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David BlatnerKeymasterAs Eugene pointed out, you can convert all RGB data to CMYK when you export the PDF, so you don’t have to worry about that.
I encourage everyone to check out my title about how to make high-quality PDF files for print here:
https://www.lynda.com/InDesign-tutorials/InDesign-Insider-Training-Print-PDFs/155936-2.htmlDavid BlatnerKeymasterOh, I’m so glad we’re having this discussion because it reminds me to finish an article on this very subject that I’m writing with Claudia McCue.
Dwayne: Book publishers are notorious for being very slow to evolve, especially in technology. Printers are second.
Tom: your logic that ” images should be converted to CMYK and .TIF because that is a Postscript RIP’s natural language” is faulty. Neither CMYK nor TIF are natural languages to PostScript. I’ve been programming in PostScript since 1989, and I can tell you that this is one of those “urban legends” that should be ignored.
You are totally overdoing. There is NO reason to convert to CMYK in most cases, and there is certainly no reason to use TIF in most cases (as opposed to PSD, or even JPEG!). See https://creativepro.com/tiff-vs-psd-vs-eps-vs-pdf-vs.php
There are a few cases when converting to CMYK makes sense, but they’re the exception, not the rule. If you ask 10 expert trainers in the field, 9 of them will agree with me and 1 will say “Dang it, we’ve always converted to CMYK, so that’s what I keep telling people to do. Hey, kid, get off my lawn!” And it’s been this way for 10 years.
Now I need to be clear about one really important thing here: I am not necessarily saying you should send RGB to your printer! I do not send InDesign documents and my images to the printer. I send them finished PDF files. And those PDF files are sometimes CMYK and sometimes RGB. The key is that I let InDesign do the conversion to CMYK (and to the correct CMYK) when I export the PDF.
There’s nothing wrong with converting to CMYK and using TIFF and all that if you work by the hour or you’re just stubborn and crusty. Or there is some actual scientific reason to do so, which is possible, but unlikely.
October 21, 2014 at 3:12 pm in reply to: Font not printing though displays correctly on-screen. #71174David BlatnerKeymasterWhat happens if you export a PDF file (file > export) and then open that in Acrobat or Reader? Can you print from there?
David BlatnerKeymasterWhen you say “open” do you mean open in Photoshop? Place in InDesign?
I rarely convert any images to CMYK anymore in Photoshop. I place them as RGB into InDesign. That is the 21st century workflow. Converting to CMYK should be reserved for the rare image that requires editing in CMYK.
David BlatnerKeymasterHaven’t seen that. I’d quit and restart the Creative Cloud app. Make sure Extension Manger is updated via the CC app, too. Maybe even uninstall extension mgr and reinstall it.
(The extension manager has always been flakey and I always try to avoid it when possible. Tho it has been getting much better in the last year or so.)
David BlatnerKeymasterRight: InDesign’s HTML export is NOT meant for email. InDesign only exports text and graphics, not page geometry (where everything is on a page). See:
https://creativepro.com/making-e-mail-blasts-from-indesign-documents.php
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https://creativepro.com/exporting-and-importing-html-with-indesign.phpDavid BlatnerKeymasterI tested it, too, and it works fine here. Be sure to check the PDF compression settings carefully, of course — not just the resolution but the amount. A low-quality jpg compression can mimic a low-resolution one because of jpeg artifacting.
David BlatnerKeymasterThank you so much for the comments, John! Yes, I have “almost gone mad” from something or other, but fortunately, I always seem to make it back okay. :-)
As for the crazy, humorous, and ingenious workarounds… well, to tell you the truth, that’s pretty much why we started InDesignSecrets.
Tom: You can learn more about the book here:
https://creativepro.com/resources/books-and-videosDavid BlatnerKeymasterGreat question, but I don’t think there is a “best” if you can’t be there in person. I’m not positive, but I think if you join any of them you get full access to the site, yes?
There are also online options, such as this google group: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/indesign-talk
October 17, 2014 at 1:33 pm in reply to: Want to DISABLE searchable text in fixed layout epub #71110David BlatnerKeymasterWhat version of InDesign? The one that came out last week (2014.1)?
October 17, 2014 at 10:58 am in reply to: InDesign CC 2014 October Release Crashes (OS X 10.9.5) #71106David BlatnerKeymasterAlso: this trick should probably get you the earlier version (it talks about CS6, but I think it works for the earlier version of CC, too): https://creativepro.com/download-cs6-cc-subscription.php
October 17, 2014 at 10:52 am in reply to: InDesign CC 2014 October Release Crashes (OS X 10.9.5) #71105David BlatnerKeymasterSorry to hear you’re having trouble with the new version. It is very stable for most people, so not sure what the problem could be.
That said, I strongly recommend rebuilding your preferences:
https://creativepro.com/rebuilding-indesign-preferences.phpAlso, if you have older third-party plug-ins installed, check those, as those all need to be updated when you update InDesign, or crashes are very likely.
David BlatnerKeymasterIf you want the whole paragraph to stay together, then turn on “All Lines in Paragraph” in the Keep Options dialog box. That will keep the whole paragraph together.
If you want to post a picture on https://imgur.com or someplace else then link it here, that might help us understand.
It is possible that you also need to adjust the settings in the Text Wrap panel.
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