Transparency and pantone problem

Help please.
i have a problem placing eps image to indesign. the black part became white in pdf. The eps file was composed of a transparent psd and a pantone background.

http://indesignsecrets.com/eliminating-the-white-box-effect.php
http://indesignsecrets.com/eliminating-ydb-yucky-discolored-box-syndrome.php

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Transparency issues with INDCS3 and Pantone color

Running Windows XP, Serv Pk 2, Creative Suite CS3, All updates.
Heres the deal: We are having problems with PDFs printing and Ripping when using transparencies and drop shadows.
Issue 1: INDD CS3 file with transparent PDF placed as image. Separate frame filled with paper, stroke and drop shadow placed under trans PDF file. Filled frame areas of percentage tint using a PANTONE color used on same page. File re-PDFed (compat to v6) and file printed correctly to XEROX 7760 and HP color. PDF views correctly. Recommended ordering policy applied to all layers as to keep drop shadow below text. PROBLEM: User running Acro 7 to printing to same color printers, receives copy with color tint areas missing.
Issue 2: INDD CS3 file with solid Pantone color on background. Several text frames layered above. Under text frame a solid box with SOLID Drop shadow. PDFed using Acro 8. PROBLEM: User's RIP and DIGITAL presses do not recognize the drop shadow? White knockout box appears in this area.
It seems that CS3 is handling transparency issues differently and/or that Acro 8 (compat to v6) is doing something different. The Acro 8 users have no problem printing or PDFing.
Could this also be the "known issue" of transparencies and PANTONE colors? We are testing out converting all the colors to CMYK.
Please respond at your earliest.
KEN PANTHEN, Albany, NY

Ken,
If your final output is to the Xerox, which can't print Spot colors without converting them to CMYK, you should use process colors instead.
Also, read the articles from InDesign Secrets:
http://indesignsecrets.com/eliminating-the-white-box-effect.php
http://indesignsecrets.com/eliminating-ydb-yucky-discolored-box-syndrome.php
Peter

