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David BlatnerHow about this?
https://creativepro.com/how-to-draw-concentric-shapes.php
Also the PatternPack plug-in (which works with PatternMaker) can make them automatically:
https://teacupsoftware.com/products/patternmaker1_0.html
David BlatnerMore on Bridge previews here:
https://creativepro.com/article/take-charge-bridge-getting-good-look-your-files
David BlatnerNo, I don’t think there is any way in InDesign to automate that. You might be able to have someone write a script to do it, though.
David BlatnerI really don’t know. Adobe is pretty much cutting support for Flash left and right it seems, as all their attention is toward HTML5.
But I wonder: Does Flash Player create a projector from a SWF?! Or do you need a native Flash file?
David BlatnerHere’s one of my favorite scripts:
https://creativepro.com/free-script-to-change-all-numbers-in-a-document-using-math.php
David BlatnerHow did you link a paragraph style to a hyperlink? I don’t think InDesign has ever let you do that.
David BlatnerCool! Great idea. I’m a big fan of doing layouts in Photoshop.
Any chance of seeing this as an extendscript so that it could work on Windows, too? I know that AppleScript is cross-application (whereas extendscript/jsx is designed for one program at a time), but perhaps this could be made to work across InDesign and Photoshop via Bridge or something? Not sure.
David BlatnerAcrobat can do all kinds of things that InDesign cannot. However, in this case: what do you think Acrobat is doing? If there is 350% CMYK coverage in a CMYK image, the only solution you have is to cross-render that to a different CMYK.
HOWEVER, the real solution here is much simpler: You should be using RGB images in InDesign, not CMYK. Especially if you are planning on using the same image in more than one publication (with different printing needs), RGB is the choice of experts. Then you never have to worry about ink limits because the RGB image is always converted to the proper profile when you create your PDF.
David BlatnerDo you mean you want it to appear one way when you print from InDesign and different when you export a PDF? Or do you mean you want the PDF to look different on screen and in print?
David BlatnerNot without a lot of work. I think you could probably figure out a way using scripting to display one layer and print a different layer, for example… and then you would have to have duplicates of everything on two layers, etc… I don’t think it would be much fun. :)
David BlatnerThe scripts are available here:
https://creativepro.com/navigate-through-indesign-page-objects-with-keyboard-shortcuts.php
David BlatnerIf you have, for example, a CMYK image that has the incorrect ink coverage (like 400% cmyk ink in one area), and you place that in InDesign, then InDesign will simply pass that CMYK value through into the PDF. That is what the “Convert to Destination (Preserve Numbers)” feature does. If you need to cross-render to a different cmyk (so that all your cmyk images get converted) it is trickier but possible.
Have you tried the Ink Limit feature in InDesign’s Separations Preview panel?
David BlatnerInteresting problem, Furry. I believe that what you are seeing are “Replies.” However, there is no visual indication, so it’s confusing. The replies are supposed to be indented. Hm. Will have to inquire what is going wrong.
David BlatnerHe wrote up a good blog post here yesterday:
https://blog.siliconpublishing.com/2014/07/change-as-a-way-of-life-cc-extensions-and-the-third-party-indesign-developer/
I hope that is a help!
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