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Blending mode indesign not looking good online

Forum|Forum|1 year ago
November 22, 2024
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Hi! I made a report recently and it looks great everywhere, if I look at it in my phone, uploaded in dropbox, icloud, etc etc. But there's one server where it is uploaded where, whereas on my laptot looks great, when I see it on my phone the blending modes or effects with transparencies are not applying properly. I've been trying to solve it for a while, and while the first exports I made were done with interactive options, the last one was made with adobe pdf print options with the preset "smallest file size", colour converted to sRGB IEC profile, and transparency flattener was set to medium res and couldn't be changed. Pdf version was 1.5 (Acrobat 6.x). I am attaching some examples where you can see the gradients not working appropriately (they suddenly stop and should fade to full transparent)

thank you so much🙏

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BobLevine

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You've told us nothing about the method you used for creating the PDFs so that's the first thing we need. Is it a blend mode? Is it an opacity? Both?

And, how are you viewing the PDF? Beyond Acrobat/Reader on a desktop, viewing complex PDFs is nothing but a crapshoot.

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celia_2269Author

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Hi Bob!

The images and effects not working are two:

Image frames with a gradient feather (in these images you'll see how it's supposed to look compared to the first screenshots I shared).

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And images with a black gradient on top with a Multiply blending and showing at 40% opacity:

thanks

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celia_2269Author

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Well, if they look good in Acrobat, that's it. Best you can do without completely dumbing down the PDF which will likely result in a lot of stitching artifacts.

Thank you all for you replies. So sadly there's no way I can fix it that you know right?

Abhishek Rao

Community Manager

Hi @celia_2269,

Thanks for sharing the details. Could you confirm the version of InDesign and the operating system you’re using?

The issue might relate to transparency flattening settings or color profiles. Please try below:

In Adobe PDF (Print), set Transparency Flattener to High Resolution.
Use Compatibility Version 1.7 (Acrobat 8/9): This can improve transparency rendering on mobile devices.
Ensure your document and export settings use sRGB consistently.
Re-export in Interactive PDF: This format often handles transparency effects better on various devices.

Let me know how it goes!

Thanks,

Abhishek Rao

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celia_2269Author

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Hi Abhishek thanks for the reply. I am using inDesign 20.0 on a 15.1 MacOs.

Thank you

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