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I am writing a program where when an object is picked, both it's transparency and color will be altered (the object will become opaque, and its color will turn to a predefined "selected" color), while the previously selected object will return to its original transparency and color. I am able to get this to work, except that objects that were picked two or more picks ago will remain in the selected color, albeit in their original transparency. This problem only seems to occur when transparency is factored in. The picking/color & transparency altering code is as follows.
public class PickingListener extends MouseAdapter {
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     private TextDisplay overlay;
     private Primitive p;
     private Primitive lastP;
     private ColoringAttributes origColor;
     private TransparencyAttributes origTransparency;
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          overlay = overlayArg;
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          if (result == null) {
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               p = (Primitive) result.getNode(PickResult.PRIMITIVE);
               if (p != null) {
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                    overlay.setPickedBarInfo((BarInformation) p.getUserData());
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     private void setSelectedColor() {
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          barCA.setColor(ColorConstants.SELECTED);
          if (lastP != null) {
               lastP.getAppearance().setColoringAttributes(origColor);
               lastP.getAppearance().setTransparencyAttributes(origTransparency);
          origColor = p.getAppearance().getColoringAttributes();
          origTransparency = p.getAppearance().getTransparencyAttributes();
          p.getAppearance().setColoringAttributes(barCA);
          p.getAppearance().setTransparencyAttributes(barTransp);
          lastP = p;
}Capabilities to alter the primitive's color and transparency are all set.
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          barAppearance.setCapability(Appearance.ALLOW_COLORING_ATTRIBUTES_WRITE);
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barCA.setCapability(ColoringAttributes.ALLOW_COLOR_WRITE);
barCA.setCapability(ColoringAttributes.ALLOW_COLOR_READ);)
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A Behavior is the preferred way to make changes in a scenegraph. Here is an example from a previous post that changes the appearance of a shape when it collides with another shape.
The javadoc for javax.media.j3d.Behavior appears to refer to the issue you have.
Transparencies are confusing, different display adapters deal with them differently. Suggest you search the forum at
http://forums.java.net/jive/forum.jspa?forumID=70
for more detailed information.
regards
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private static final Color3f highlightColor = new Color3f(0.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f);
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private boolean inCollision = false;
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private WakeupOnCollisionExit wExit;
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I've been trying to get an animated GIF with a transparent background to run in Keynote, but it's giving some disastrous results.
I produce the animation by rendering the frames as PNG (with alpha channel) in MegaPOV 1.2.1. Then I use the convert utility from ImageMagick 6.2.9 to make them into an animated GIF.
When I drop the animated GIF into Keynote 3.0.2, the first frame shows fine (with transparency and all). But when I animate it, the background goes red (the main color in this particular movie) and some trace of the previous frames stays. It seems like:
1. Rather than displaying the GIF frame-by-frame, each frame is getting layered onto the previous frames.
2. Keynote doesn't like the alpha channel for some reason.
Problem 1 is also present if I open the GIF in Preview (is that supposed to be the correct behavior of an animated GIF?). Problem 2 seems to be Keynote-specific.
Any suggestions for a work-around on this? The animated GIFs work fine if rendered without the alpha channel, but it'd look so much better with transparency!
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MegaPOV doesn't have a GIF output option. The choices are PNG, Targa, PPM, and hdr (not familiar with that last one). I don't know if PPM even has alpha-capability.
So in some way, I have to convert PNG to GIF. The tools I have to do this are ImageMagick and Gimp. I tried them both, then viewed the results using several programs. Results are tabulated below -- (1) means that problem 1 from above was apparent (ie, parts of the previous frames were visible under the current frame); (2) means that problem 2 was visible (ie, the transparent parts took on some background color).
If I didn't know how to change the default white background in the program, I couldn't tell whether problem (2) occurred, since the movie made with Gimp had a white background in Keynote.
Using ImageMagick 6.2.9 to convert PNG->GIF and animate GIF:
* viewing with Safari 2.0.4 : (1), can't tell for (2)
* viewing with Preview 3.0.9 : (1), can't tell for (2)
* viewing with Firefox 2.0.0.3 : (1)
* viewing with Keynote 3.0.2 : (1), (2) -- alpha goes red
Using Gimp 2.2.11 to convert PNG->GIF and animate GIF:
* viewing with Safari : (1), can't tell for (2)
* viewing with Preview : (1), can't tell for (2)
* viewing with Firefox : (1)
* viewing with Keynote : (1), (2) -- alpha goes white
I only converted the first few frames using Gimp, since I was doing it by hand.
All of this makes me wonder whether I'm dreaming the impossible, since problem (1) is universally present. It also makes me pretty sure that problem (2) is Keynote-specific.
If there are any other tools that will convert/animate GIFs on a modern Mac, I'd love to hear about them. My UNIX-y tools seem to be failing me here. The Mac tools I remember from "back in the day" -- GIFBuilder and GIFConverter -- seem to have been abandoned around the beginning of Mac OS X. GIFBuilder won't even load my files, and GIFConverter still lacks alpha support in PNG.

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Spry Alignment and Positioning Problem in Internet Explorer 6 and 7

