How do you get rid of frame artifacts from a custom compound path on inDesign???

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May 15, 2024
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I'm working on a layered file in Indesign where there is a flat image in the background and I have text on top. I'm trying to paste a clipped person into the text frame (compound path) and apply a drop shadow that appears only on the clipped person pasted inside that text.

I have done this plenty of times with standard shapes with no problem, but for some reason this text frame is giving me a stitching artifact both on my Indesign canvas and when I export to a PDF.

I have tried removing the drop shadow and it does the same thing. I have also tried using this same exact image and doing it all in a standard square shape and it works fine.

Does anyone have any ideas??

(Note - Working on the latest version of Sonoma on most recent version of Indesign)

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Jessica36568706alz2Author

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Clipped image shown with and without drop shadow and without background for reference

James Gifford—NitroPress

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InDesign's tools at this level are lightweight convenience versions of those from the 'original' apps that do these tasks.

I'd do this in Illustrator or Photoshop and import the results.

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Jessica36568706alz2Author

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I know I can achieve it in Photoshop, but for this specific project I really need to be able to do it InDesign because it's a piece with a lot of print that is goign to be resized into a wide variety of sizes. It's going to be a lot more work to have to make a new photoshop header for each specific size.

James Gifford—NitroPress

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Okay. I can only suggest that since you couldn't make it work in a decent first pass — for whatever reasons — with a convenience tool, time spent doing it right, with the appropriate tool, might be a better investment. Rethink your workflow as necessary.

One shop's sour phrase for this was "Stop trying to drive nails with a screwdriver!" with the implied context of "...just because you have one in your hand." The hammer might be in a drawer across the room, but... 🙂

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