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1. Re: CS3 PDFs not separating in CS4—Followup
P Spier May 19, 2010 11:22 AM (in response to Arrow'd)I remember the cards.
What PDF settings are you using, and was this directed at the initial PDF creation, or the export of the placed PDFs?
Have you tried placing the ID files rather than the PDFs?
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2. Re: CS3 PDFs not separating in CS4—Followup
Arrow'd May 19, 2010 1:57 PM (in response to P Spier)P Spier wrote:
I remember the cards.
What PDF settings are you using, and was this directed at the initial PDF creation, or the export of the placed PDFs?
Have you tried placing the ID files rather than the PDFs?
Placing a CS3 or earlier ID document produces the same result. Note how the text in the body of the card is still knocking out even though it is set to overprint in the CS3 document.
We were using the PDF 1.3 settings at the time. However, those settings would frequently invoke a color shift during a direct PDF export from ID.
We went with an EPS export, then converted the EPS to PDF using Distiller.
The EPS export settings were (I would post the PDF of everything but the forum won't allow document posting right now):
The Distiller settings were:
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3. Re: CS3 PDFs not separating in CS4—Followup
P Spier May 19, 2010 2:19 PM (in response to Arrow'd)I see you are leaving color unchanged. Unless you were doing a color conversion when exporting, I'm not sure why you would have seen a color shift.Are your color spaces consistent throught he workflow and versions?
Is there a reason you need to export to PDF 1.3 instead of leaving your transparency live?
Would you be willing to post a sample of one of those PDFs somewhere for us to try?
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4. Re: CS3 PDFs not separating in CS4—Followup
Arrow'd May 21, 2010 10:30 AM (in response to P Spier)P Spier wrote:
I see you are leaving color unchanged. Unless you were doing a color conversion when exporting, I'm not sure why you would have seen a color shift.Are your color spaces consistent throught he workflow and versions?
Is there a reason you need to export to PDF 1.3 instead of leaving your transparency live?
Would you be willing to post a sample of one of those PDFs somewhere for us to try?
According to the Tech at Adobe, the PDF 1.3 settings didn't accurately translate color transitions.
The fix going forward will be to upgrade to the PDF 1.6 settings (worked out with our print vendors).
Our color spaces are set using Bridge and reviewed in all the relevant programs (Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign).
When we switched over from Quark to ID we didn't get the transparency look we wanted (we still get unusual artifacts when text is overlapped by the transparent area of an image frame), and working with our printers we worked out the current workflow and settings.
I don't have anywhere to host a PDF of a card.
I'd be willing to email one if you think you can help.
But my question is really, how do I keep the cards created in the last 3 versions of Creative Suite from separating incorrectly?
And the question for Adobe; what's my assurance that the next CS version doesn't render all previously created PDFs useless?













