vinny38  wrote If you really want page 1 to be on left side, then you need to disable Allow Pages to Shuffle and keep Allow Spreads to Shuffle ON. Then, all you have to do is to open page panel and drag and drop your page 5 (based on your 1st screenshot) on the left, until you see the icon with the hand with a left arrow. Okay, that works. If I add more pages by dragging the master page towards the right of the even number page at the end in my pages panel (just like you did in the animated gif),  the odd number page remains on left and even one on right. However, if I click the new page button in the pages panel, my two page spread moves to the right side and a blank space is made on the left side which is annoying. ... View more

BarbBinder  wrote That wireframe is odd, but let's give it a go. Open the Pages panel menu. Are both Allow Pages to Shuffle and Allow Spreads to Shuffle enabled? If not, turn them both back on. Does that take care of it? If not, try dragging the pages around in the Pages panel. With both Shuffles on, they should snap back into place then, if they didn't already. I have disabled allow document pages to shuffle. There is no option in the pages panel menu that says "allow pages to shuffle". If I enable this option, my page one goes to right and the problem is resolved. I want my page one to be on the left side. ... View more

vinny38  wrote Hi Do you really need to start your document with page 1 on left side? Odd pages are meant to be always on right side and disabling auto shuffling, just like you did, may be fine for a small document, but will give you headache for larger ones. So I advise you start with an even page number if possible... Actually I am working on a book. The chapter has a two page spread cover page. Then the chapter begins. Hence, I have page one on left, two on the right. These have a big photograph. On page three, my chapter text starts. I have till now only made first chapter and working on the second chapter. Those chapters have separate .indd files. ... View more

Even if I adjust the spread by dragging it to left, on going at the end of the document and adding more pages, the problem still comes. In the end of the document, on adding new pags, Indesign adds these black rectangle pages on left and pushes my layout to the right. ... View more

https://forums.adobe.com/people/Derek+Cross  wrote Have a look at this tutorial, it will explain all (you can get a 10-day free trial): InDesign: Color Management Okay, I will check it out. Thanks a lot for your help. You gave me a lot of great tips that really were an eye opener for me. Thanks a lot everyone. ... View more

https://forums.adobe.com/people/Derek+Cross  wrote Exporting to PDF/X-4 converts your InDesign document to CMYK in a format that's suitable for commercial litho and digital press printing (unless your printer has supplied a different spec). Re black, my recommendation is to keep all text in black (see screenshot below below) on no account use Registration black. Now my questions increase further. When I select Pdfx-4:2008. I get a warning with a yellow attention triangle  in my summary telling me that acrobat compatibility was reset to acrobat 7 (pdf1.6) to ensure compliance with the pdf/x (2010) standards. Should I be bothered about this? All these years in the output settings, I was choosing colour conversion as “document cmyk” thinking that the printers use cmyk and I will be good to go. I used to convert some of my images in Photoshop to CMYK if I was editing them. Otherwise I hoped that Indesign would convert my RGB images to CMYK while exporting the pdf as document cmyk. When is a document converted via colour conversion to working cmyk or document cmyk? Why is there any need for doing it if Pdfx-4:2008 is the solution to the printing process? ... View more

https://forums.adobe.com/people/rob+day  wrote "then a proof should be inexpensive.". I don't understand. What do you mean? If the digital print process is composite—there are not separate plates—then it should not cost much to run a test page. Run a sample page that includes small text and fills with different combinations of black. Okay! Thanks. I will try this out surely. ... View more

"then a proof should be inexpensive.". I don't understand. What do you mean? Should I stay cool and just use default [BLACK] of Indesign or Registration? After seeing this appearance of black option, I am confused about now whether to convert all my c0, y0, m0 k=100 blacks to rich ones or not. I am specifically talking about my text. As explained by Derek sir,  PDF/X-4 will not do any sort of conversion to my document. Derek sir, what do you mean by text in 100% black? What exact swatch are you talking about? Please specify. Editing the default [REGISTRATION] and [BLACK] blacks to rich blacks. ... View more

https://forums.adobe.com/people/rob+day  wrote Where is the appearance of black option located? Under Preferences. A document's CMYK profile normally displays [Black] as something less than absolute black because that is what happens on press ( offset inks are transparent). If you are designing for screens or a composite RGB (i.e. Inkjet) printer you can override the profile's behavior. Thanks for this great enlightenment!! Please bear with me. I am really a novice to all this. My document is going to be printed digitally using CMYK. It is not going for offset. So, I should stay cool and just use default [BLACK] of Indesign or Registration? After seeing this appearance of black option, I am confused about now whether to convert all my c0, y0, m0 k=100 blacks to rich ones or not. I export my document to pdf using the Document CMYK profile in the pdf output. ... View more

