for example.
All of a sudden I have this right now. Preflight and conditional text panels empty. Preferences already trashed - no change. Seems to me like a damaged source file.
While thinking about how to make both panels work as usual again, I wanted to repair the CS6 installation. Well, Adobe's installer does not offer a repair option...
Update: creating a new user on Windows made the panel appear normal again. So it seems the registration of Indesign's plugins is corrupt. Well, then let's reinstall it... -
Total ink weight for fabrics or suggested color profile.
My client's approved their project and I now have some tradeshow pop-up panels to "convert to CMYK" that will be printed on [some stretchy unknown] fabric. I was wondering if anyone knows the total ink weight for the [stretchy] textiles used for tradeshows or if there is a suggested color profile to use during conversion (or if the real printers actually want this... I had seen that some textile printers actually prefer LAB). In the past I took a guess and used Web Offset Coated and it came out "okay" on Tyvek where something was printed locally, but these are a "stretchy fabric," so I'm guessing something like Web Offset Uncoated? I know the inkjet printers are capable of outputting a lot of ink and do not want the fabric to run or visually bleed though, also I wasn't sure if the tradeshow fabrics are printed with the typical oversized inkjet printers at all.
The "print vendor" (middleman) told me emphatically CMYK conversion was a must, but seemed confused by the question of suggested color profile for converting and could not provide an answer. Unfortunately they're in a deal with my client and the producer of the booth so I'm stuck with them. Also they have not provide the contact info for the producer of the booth. I'd rather not use uncoated because I know there will be a significant loss of vibrance in the printing. So I come to the plethora of knowledge here at Adobe.Okay so I received more feedback from my client. When they were pitched it sounds like the vendor is going to print with Dye Sub. I'm thinking the middleman might not know what he's talking about (since they couldn't tell me which CMYK) so to be safe I'm going to provide the files in RGB (Adobe 1998) AND CMYK (U.S. Web Offset Coated SWOP). That way they can pick and choose. I got U.S. Web Offset Coated as a suggestion off a search for CMYK conversion and Dye Sub on large format printers. Hope this helps someone.
Spelling was edited by: Chris Patterson -
Hey there!
I have this strange problem I cannot figure out. Any advice would be highly aprecciated. I'm making a magazine in Indesign and when I export the pdf (or print postrcript file and distill the pdf) then the total area coverage of inks of the images are way over limit when I check it in Acrobat.
I have converted all the images from RGB to CMYK using correct profiles. I have several different papers in the magazine, so I used Fogra27 (300 total ink) for coated papers and custom Swop for uncoated paper (260 total ink).
Then I preflight the document in Indesign then it's says all the ICC profiles are emedded in the images.
I even tried to export from Indesign with the overall color profile included. But it's the same problem.
I cannot figure out why the images are still over limit?
Thanks a lot!
RistoWell what profile does the Acrobat file have embedded? Sounds like you are doing a conversion upon creation.
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Character panel not displaying all options
Hi!
I need some help, when I open the character panel it only displays about half of the type changing options, such as kerning, leading, tracking & font size.
it does not display the stretching or the other four options to manipulate text. can anyone help me??
When I used to have CS3 it did, and now with CS5 I'm not sure why it's not automatically displaying everything in the character panel.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!Panel flyout menu --> Show Options
Mylenium -
I've recently started using the preflight panel in ID CS4 when I produce my company's 4/c process covers.
I have set up a custom preflight profile so that under:
- IMAGES and OBJECTS > Image Resolution > color, grayscale and 1-bit images are checked off and set at minimum resolution of 300dpi.
- COLOR > Color Spaces and Modes Not Allowed: RGB, Spot Color, and Lab are checked off.
> Spot Color Setup > Predefined Spot Colors Must: Use CMYK Equivalents
However, when I place some EPS files, I'm getting preflight panel errors indicating that the EPS file has an effective resolution less than that of 300dpi I set in my custom profile, and that the "content" uses spot color.
