Preview PDF Rendering

When viewing PDFs (created from InDesign) in Preview (or Quicklook), oftentimes they don't render as they should if transparencies or other blending modes are used.
Any clues how to fix this (if possible)? Or MUST I always use Acrobat to view PDFs (which takes longer to open).
Thanks.
-Aaron

I have the same problem when saving Illustrator files as PDF.
The PDF renderer in Snow Leopard has trouble with the way Adobe compresses bitmaps inside the PDF. Leopard works fine on the same files, and Acrobat of course.
A solution is -- in the Adobe PDF settings dialog -- to compress the contained bitmaps using ZIP and not JPEG.
This is an annoying bug, which Apple and Adobe should resolve quickly.
Jörg

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