I am designing a website at http://atoment.007gb.com, and neither me, nor my partner can figure out why the Spry Horizontal Menu Bar is loading the way it is in Internet Explorer. We are doing this for a school project, and eye appeal and workability is a top priority. I changed and customized most of it, but even if i did keep it the same, it still wouldn't work. I have only the best confidence, that even given the amount i have changed, you will still be able to help me with my alignment problem.
The Submenu Buttons Tile across the page, when they are supposed to go straight down...
the Submenu overlaps the main menu when you hover over it
and the darned thing wont center in any of my browsers, but thats the least of my worries.
Here is the CSS Codes
#MasterNavigator {
width: 1024px;
height: 75px;
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margin-left: auto;
margin-right: auto;
clear: both;
#NavigatorButtonsLeft {
background-image: url(../_images/MenuButtonBackgroundLeft.png);
width: 128px;
height: 36px;
line-height: 36px;
text-align: center;
vertical-align:center;
#NavigatorButtonsMiddle {
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line-height: 36px;
text-align: center;
vertical-align:center;
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background-image: url(../_images/MenuButtonBackgroundRight.png);
width: 128px;
height: 36px;
line-height: 36px;
text-align: center;
vertical-align:center;
#NavigatorButtonsSub {
background-image:url(../_images/SubMenuButtonBackground.png);
width: 128px;
height: 35px;
line-height: 36px;
text-align: center;
filter:alpha(opacity=80);
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opacity: 0.8;
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Home
Publishing
Videos
Patents
Wallpapers
Avatars
Userbars
Digital Design
Digital Gallery
3-D Gallery
Sci-Fi
Technology
Structures
Vehicles
Concepts
Web Design
Templates
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Atom Enterprises
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The images I used are 20% Transparent, and are listed below.
http://atoment.007gb.com/_images/MenuButtonBackgroundLeft.png
http://atoment.007gb.com/_images/MenuButtonBackground.png
http://atoment.007gb.com/_images/MenuButtonBackgroundRight.png
http://atoment.007gb.com/_images/SubMenuButtonBackground.png
Please try your best to help me.

0087adam wrote:
ok, but how can I make it work with what I have. All the css codes are the
same, they just have been renamed.
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My advice is that you replace the original CSS and work from there; but instead of changing the original CSS, make your changes in a separate stylesheet so that you can monitor and test the code at each change. For instance if you want to change the colour of the text you make a style rule that overrides the original in your new stylesheet as follows:
ul.MenuBarHorizontal a {
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I hope this helps.
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Recommended reading: http://www.layersmagazine.com/illustrator-render-photoshop.html

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I have an html document that is built using CSS (div tags,
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I am not able to launch FF everytime i try to open it, it says FF has to submit a crash report,and restore yr tabs. I even tried doing that and the report was submitted too, but still FF did not start, and the problem still persists, please help me solve this issue
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Hi Danny,
Per my understanding that you can't get the expect result by using the expression "=Count(Fields!TICKET_STATUS.Value=4) " to count the the TICKET_STATUS which value is 4, the result will returns the count of all the TICKET_STATUS values(206)
but not 180, right?
I have tested on my local environment and can reproduce the issue, the issue caused by you are using the count() function in the incorrect way, please modify the expression as below and have a test:
=COUNT(IIF(Fields!TICKET_STATUS.Value=4 ,1,Nothing))
or
=SUM(IIF(Fields!TICKET_STATUS=4,1,0))
If you still have any problem, please feel free to ask.
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The same thing happened to me on my 2012 Subaru Outback. I'm not sure this will help you since you have a Honda, but I'm posting this just in case.
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I am making code to try to make a game and my problem is that my code......

