Comments on: Why did I move from Photoshop to InDesign?

By: David Blatner

David Blatner — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 14:31:46 +0000

Emboss the logo on your Website?! No offense, but I’m not sure what that has to do with InDesign or vectors. You can’t really get vectors on the Web except for Flash or SVG or Silverlight. But no, if you use vector smart objects in Photoshop, they aren’t exported as vectors.

By: olivia

olivia — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 06:48:08 +0000

hi guys…….is all this stuff about vectors not outputting as proper vectors still the case with CS2 or CS3?? i thought i had been doing something wrong, but it seems you are all saying what i am experiencing! HELP!! i want to emboss the logo on my website!
thanks
olivia

By: Mind2Print

Mind2Print — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 21:52:08 +0000

I completely agree with you. Smart objects work great and are an enormous advancement from previous versions, but the output is not what it could be.

I, too, have made the switch to InDesign in recent months. It took a while getting used to, but it was well worth it.
Great article by the way.

Sevag
http://www.mind2print.com

By: Preeti Bhatt

Preeti Bhatt — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 13:50:55 +0000

what is spot color
tell me about InDesign secreat

By: Jerome

Jerome — Thu, 24 Aug 2006 14:17:16 +0000

When working with spot colors we typically build production files using 2 process colors. This makes the production a lot easier and more flexible, especially in regards to PhotoShop.

When we have needed to show the client an approximation of the PMS spot colors I have used scripts to make FPO CMYK files of Illustrator and PhotoShop files in the past.

When I have needed to build an entire job in the spot colors we typically build the photoshop files as CMYK files with one plate for each spot color then duplicate those channels to spot colors after the art is built. This allows us to use effects and layering that are not available when working in the spot channels alone.

My biggest complaint about working in spot colors is that you have to guess at the opacity of the ink to set in the spot color channel. I would think that Adobe would have some standards for the major color systems that they support.

By: Branislav Milic

Branislav Milic — Mon, 21 Aug 2006 16:57:42 +0000

If I tell you how a high level printing house in Switzerland (they have, and they were the first to get it, the famous 12 color Heidelberg) prints with CMYK + 8 spots (including metal) from Photoshop files, you wouldn’t believe me. It’s up to the level of Star Trek and Star Wars together. And add Dune to be the geek of the day…

By: David Blatner

David Blatner — Mon, 21 Aug 2006 13:07:48 +0000

I completely agree with both your points, Sandee. I love vector smart objects in Photoshop, but the fact that vectors aren’t maintained on export is incredibly frustrating to me.

As for spot colors: I often get the feeling that Adobe forgets that anyone prints with spot colors anymore. Au contraire: We had a guy at The Creative Suite Conference in Chicago who printed only B&W and spot color jobs. He was very confused as to how to make any of the spot color stuff work in Photoshop. Adobe dropped the ball on that years ago.