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may want to consider using transparency flattener settings with the Raster/Vector Balance set to 100, or increase the Line Art and Text Resolution if you set Raster/ Vector Balance to less than 100. Note that it is extremely rare for text or vector content to be rasterized in InDesign CS4, unless you have chosen a very low value for the Raster/Vector Balance control. Note: If you want to minimize the chance that text will be outlined, stack the text above all other objects; for example, move it in front of other objects using Object > Arrange > Bring to Front. If this can be done without changing the look of the design, it will prevent the text characters from being flattened by getting them out from under the transparency objects. Select a flattener preset from the Preset pop-up menu. If Auto Refresh Highlight is off, click Refresh to see the effect of the preset you selected. To control preview refresh, do one of the following: • Click the Refresh button after changing the Highlight or Preset settings. • Select Auto Refresh Highlight to let InDesign refresh the display after you change Highlight or Preset settings. Flattener Preview The text on the left is affected by the drop shadow because it is below the drop shadow. The text on the right isn't affected by transparency because it is now above the drop shadow in stacking order. Photoshop blending mode issue Within Photoshop, a shadow set to Multiply blend mode will darken what's underneath it. But when you place a Photoshop file into InDesign, the shadow knocks out what's underneath, lightening the area rather than darkening it. To see the effect, place a Photoshop image containing a shadow into InDesign, and then use Separations Preview (Window > Output > Separations Preview). Turn off the black separation, and you'll see that the shadow knocks out anything behind it. While this wouldn't matter if the shadow fell on an empty area of the page, the knockout effect will be obvious when it falls over other page content. Photoshop Blending Modes in InDesign A Photoshop shadow looks satisfactory in composite view, but turning off the black plate in the Separations Preview panel reveals a problem: rather than darkening everything, the shadow knocks out everything underneath. While InDesign honors opacity attributes of native, layered Photoshop files, it does not handle all Photoshop blending modes. InDesign handles its own shadows correctly, darkening content underneath. Blending modes from Illustrator (including Illustrator-created shadows and other effects) image correctly as well. If the image is silhouetted and just requires a drop shadow (a concentric shadow, offset from the image), eliminate the drop shadow in Photoshop, and replicate it in InDesign. If, however, the designer has created a cast shadow (for example, a shadow that would be cast by a vase on the table under it), you must take special measures to ensure that the shadow will image correctly. If the shadow has been created on a separate layer from the object, the Photoshop file can be correctly imaged from InDesign, after a minor change (described in the following steps). If the shadow is on the same layer as the object, it must be copied onto another layer, and deleted from the object's layer. The object and its shadow must be on separate layers in Photoshop to be able to use this workaround: Adobe Creative Suite 4 Printing Guide 38