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Illustrator files with gradients placed in InDesign – export issues

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    • March 19, 2014 at 9:58 am #67679
      suzerp
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      I have a totallly terrible workflow that involves InDesign and Illustrator.

      I use InDesign to make a full layout, setting type and placing EPS files I’ve created in Illustrator. I prefer to work in InDesign for the overall piece.

      Then I export the file as an EPS and hand trap and set up color separations in Illustrator for output. The final result is film positives for silk-screening.

      Please, please, please don’t tell me about all the amazing software options available for trapping and separating. If I had the ability to purchase them, I wouldn’t be here asking this question. :)

      The system works just fine up to the point where If the EPS in Illustrator contains a gradient. When I export those InDesign files as an EPS, the gradient is no longer editable – it’s a grouped object that will contain a clipped raster 150 pixel image.

      Same thing happens if I export as a PDF?

      Is there a way to have InDesign not do that to the gradients? A setting, checkbox, something simple?

      I want to say that before Creative Cloud I was getting clipped paths of expanded blends. That was better than these placed images.

    • March 19, 2014 at 10:03 am #67680
      David Blatner
      Keymaster

      I doubt there’s any way to get what you’re looking for here. In general, if you’re going to do manual trapping, it should be done in the program that created the objects.

      • March 21, 2014 at 11:05 am #67707
        Anonymous
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        Hi Suzerp I’m new to indesign secrets.

        Once you export your indesign file as an eps.

        Open the file in Ill. highlite the item you want to change.

        Go to the Layers pallette select the active item, drill down until you get to clipping path.

        Make that layer(clipping path active. here is the kicker, shut the layer off below clipping path that is a raster image which is blocking your clipping path. Select the clipping path make changes.

        If you like I can send a screen grab to better explain.

        Good luck

        Ken

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