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Hi everyone, I'm new to InDesign and I can't figure out how to handle this problem. When I apply any effect to an object from the effects panel (ex. Transparency) any other image or text in the same page lose quality (resolution goes down I think...). You can see an example in the screen (Left: no effect/tranparency applied to the rectangle. Right: 50% transparency and texts below look a little more pixelated). Open attachment for better image quality.
When I export the entire file to a PDF, in Acrobat it looks exactly the same as I said above. When I open the PDF in Chrome, instead, everything is fine and both texts are perfect.
I'm a bit confused...
Already set High Quality Display Performance and each View Setting to High Quality (max).
InDesign v16.1
Acrobat v 21.0
There is a rule that, if ANY transparency is used ANYWHERE on a page, then EVERYTHING on the page is converted into the document blend space. Check the document blend space matches the RGB/CMYK definition you are using for your text colour. Converting colour space won't cause pixellation though.
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Check you haven't inadvertently applied a stroke (outline) or effect like Glow to the text.
How are you applying the tint to the object – is it like I've done it below from the swatches panel?
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Hi,
thank you for your reply.
Yes, I've already checked and there is no stroke or any other effect to the text. When I apply the tint to the rectangle I use one of the swatches in that panel ([black] in this case), but instead of using the "% tint" in the upper right, I use "% Opacity" from the Properties panel (because I need transparency in my graphic).
The "pixelated" text appear immediately after applying the opacity/transparency or any other effect (drop shadow for example...) to any object in the same page. And immediately disappears when i deactivate that effect or bring the opacity back to 100%.
Another intresting thing is that texts in other project's pages remain perfect. Only the page where I apply an effect to an object seems to be affected.
Thank you again!
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There is a rule that, if ANY transparency is used ANYWHERE on a page, then EVERYTHING on the page is converted into the document blend space. Check the document blend space matches the RGB/CMYK definition you are using for your text colour. Converting colour space won't cause pixellation though.
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It worked!
I've changed the Transparency Blend Space from CMYK to RGB and there are no more pixeleted texts.
Didn't know about this thing, thank you!
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If your document is for press output, setting the Transparency Blend Space to RGB will likely convert your blacks and grays to 4-color CMYK on export or output—small 4 color text could cause registration problems on press. You can open the Separation Preview panel and mouse over the page to check the output values.