Comments on: Set a Swatch to Overprint http://indesignsecrets.com/set-a-swatch-to-overprint.php InDesignSecrets Blog and Podcast Mon, 12 May 2008 10:49:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.11 by: Anne-Marie http://indesignsecrets.com/set-a-swatch-to-overprint.php#comment-351247 Thu, 20 Mar 2008 13:16:32 +0000 http://indesignsecrets.com/set-a-swatch-to-overprint.php#comment-351247 One more permutation of this tip. As far as I can tell, selecting an image frame and setting its stroke and fill to overprint (via the Attributes panel) doesn't make the frame's contents -- the actual image -- overprint. Just the frame's stroke, and any fill that's visible. To make the image itself overprint, you need to select it with the Direct Selection tool and change the Blend Mode from Normal to Multiply, in the Effects panel. One more permutation of this tip. As far as I can tell, selecting an image frame and setting its stroke and fill to overprint (via the Attributes panel) doesn’t make the frame’s contents — the actual image — overprint. Just the frame’s stroke, and any fill that’s visible. To make the image itself overprint, you need to select it with the Direct Selection tool and change the Blend Mode from Normal to Multiply, in the Effects panel.

]]> by: Anne-Marie http://indesignsecrets.com/set-a-swatch-to-overprint.php#comment-351245 Thu, 20 Mar 2008 13:13:51 +0000 http://indesignsecrets.com/set-a-swatch-to-overprint.php#comment-351245 Cari, thanks for the heads-up! I can definitely see where a printer might have that option turned on, thinking they're helping. Cari, thanks for the heads-up! I can definitely see where a printer might have that option turned on, thinking they’re helping.

]]> by: Cari Jansen http://indesignsecrets.com/set-a-swatch-to-overprint.php#comment-350945 Wed, 19 Mar 2008 22:25:03 +0000 http://indesignsecrets.com/set-a-swatch-to-overprint.php#comment-350945 In regards to using the 100% "myBlack" colour for knockout Black: Talk to your printer. As I've encountered a number of printers who enable a setting on their RIPs that automatically sets all 100% to overprint. Another work-around would use 99.9% Black. You can create a Tint Swatch that is 99.9% Black if you use this a lot. (it will show up as 99& in the swatche panel, but will be 99.9%). In regards to using the 100% “myBlack” colour for knockout Black: Talk to your printer. As I’ve encountered a number of printers who enable a setting on their RIPs that automatically sets all 100% to overprint.

Another work-around would use 99.9% Black. You can create a Tint Swatch that is 99.9% Black if you use this a lot. (it will show up as 99& in the swatche panel, but will be 99.9%).

]]> by: Neil Oliver http://indesignsecrets.com/set-a-swatch-to-overprint.php#comment-350944 Wed, 19 Mar 2008 22:22:29 +0000 http://indesignsecrets.com/set-a-swatch-to-overprint.php#comment-350944 Thanks for this very, very, very practicle tip! I had forgotten about the overprint fill option in find/change. Thanks for this very, very, very practicle tip! I had forgotten about the overprint fill option in find/change.

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