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January 17, 2022
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Exporting to PDF creates grey drop shadow?

  • January 17, 2022
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I know for a fact I will be doing lots wrong here so apologies in advance, it's all new to me! 

 

I have drop shadow (multiply) applied to various text on my page but when I export to PDF, it looks grey? I've tried previewing on different applications and it looks grey no matter what-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At the moment I'm going to: File, Adobe PDF Presets, High Quality Print, and rolling with the automatic settings. Please do let me know how I SHOULD be exporting. It will be going to a commercial printer at some point. Many thanks for your patience and kind insight!

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Correct answer Eugene Tyson

Before exporting - go to View>Overprint Preview and see how it looks.

Does the gray show up here?

If so - then adjust your Dropshadow settings to get the colour you want.

 

You might have better luck creating a new Swatch - call it Rich Black - and set the colour to 50% Cyan and 100% black.

Then use this Rich Black Swatch for your Drop Shadow colour instead.

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Eugene TysonCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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January 19, 2022

Before exporting - go to View>Overprint Preview and see how it looks.

Does the gray show up here?

If so - then adjust your Dropshadow settings to get the colour you want.

 

You might have better luck creating a new Swatch - call it Rich Black - and set the colour to 50% Cyan and 100% black.

Then use this Rich Black Swatch for your Drop Shadow colour instead.

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