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DELSANA Lighting Group
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October 29, 2020
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inDesign problems with online pdf-files

  • October 29, 2020
  • 4 replies
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I have the following problems:

1. When publishing a pdf file created with indesign online, a grid appears. this grid changes when zooming in and out of the browser. See photo 1.

2. With some photos a yellow-grey background appears online. It hard to see (photo 2).

These photos are integrated as psd-files in the pdf-document.

 

Any ideas?

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Diane Burns
Diane Burns
Inspiring
October 29, 2020

Can you use Publish Online instead?

rob day
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rob dayCommunity Expert
Community Expert
October 29, 2020

I can see the PDF version is 1.6 so the problem isn’t likely flattening artifacts the lines are being generated by the browser or they are in the PSD. All of the color is DeviceCMYK (CMYK with no profile) so it’s not surprising you are getting color shifts.

 

When saving for web it is better to dumb down the PDF so the color is unformly sRGB, and there is no live transparency. Try setting your Output tab to this, where the destination is set to sRGB.

 

BobLevine
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BobLevineCommunity Expert
Community Expert
October 29, 2020
PDF version would be irrelevant unless it was a proper export from InDesign. Anything else would flatten the art and cause stitching.
rob day
Community Expert
rob dayCommunity Expert
Community Expert
October 29, 2020

Can you share the link to the PDF?

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    DELSANA Lighting GroupAuthor
    Participant
    October 29, 2020

    Hey Rob! Here's the link to our website:

     

    https://www.delsana.com/media/delsana_leuchtenkatalog_2020.pdf

    BobLevine
    Community Expert
    BobLevineCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    October 29, 2020
    It looks like either distilled that PDF or used some method other than direct export.
    BobLevine
    Community Expert
    BobLevineCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    October 29, 2020

    Make sure the PDF version is Acrobat 5 or later. View the PDFs using Acrobat or Reader.

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      DELSANA Lighting GroupAuthor
      Participant
      October 29, 2020

      Yo Bob.

      I figured out that the problem only appears when the PDF-link is clicked within the browser (mozilla). when I download the PDF and open it with my acrobat, everything is fine. Seems like a browser-problem. Thats kinda bad for our customers...

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