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Marc Dunker
MemberI created a sample document with both a PSD and an AI link and updated and saved both of them, closed the files, and the links didn’t update in a fresh .indd file for either file type.
MemberAnything’s appreciated. In my workflow, I save and close the file before going back to InDesign. The PSDs I’m editing aren’t very large that I can tell. 20-35MB.
November 4, 2024 at 6:12 am in reply to: InDesign 2025 Constrain Proportions Won’t Stay Locked #14408248MemberThe user voice now has comments from some Mac users, so it’s looking like it may be a cross platform issue and perhaps interference from other software…
June 14, 2024 at 8:30 am in reply to: Missing Drop Shadow in Links to other InDesign Files #14404148MemberI just created two test files (File A and B) using a green square and white text on file B. I chose to turn the square into a text frame (rather than another text frame over the shape) and put a drop shadow on the text.
I then placed into file A and added a drop shadow. Sure enough, the exported PDF does not have a drop shadow on the text.
I could share those files if desired. Is there a preferred linking method for this forum?
June 14, 2024 at 8:12 am in reply to: Missing Drop Shadow in Links to other InDesign Files #14404146MemberNo problem David. I’ll clarify.
File A (main file) links to file B (placed file). File B has text shadows/glows. File A has an drop shadow around the file B product. Most of the text effects of file B are inside the product, in other words, the frame file B is placed into has a drop shadow.
If I remove the drop shadow in file A, the shadows/glows in file B appear in inDesign as well as the exported PDF.
I did try adding shadow honors other effects, but it still gets rid of the drop shadow when exported from file A. Interestingly, file B has some white text with both a drop shadow and a white glow. The glow was present on the export but the shadow disappeared as mentioned.
As of right now, the options I can think of are:
1. Be okay that the shadows/glows aren’t present if a drop shadow is applied to file A.
2. Remove the drop shadow from file A.
3. Duplicate everything in file B on a new layer and add the exterior product shadow to file B (have a layer with a shadow and without a shadow for instances a product shadow isn’t needed). File B is used for all marketing collateral as well as assets for the website.
4. Create a Photoshop Path for everything in file B.June 14, 2024 at 7:21 am in reply to: How to save a single Indesign page from a multipage ID document #14404142MemberI agree with Mike on the Move Pages feature.
Open the file, then create a new blank document, select the page(s) you want to move from the pages panel by right-clicking > move pages.
In the move pages dialogue, you can choose to keep or delete the page from the original document.
Then just save the new document.
Note: For me, move pages can be very finicky. It sometimes just doesn’t work… at least on a Windows machine. I have to restart the computer or InDesign sometimes.
MemberThanks David and Mike. I tried the object level, but the issue with that is it also changes the opacity of the shadow unless I’m missing something.
The object level also wouldn’t work if I wanted a stroke with 100% opacity but the fill to be transparent with perhaps a different blend mode and shadow.
I don’t know if it’s a random phenomenon or as designed, but if I create a shadow on an object with the spread at least 6pt, check knockout group on an object, and lastly set the fill to a transparency/blend mode the shadow will not change opacity—which is the desired outcome.
MemberThanks! It’s interesting to me that I have to check “Knockout Group” to get it to work. When I use that, it’s usually with a grouped object and the top layer is set to 0% opacity.
MemberThanks David. I did try restarting, but that doesn’t solve the issue.
I also recovered another document. I think it may have something to do with CC Libraries…
I also found a bug report for 19.4 with this issue.
MemberThanks David. I did try restarting, but the issue still persists.
I was able to recover another document. It all seems tied to CC Libraries. For whatever reason, it’s not recognizing the library item. The layers panel was saying <pasted graphic> and the links panel lists all library items as Adobe PDF, but there were no errors in preflight.
Once I relink it by timing my mouse clicks with the escape key between pop-ups, the message is gone for the most part. I’m now getting a message only when opening and closing, but it does seem to be any older file (one was 2/2023 and the other was 4/2023) with CC Library items is doing it.
January 25, 2024 at 12:07 pm in reply to: Publish Online “mailto” Links Not Working in Safari #14399344MemberThank you for looking into this David!
January 25, 2024 at 11:26 am in reply to: Publish Online “mailto” Links Not Working in Safari #14399336MemberThe use-case for this is for a user to scan a QR code. It’s consistently not working on three iPhones using Safari.
It works fine on an iPhone using Chrome.
MemberI find it interesting that this was the first time I chose to delete the previous version. Windows uses Roaming App Data for a lot of preferences, so I still have that folder from the previous versions.
For me it was mainly panel defaults and general preferences. Today I noticed I hide unnecessary control bar items that are in the properties panel or other panels anyway. It also removed all my saved document presets. Things like Find/Change/GREP queries stayed intact.
MemberAll paragraph and character styles, swatches, and general preferences were gone for me such as tracking increments, keyboard shortcut defaults, etc. I’ve re-setup what I think is good, but I’m sure a lot will come up as I open files.
September 15, 2023 at 6:20 am in reply to: Knockout Shows Through when PDF is viewed on Browsers #14395880MemberThanks David! What I mean by “accurately” and “non-destructive” is I want the pdf to appear as designed without having to use the pathfinder tool on a frame or revert to rudimentary techniques that take longer.
I created a stroked line segment with text in the center. I wanted the frame to fit the text with equal spacing on either side, but the text length varies. My thought was to use a knockout group the size of the text frame. I guess this is tomayto, tomahto as far as technique; rather than have two line segments and a text frame, I have a line segment, knockout frame, and text frame.
The other, more important, knockout I’m using is covering a part of an image frame so content that didn’t fit the layout doesn’t appear. We used a third party designer for the image elements, and his text callouts don’t fit. I don’t want to have to destructively modify the shape of the frame, so I used a knockout in the event that I’ll utilize it in the future.
Neither of these display as designed in browsers, but will print fine.
I tried exporting to Acrobat 4 with Simulate Overprint checked. That does show the knockouts correctly, but it also creates a lot of white hairlines that appear in both Acrobat and browsers—worse in the browser. It’s even showing white hairline outlines of an underlying layer over an image.
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