I am making code to try to make a game and my problem is that my code
will not let it change the hit everytime so im getting the first guy to hit 1 then next hits 8 and so on and always repeats.
Another problem is that I would like it to attack with out me telling it how much times to attack. I am using Object oriented programming.
Here is the code for my objects:
import java.lang.*;
import java.io.*;
import java.net.*;
import java.util.*;
import java.util.Random;
import static java.lang.Math.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.color.*;
class rockCrab {
     //Wounding formula
     double sL = 70;                                   // my Strength Level
     double bP = 1;                                   // bonus for prayer (is 1 times prayer bonus)
     double aB = 0;                                 // equipment stats
     double eS = (sL * bP) + 3;                         // effective strength
     double bD = floor(1.3 + (eS/10) + (aB/80) + ((eS*aB)/640));     // my base damage
     //Attack formula
     double aL = 50;                                   // my Attack Level
     double eD = 1;                                   // enemy's Defence
     double eA = aL / eD;                              // effective Attack
     double eB = 0;                                   // equipment bonus'
     double bA = ((eA/10) * (eB/10));                    // base attack
     //The hit formula
     double fA = random() * bA;
     double fH = random() * bD;
     double done = rint(fH - fA);
     //health formula
     double health = floor(10 + sL/10 * aL/10);
     rockCrab() {
     void attack() {
          health = floor(10 + sL/10 * aL/10);
          double done = rint(fH - fA);
          fA = random() * bA;
          fH = random() * bD;
          done = rint(fH - fA);
          System.out.println("Rockcrab hit" +done);
import java.lang.*;
import java.io.*;
import java.net.*;
import java.util.*;
import java.util.Random;
import static java.lang.Math.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.color.*;
class self {
     //Wounding formula
     double sL = 1;                                   // my Strength Level
     double bP = 1;                                   // bonus for prayer (is 1 times prayer bonus)
     double aB = 0;                                 // equipment stats
     double eS = (sL * bP) + 3;                         // effective strength
     double bD = floor(1.3 + (eS/10) + (aB/80) + ((eS*aB)/640));     // my base damage
     //Attack formula
     double aL = 1;                                   // my Attack Level
     double eD = 1;                                   // enemy's Defence
     double eA = aL / eD;                              // effective Attack
     double eB = 0;                                   // equipment bonus'
     double bA = ((eA/10) * (eB/10));                    // base attack
     //The hit formula
     double fA = random() * bA;
     double fH = random() * bD;
     double done = rint(fH - fA);
     //health formula
     double health = floor(10 + sL/10 * aL/10);
     self() {
     void attack() {
          health = floor(10 + sL/10 * aL/10);
          fA = random() * bA;
          fH = random() * bD;
          done = rint(fH - fA);
          System.out.println("You hit" +done);
}Here is the main code that writes what the objects do:
class fight {
     public static void main(String[] args) {
          self instance1 = new self();
          rockCrab instance2 = new rockCrab();
          instance2.health = instance2.health - instance1.done;
          System.out.println("You hit: " +instance1.done);
          System.out.println("rockCrabs health: " + instance2.health);
          instance1.health = instance1.health - instance2.done;
          System.out.println("RockCrab hit: " +instance2.done);
          System.out.println("rockCrabs health: " + instance1.health);
          instance2.health = instance2.health - instance1.done;
          System.out.println("You hit: " +instance1.done);
          System.out.println("rockCrabs health: " + instance2.health);
          instance1.health = instance1.health - instance2.done;
          System.out.println("RockCrab hit: " +instance2.done);
          System.out.println("rockCrabs health: " + instance1.health);
          instance2.health = instance2.health - instance1.done;
          System.out.println("You hit: " +instance1.done);
          System.out.println("rockCrabs health: " + instance2.health);
          instance1.health = instance1.health - instance2.done;
          System.out.println("RockCrab hit: " +instance2.done);
          System.out.println("rockCrabs health: " + instance1.health);
          instance2.health = instance2.health - instance1.done;
          System.out.println("You hit: " +instance1.done);
          System.out.println("rockCrabs health: " + instance2.health);
          instance1.health = instance1.health - instance2.done;
          System.out.println("RockCrab hit: " +instance2.done);
          System.out.println("rockCrabs health: " + instance1.health);
}when the code is run it says something like this:
you hit 1
RockCrabs health is 9
RockCrab hit 7
your health is 38
you hit 1
RockCrabs health is 8
RockCrab hit 7
your health is 31
you hit 1
RockCrabs health is 7
RockCrab hit 7
your health is 24
you hit 1
RockCrabs health is 6
RockCrab hit 7
your health is 17
my point is whatever some one hits it always repeats that
my expected output would have to be something like
you hit 1
RockCrabs health is 9
RockCrab hit 9
your health is 37
you hit 3
RockCrabs health is 6
RockCrab hit 4
your health is 33
you hit 2
RockCrabs health is 4
RockCrab hit 7
your health is 26
you hit 3
RockCrabs health is 1
RockCrab hit 6
your health is 20
Edited by: rade134 on Jun 4, 2009 10:58 AM

