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• Use the Flattener Preview feature, available in Illustrator, InDesign, and Acrobat,
to highlight areas in artwork that will be affected by flattening. In InDesign and
Illustrator, use the preview as a guide to help you decide how you should stack page
objects to avoid flattening text and vector segments.
For more information about transparency, see "Transparency in Adobe Applications:
a Print Production Guide" (http://www.adobe.com/go/learn_transparency_print_en
and "Designer's Guide to Transparency for Print Output"
learn_transparency_designer_en).
Color Management in Creative Suite 4 Components
The goals of color management are to reduce the amount of proofing needed to accurately assess
color, and to ensure predictable output and print. When used properly, color management speeds
the process and reduces the costs associated with achieving the color your customer expects.
Keep in mind that, even if you choose to turn off color management in Adobe applications (note
that you cannot turn off color management in Acrobat 9 Pro), color management is still being
performed by your operating system to govern monitor display and printing. It's best to leave
color management on in Adobe applications, and to ensure that the same settings are used across
all the applications for consistency. Use Adobe Bridge to easily synchronize color settings for
Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign and Acrobat simultaneously.
Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign and Acrobat use the same underlying code to render color—
whether displaying an image on a monitor, printing to a desktop printer, or sending data to a
RIP. If color management is carefully implemented and maintained, you should be able to better
communicate color expectations with your customers.
In addition to providing an environment for consistent color viewing and rendering, color-man-
aged workflows allow—and encourage—the use of RGB images. With a larger color gamut than
CMYK, RGB offers the potential for more flexibility in a print workflow, especially if the content
might be repurposed for the web, video, or mobile phones. Some color corrections are much
more easily performed in the RGB color mode, and many digital devices (such as inkjet print-
Invoking a Flattener Preset
You can choose a flattener preset
during PDF or EPS export, and in
the Print dialog box .
Flattener Preview
Red highlight indicates vector areas that will be
affected by transparency .
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