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Hi all, I have a white text logo that I applied an opacity mask to (in the transparency palette). I would like to copy & paste that white logo into an InDesign file....but when I do, it shoes up as regular full-white text. (opacity is missing- lookes like regular white text).
How can I get my white masked logo into InDesign so that it shows as white text fading into the background?
PS - I am using CS4 on a mac platform.
Thanks kindly,
Chemol

Overprint should have no efeect in this case.
I cannot imagine what the OP is doing but there should be no problem placing the file in ID.
The ony possibility is that the OP is still doing a copy and paste because here you can see I have this placed from CS 5 and CS 4
As white type set to overprint and then the Opacity Mask applied and then without it set to overprint in CS 5 and CS 4
And type with a gradient white 100% Opacity to a 0% Opacity without Opacity Mask and in all four cases the text works fine as it should when placed.
This was ID CS 5 but I just tried it in ID CS4 as well and all is fine.
So let the OP then release the Opacity Mask in AI delete the gradient filled path they are using to make the Opaity mask with
Then give the text no fill at the character level by first selecting it witgh the text tool then clicking the no fill proxy.
then select the text with the direct select5 or selection tool go to
the Appearance Panel and from the flyout add a New Fill select the new fill in the Appearance Panel
give it a radient fill made up of a gradient with 100% opacity on one end and 0% Opcaity on the other end.
Save that and place it in ID
However you cannot copy and paste from AI to ID so you will have to place it.
I think regardless of what you tell us you are still trying to copy and paste otherwise I see no way this cannot work.

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