Thanks to everyone for replying. Okay, I changed the colour in paragraph styles for the text for which I had originally set paragraph styles. I have some text for which I did not set paragraph styles. happie_97  wrote Hello Arjun2, Here is an article explaining how to accomplish this... How to change default black to rich black in InDesign - and why you should Create your rich black swatch. Open the 'Find/change' dialogue box (Ctrl+F or Edit>Find/change...). Click on the 'Object' tab. Then click on the little magnifying glass icon thingy, which has the helpful tool tip 'Specify attributes to find'. When you click on the magnifying glass you get the 'Change object format options' dialogue. In the 'Find object format' bit, select default black. In the 'Change object format' bit select your rich black swatch of C75, M68, Y67, K90. Click 'OK' and all instances of default black will be the rich black you have chosen. I already went through this post. It does not explain about text which does not have any paragraph styles applied. It only speaks about objects. I tried to look for selecting all the type of text objects but could not get any such option. See the screenshot. https://forums.adobe.com/people/rob+day  wrote I just realized that one of the reasons for my black text not getting printed black was that in InDesign, I chose the [Black] and [Registration] to choose the black colour. If you are printing to a composite color printer use the Appearance of Black>Printing/Exporting preference to handle the way black only outputs. If your document will be printed on an offset press, you don't want to assign a rich black swatch to text because 4-color blacks cause registration problems, and even if the press stays on register small, rich black text will appear bolder. For press work you would only use a rich black for extra large text and large black fills Where is the appearance of black option located? ... View more

https://forums.adobe.com/people/Tariq+Dar  wrote Can you share the link with me, i would like to check that at my end? -Tariq Dar Yes, sure. http://longfiles.com/wz8lfz1lzr45/Graphic_Standards_Field_Guide_to_Hardscape.pdf.html ... View more

I tried downloading the pdf again, the problem still persists. The method given in your link to "save as" doesn't work as  I get the same error which prevents me from saving the file again. ... View more

https://forums.adobe.com/people/D+Fosse  wrote Well, basically the same as outlined by the others above...it's just a question of hitting the right gradient stops. I experimented, just like you have to, until it "snaps" and looks right. But it doesn't take as much as you think, and it shouldn't hit solid black. Oh, and there's a slight hint of lightening on either side, not so much that you notice it, it's just a hint. I cannot see any lightening on either side.  Can you please point it in a screenshot? ... View more

davescm  wrote I tried using your method. I am not getting that realism as you got. ...... Hi Arunj Sorry I've not been around for the last day. The others have really answered the question. Just play with the gradient - the centre of mine was not full black (the opacity was 75%). A quick way though is set the gradients the way I showed and, with the blending mode set to multiply, adjust the opacity so that it looks right on your image. I did not include the lighter "reflections" - but I would put them on a separate layer and set it to screen and again adjust the opacity to make it look right. Dave I tried using the screen option for the blending mode for reflection. I don't see any changes in the output.  ... View more

https://forums.adobe.com/people/D+Fosse  wrote I think the main problem is just that it's slightly overdone. Pull back a bit and it should be fine. What process are you using? Please give step by step method. ... View more

Trevor.Dennis  wrote You have the crease and faded shadow, but you also need to add soft highlights outside the shadows I started another thread earlier today (NZ time) saying I'd looked at this problem and tried adding a Smart Object with an Action, but was not able to record the step of placing the SO. Place a Library Asset With an Action?  I created the three layers below by painting the black and white strokes on the relevant layers, and blurring with Gaussian blur.  The dark strokes were set to Multiply, and the white to Screen.  The three layers were selected and made into a Smart object, and the Smart Object was dragged to a CC Library.  Note the transparency is important when making the SO. At any time after this, you can right click the SO in the library and choose Place Linked and it will be placed in the centre of your image.  Free Transform to stretch to the full height, and you are good to go.  It would have been icing on the cake to do this with an Action, but like I said, I was not able to record the Placing from Library step in the Action. I was also adding the white blurs using just a gaussian blur applied to a rectangular fills initially when I started this thread. ... View more

I tried using your method. I am not getting that realism as you got. Here's the photograph. ... View more

I have made the gradient. How can I apply it in such a way that it gets centrally aligned in a perfect manner? I have to do hit and trial. Have you added a thin black strip separately in your psd file? Can you please share it? ... View more

Thanks for giving a similar example. I am unable to figure out the technique for white curls effect. I gave one but it looks untidy.  The soft light gives a slow gradient on either of my photographs on the left and right but the curl effect is not coming as realistic. I have added a small black thin rectangle in the centre but the effect is not looking as close to the posted sample. Please give suggestions. ... View more