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Acrobat X Pro can save files in different PDF format versions, some of
which retain live transparency. The PDF/X-1a format is best for
placement into non-Adobe applications that require flattened
transparent objects. PDF/X-4 is recommended for workflows, such as
those using the Adobe PDF Print Engine, which support live
transparency.
Refer to the individual product user guides for more information on
transparency and printing. For detailed information on transparency
flattening, see “Transparency in Adobe Applications: A Print Production
Guide” http://www.adobe.com/go/learn_transparency_print_en and “A
Designer’s Guide to Transparency for Print Output” http://www.adobe.
com/go/learn_transparency_designer_en.
Previewing Flattening
The Transparency Flattener Preview feature lets you see the effects of
flattening settings on a PDF page. You can inspect the objects that have
transparency applied, view which objects transparency flattening will
affect, and flatten transparency before printing final output. Keep in
mind that, once you have flattened the content of a PDF, that change is
permanent: Live transparency is not restored by resaving in an Acrobat
format that supports transparency (e.g., Acrobat 5 or above).
To see which objects will be affected by flattening:
1. Select the page that you want to examine, and choose Flaener
Preview in the Print Production task list.
2. Choose an option from the Highlight menu (options are dimmed if
there is no live transparency on the selected page). Aected con-
tent appears in red, while the rest of the artwork appears gray. You
can choose which objects to preview before aening:
•Rasterized Complex Regions: Shows the areas that will be raster-
ized, based on the Raster/Vector balance control. Select Clip
Complex Regions in the Flaener Seings area to minimize stitch-
ing problems. For information on stitching and aener artifacts,
see the transparency-themed guides on the Adobe website (www.
adobe.com/go/print_resource).
•Transparent Objects: Shows objects that are sources of transpar-
ency, such as those with opacity values less than 100%, or objects
with blending modes, opacity masks, feathering, embossing, or
drop shadows.
•All Aected Objects: Shows all objects that are impacted by
transparency, including transparent objects and objects that are
overlapped by, underneath, or adjacent to transparent objects.
•Expanded Paerns: Shows all paerns involved with transparency
that will be expanded during the aening process.
•Outlined Strokes: Previews all strokes outlined as a result of
transparency. If you select Convert All Strokes To Outlines in
Flaener Transparency Preset Options, all strokes will have out-
lines applied.
3. Move the Raster/Vector slider or enter a value to specify the de-
gree of rasterization applied to complex areas of artwork. For
high-end print output, typically the best seing is 100 (the slider
is moved to the Vectors end). Depending on the complexity of
the le, this seing maintains all objects as vector information
whenever possible when Acrobat saves to PostScript or to other
formats that require aening. is seing may create smaller les
and retain useful information for post-processing; however, les
with numerous small vector-based objects (referred to as “atomic
regions”) may take longer to process.
Note: Moving the slider to the le all the way to zero rasterizes all content on the
selected page or designated pages, whether it involves transparency or not. Rasterizing
every page creates enormous les, the equivalent of creating a TIFF image of the page.
Avoid this option unless the le is so complex that you cannot process it otherwise. As
an alternative, consider the Print As Image seing in the Acrobat Print dialog box.
4. Specify resolutions for rasterizing complex line art and text, and
gradients and meshes:
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