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• • January 22, 2019 at 4:04 am #113780
    Philippe Guns

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    When I use shadow on a picture, my color changes.
    It also happens when loading in a png or psd file.

    Does anyone know what I can do about this

    Color: Blue 0-0-160, Green: 0-215-185

    without shadow: https://www.minth.be/shadow/Good.jpg
    with shadow: https://www.minth.be/shadow/Wrong.jpg

  • January 22, 2019 at 7:39 am #113781
    Niels JÌürgen Pedersen

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    I guess that the green color is a spot color?

    When you create a drop shadow, InDesign will flatten the items affected, and then it will convert spot to process-color. That is what you see in your output.
    So convert your colors to process before you make a drop shadow :)

  • January 22, 2019 at 11:33 am #113793
    Colleen Shannon

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    This also looks like the color shift you get from switching from RGB to CMYK mode. If it’s for screen use, make sure it stays RGB. If it’s going to be printed, CMYK gives a better representation of what it will look like printed. (Agree that there should not be any spot colors used.)

  • January 23, 2019 at 7:36 am #113827
    Philippe Guns

    Member

    I have changed everything to spot color, but this does not work
    Page 1 = good
    Page 2 = with shadow
    https://we.tl/t-itKSDWXhCE

  • January 24, 2019 at 12:41 am #113835
    Niels JÌürgen Pedersen

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    No, you should change AWAY from spot color, not to.

    When you add a shadow to an object, InDesign flatens those objects, and create a hi-res image inside InDesign. And this image will be CMYK, arrording to your output settings. Så Pantone-colors or RGB, will be converted.

    Thy to make your all colors, both in InDesign and the graphics and images, CMYK, and try again :)

  • January 24, 2019 at 1:59 am #113836
    Vinny –

    Member

    Hi
    This has nothing to see with Spot colors.
    As soon as you add an element with any kind of transparency involved (drop shadow, PNG, etc.), Indesign will convert all colors to the transparency blend space you’ve chosen.
    In your case : CMYK

    Question is: What is the final output of your document? Print? Web?
    If it’s going to be printed, you should not work with RGB swatch. What you call “good” is not printable I’m afraid…
    If it’s going to be for Web purpose, then you can maintain the RGB. Then go Edit > Transparency Blend Space and change to RGB.

    Hope that helps
    Vinny

  • January 30, 2019 at 8:14 am #114028
    Philippe Guns

    Member

    Thanks for the support

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