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A rather odd and annoying problem has recently been occuring on my MBP. A couple days ago my remote (after working without fail for over a year now) suddenly stopped working. Yesterday night and this morning it started working again but after a while it stopped again. I've read dozens of support articles which haven't really helped because there seems to be another problem.
Most articles have stated that there is an option to disable the IR receiver in the "security" window under system preferences. When the IR and remote are not working this option disappears but when they are working the option is present. I have also tried replacing the battery without any result.
I am now thinking that it might have something to do with heat buildup because it is mainly occuring after the laptop has been on for about a half hour, so I am going to try to borrow someone's fan.
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check out this thread. Seems to be the same problem.
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LG Ally text message and gps problems

hello. ive been with verizon for about 10 years maybe. ive been overall happy with the service and customer service. but the prices should be alot lower.lol. i started out with the motorolas then switched to the lg phones. only problem with the motorola was the speakers. not loud enough. could never hear the phone ring. the lgs usually suffer from the same problem.
i had a few phone problems but nothing like this lg ally. im on my second one and about to be my 3rd one in about 3 months. 1st phone i had every problem under the sun. this phone i am suffering from text message problems and gps problems. i suffer from what everyone else has problems with. the messages wont send. they will eventually lock up. it will show the envelope with the red explanation point ( i think thats the graphic). then usually everytime when i sent a text the texts will close. it will send then bounce back and show up as a draft and i have to resend it and wait for it to go thru. finally the last problem with the texts. when i send a text a phone number from my contacts shows up and freezes on the screen. its in white text with a black background. its the same number every time. it stays on the screen until i restart or pull my battery out.
gps. when i open up google gps that comes with the phone i make sure the gps is on... when the directions are found and the map pops up 9 out of 10 times it just keeps saying searching for gps. the turn by turn never is found. the 1 time it does it takes a good 10 minutes to be found. atleast on my first one ally the gps did work 8 out of 10 times. it just took a good 5-10 minutes for gps to be found and show turn by turn.
anyone else have these problems? where you able to fix them or did you need to get a new phone? the 2.1 update was supposed to fix problems. i think they just made it worse. the ally is supposed to have 2.2 froyo. where is it. is it ever going to get it. i got this phone because i like the lgs and the keyboard. also the sales representative on the phone was giving the lg ally rave reviews. why couldnt he say dont buy this go with a motorola droid. this phone is the biggest junk ever made

I do apologize you are having trouble with your device I looked in our information system on the LG Ally in reguards to issues you are having it states if you have the Free Droid Security anti virus protection application down loaded it will cause the phone to lock up or freeze. Check and make sure you do not have the application on your device. Check you GPS settings and make sure correct. Go to Settings; Location & Security; make sure GPS is on wireless network. If this does not fix issue you can try doing a Master Reset on your device. Make sure your contacts are saved in your G-mail account or through Back Up Assistance.
Master Reset/Soft Reset:
Factory Reset option 1
From the main screen, touch menu tab
Touch Settings
Touch Privacy
Touch Factory Data reset
Touch Reset Phone
Warning: This will erase all data from your phone, including:
Your Google account
System and application data and settings
Downloaded Applications
It will not erase: Current System software and bundled applications; SD Card files, such as music or Photos
Factory Reset option 2 - Warning this will reset device back to original factory settings.
Turn off the phone
Press and hold "home" + "end" + "volume up or down" keys together for a few seconds when the device is power off
Once device displays boot information, release keys.
Soft Reset
Press the Power key.
Touch Power off.
Touch OK.
Press the Power key to power on the device.
or
Remove battery cover, remove battery and reinstall.Also there is a new update for LG Ally it will be the Froyo 2.2 but there is not release date available at this time it will post on your device when available. Hope this Helps. Leslie

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