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Transparent PNGs Have Dark Outline

Apr 5, 2012 11:44 AM

Hi,

 

Whenever I use a PNGs with transparency in my documents, they show up with gross outlines around the edges.

 

It seems the places where the pixels are not 100% transparent do not get rendered correctly.

 

I tried switching "Transparency Blend Space", and it doesn't help; though the CYMK setting makes this problem more obvious.

 

Has anyone encounted this before?

 

Here's a link to one of my original PNGs that doesn't work properly in InDesign: http://zoffix.com/new/del/042-T2.png

 

Here is what the exported PDF with a problem looks like:

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979 Views   5 Replies   Latest reply: Zoffix222, Apr 19, 2012 12:32 PM
 
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  • Jeffrey_Smith
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    1. Jeffrey_Smith,
    Apr 5, 2012 12:10 PM   in reply to Zoffix222
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    Resizing and resampling is causing this problem with PNG.

    You can:

    1. Save as .psd

    2. Use a script that would open image in Photoshop and resample to 100% and replace image in ID

     
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  • MikeWenzloff
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    2. MikeWenzloff,
    Apr 5, 2012 1:02 PM   in reply to Zoffix222
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    How are you placing the image into ID? What PDF export profile are you using. Here is a closup of a PDF using your image. A light yellow rectangle is behind the image. Looks the same in ID.

     

    2012-04-05 13-00-14_Untitled-1.png

     
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  • Jeffrey_Smith
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    3. Jeffrey_Smith,
    Apr 5, 2012 1:23 PM   in reply to MikeWenzloff
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    Are you sure the frame is not filled with a yellow tint? I download the PNG, placed in ID, exported to PDF with no transparency issue (except outline).

     
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  • Rob Day
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    4. Rob Day,
    Apr 5, 2012 4:25 PM   in reply to MikeWenzloff
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    I think Jeffery is right—PNG can't handle downsampling as well as psd (try exporting the png as a interactive PDF). Converting to PSD solves both the ID preview and low res PDF export:

     

    PNG

    Screen shot 2012-04-05 at 6.28.16 PM.png

     

    PSD

    Screen shot 2012-04-05 at 6.28.28 PM.png

     
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  • Zoffix222
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    5. Zoffix222,
    Apr 19, 2012 12:32 PM   in reply to Jeffrey_Smith
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    Thanks, everyone. Using a PSD instead of the PNG solves the issue.

     

    (Sorry it took so long to reply)

     
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