I opened up the EPS files in AI CS4 and the doc info says no spot colors. And when I package the ID files with the EPS graphics, the summary says that no spot colors were found. Also, these are postscript files...why would I get a resolution error? Besides, the EPS files are at 100%.
Why the spot color error? Help!Run the EPS files thru Illustrator and sava as to proper current .ai files and replace and see if the problem persists.
Mike Witherell in Maryland -
Preflight panel Info. shows my placed 300 ppi PDFs at much less effective resolution
Ï'm brand new to InDesign (graphic designer who primarily works in Illustrator, some Photoshop, until now). I understand resolution and PPI but not necessarily in-depth knowledge of the related necessary workflow needed within InDesign, if that makes sense. I've spent hours and hours the last couple days trying to learn the finer points of InDesign as I work on an ad magazine for my company, but I can't for the life of me figure this particular issue out, and I'm guessing (hoping!) it's a very simple solution.
I placed several 300 PPI PDF images in the magazine document (vector PDF's I created in Illustrator, saved as editable PDF's).
I created a Preflight Panel in InDesign with a custom Profile, named it Print Ready, and set image resolution to 250 to ensure as I finish up this magazine design that things are press/print ready. It now shows 5 images with Image resolutions lower than the 250 minimum - all of the pdfs I placed. They all show very low PPI, 74, 109, etc. The 300 PPI pdfs were already sized to the exact proportions they needed to be in the InDesign file and for print, so there was very minimal scaling to fit the images into their frames, so I'm assuming scaling couldn't have created this issue and it has something to do with my workflow and the way I'm bringing them in.
I'd like to point out that this magazine document was created by another designer, and I'm picking up where they've left off, adding some final images and copy. The other picture images she had in the file appear fine, no errors in Preflight Panel...even some preview stock photo's with the X's across them that appear to be very low resolution (we haven't purchased them and replaced them yet in this InDesign file), so not sure I understand why those are not showing up in my Image Resolution as errors??
Anyhow, at some point I came across the Document Presets, which is currently set to Default - and when I click Define, I noticed it shows the PPI at 72. Does this mean that files I place are "brought in" at 72 PPI, regardless if their original PPI is higher? And if so, how do I change that?
If not, how do resolve or correct?
Sorry for the very long explanation - just want to give as many details as I can, since I'm not exactly sure which details are important to figuring out the problem. Thanks in advance!!I've checked the resolution in Photoshop just as a double-check and it shows resolution as 300 PPI. When you say "because they can be mixed" do you mean because elements and graphics with the PDF can be of varying resolutions? I hadn't thought of that, if that's what you meant. I do have some items within my pdf that might be lower resolution.
If these show up in my Preflight Panel as an issue, does this mean they would be flagged also with the Printer? In trying to find a resolution I read several forum discussions about how Printers often run your document through a Preflight process and will send it back when there are low resolution images in the document.
Is there some other way to be sure these images are in the InDesign document as 300 PPI so I can know they will in fact print correctly?
PS - Peter - thanks for the super quick response! And I saw your the highlighted "Exceptional Contributor" on the right sidebar for the InDesign forum - clearly well-deserved! Congrats -
I ab in Muse. How do I fix error message, This document contains a link to an asset being upsampled. You should resize it smaller or right-mouse click on the asset in the Assets panel to see additional options.
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Duplicate script label warning into preflight panel - possible?
Hello!
Duplicate script labels are creating problems for us.They occur when our graphic designers copy a picture box and forget to change the script label, resulting in two identical images - if the indesign document is closed - and reopened.
Is there any way to either provide a warning for duplicate script labels, and/or a insert duplicate script label-warning in the preflight panel?Hi Hans,
Thanks for that suggestion.Simple and affective.
Cheers!
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Is it BT Yahoo / Total Broadband / Option 3 / or d...
Hopefully someone here can help.
We signed up with BT Openworld back in 2003 which subsequently morphed into BT Yahoo. Since then the service has continued without much issue. (Just a loss of service because BT randomly disconnected us which then took weeks to resolve; plus paying £28+ a month for a 2Mb line - but other than that, not much issue).
