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Hi there -
Exporting my indesign file to a pdf has been fine up til now - all the images and text are showing up fine except for one. The image is one that I edited in Photoshop (CS4) - it's a drop shadow layer. I then placed it in Indesign and fiddled with its opacity. And then I exported. Literally, everything else in this rather substantial file is fine. I increased the opacity of the image to 100% and it did actually show up in the pdf, as it appeared on indesign. Then I tried decreasing the opacity by a minimal amount (to 85% - I'm aiming for around 45%) and it disappeared again. Not sure how to fix this. Thanks for any help
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Preview is a substandard way of viewing PDF files. I doesn't support all the PDF features. You need to use the free Adobe Reader. You can download it from the Adobe website.
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What viewer are you using to view the PDF with?
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Preview.
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Preview is a substandard way of viewing PDF files. I doesn't support all the PDF features. You need to use the free Adobe Reader. You can download it from the Adobe website.
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Just so you know that Steve isn’t blowing smoke, this is a well known problem with Preview. It works just fine for PDFs out of Word and the like but is simply not up to the task of handling advanced features.
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There's another reason an object may not show up in a PDF, but is seen in the InDesign document. If that object is set to "Overprint" and the object is white or a light color over a dark background, then the object will not show in a PDF.
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Try using the white arrow tool to select the image within the image box. Then go to "color" and make sure it is set to black (not white).
I had a similar issue and found this worked for me.