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High Resolution Use for final press output, and for high-quality proofs such as separa-
tions-based color proofs.
Creating, saving, and loading custom flattener styles
You can save and load flattener styles, making it easy to back them up or to make them
available to your service providers, clients, or others in your workgroup.
To create or edit a flattener style:
1 Choose Edit > Transparency Flattener Styles.
2 Do one of the following:
Click New to create a style.
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To base a style on a predefined style, select one in the list, and click New.
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Select a custom style in the list and click Edit.
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Note: You can't edit the default flattener styles.
3 Type a name in the Name text box or accept the default name.
4 Drag the Raster/Vector Balance slider. The higher the setting, the less rasterization is
performed on artwork. To keep as many objects vector as possible, select the highest
setting; to rasterize all the artwork with transparency applied, select the lowest setting.
Note: The amount of rasterization that occurs depends on the amount of RAM available
to the program, the complexity of the page, and the types of overlapping objects.
5 Do the following:
For Flattener Resolution, set an output resolution for rasterized artwork (except for
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gradient objects). In most cases, 300 dpi is sufficient.
For Gradient Resolution, set an output resolution for gradient objects. In most cases,
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150 is sufficient.
6 Select any of the following, and then click OK:
Force Text to Outlines to expand all text to outlines throughout the document.
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Otherwise, only transparent portions of the text may get converted to outlines, which
may change their width. This option makes the width consistent.
Convert Strokes to Outlines to convert all strokes in the document to outlines, not just
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the ones with objects that have transparency.
Clip Complex Regions to decrease the probability of stitching. When the Raster/Vector
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Balance slider is not all the way to the right, complex areas sometimes get rasterized
during the flattening process. Normally, the areas are rasterized in a "blocky" fashion
that can cut though objects, so that part of an object can be rasterized and another can
remain in vector form. This process can result in stitching. Selecting this option
decreases the probability of stitching by ensuring that the raster/vector boundary
always falls along existing object paths. However, this method can result in overly
complex clipping paths, which may not print on some PostScript output devices.
To save custom flattener styles:
1 Choose Edit > Transparency Flattener Styles.
2 Select one or more styles in the list and click Save.
3 Specify a name and location, and then click Save.
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