Other than these few problems that is:
a) we have never seen a bill for this service. Trying to click view bills via the BT Yahoo page doesn't work.
b) in the BT Yahoo account page it says we are on BT Total Broadband Option 3. However, when you go to My BT on BT.com and look at our account (the account has the phone bill showing) we can't see any Broadband listed. In fact, they suggest signing up.....
c) trying to apply for an Accelerator (old iplate), when typing in our phone number and postcode, it confidently states that we don't have BT Broadband. Ironically, I'm using BT broadband to access the page...
d) back in October last year I received an email on the BTinternet.com email address telling me the great news that my BT Yahoo account was being moved to BT Total Broadband and that I would be receiving an email when this was done, confirmation of my account number, speeds of up to 20Mb, something to tell me how to view a bill for the first time in 8 years, etc. Nothing has ever been received. We have never received a new home hub for example. No speed increase. No account number, nothing.
Here's the link telling us what we should have won: http://bt.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/14401/c/761/?s_cid=con_FURL_help/newaccount
e) trying to follow this up with anyone has always been met with "What is your account number"? It seems hard for them to understand that without a bill or any communication with BT, I don't have an account number and I can't find one anywhere else. I have of course offered to make one up.
f) the line speed sits resolutely at 2Mb. It doesn't matter what router is used, whether the router is plugged into the master socket, whether I tell all my neighbours to have an internet free day, etc.
We can't help but assume our account has been left on an old BT Yahoo set up, with 2Mb maximum and nothing has been done to bring our account to Total Broadband, sort the speed out, merge our accounts with our normal BT bill and allow us to look at a rarely-spotted invoice. Getting my hands on a BT Accelerator would be great too.
Can anyone help here...?
Jeremy.Hi, I've been browsing the forums for general interest and have a somewhat related enquiry to the above queries.
I have been with BT Yahoo Broadband (and whatever came before that) for some years. Last year I had an email to say that (quote):
"Good news. We’re sprucing up some of our systems over the next few months, replacing BT Yahoo! Broadband with BT Total Broadband. We’ll need to give you a new account number but you’ll pay the same and get a better service and more features for your money..." (followed by the 'features' of Total Broadband Option 3).
A few days ago I had an email to say (quote)
"Remember our email about moving you to BT Total Broadband and changing your account number? You’re now on BT Total Broadband and your new account number is GB100XXXXX."
One good thing - for the first time I have an account number that I can quote!
My query is: do my methods of payment stay the same? I am debited every month from my credit card for broadband as the owner of the BT line itself is not me but my partner, and therefore a separate phone account. So far, I have not seen a charge against my credit card this month, and it would have been due now.
I did try and ring one of the helplines today, but sadly the competence of the staff in India has not improved since my last problem with billing (updating credit card details) last December. They were completely clueless, although very polite.
Incidentally the BT Broadband postcode checker suggests that I'd be able to get 7.0 - 8.0MB speed, but mine remains at 2MB, which is what I have had for a long time. I don't for one minute doubt thatI wouldn't get the maximum, but I'd have thought I'd be getting a little better than the 1.8 MB download I currently average....if indeed I have been transferred over as the emails have suggested? -
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In the lower status bar preflight reports 3 errors and there is a red dot. When I click on the tab to bring up the preflight panel, the panel is blank and doesn't specify the errors. I tried loading other preflight profiles but the panel remains blank.
Haven't had any luck finding an answer to this problem.
Any one else experienced something similar? Solutions?
Thanks!Try restoring your InDesign preferences:
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Preflight Panel. Could this be DONE?
Hello.
I'm fairly new with creating custom panel for Photoshop CS4/CS5 and I'm just wondering if creating a mini Preflight panel that reports details about an active document is possible. Similar to the screenshot below.
Thanks.With Configurator you can do it but configuring a "script button" ( through your own script)
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