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| Lisbeth952 2006-02-12, 7:32 pm |
| Ok, I know this has got to be as basic as it gets, but I am just not getting
it to work.
I'm designing a logo, print quality, 4"x1" text only. The text is basic text
with outline and drop shadow. I want the background to be transparent, so
that when the logo is laid over graphics in PageMaker, the graphics show up
under the text.
Everything looks good in Illustrator, but when I place the graphic in
PageMaker as an illustrator file, it looks like crap, and when I place it as
a tiff, it looks great, but upon converting the PageMaker file to a PDF the
background shows up as white. I've also tried in Photoshop, and can't get
that to work right either. ARRGG!! ::::serious head banging::::
This has GOT to be one of the most basic uses for this program, right? Any
advice? Suggestions? I've looked on the web for a tutorial, but haven't
found one for this issue. Is there a tutorial out there??
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"Remember Robin: Evil is a pretty bad thing." ~Batman
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"Lisbeth952" <spamsucks@aol.com> wrote in message
news:_38Ff.2554$H43.1676@trnddc08...
> Ok, I know this has got to be as basic as it gets, but I am just not
> getting it to work.
>
> I'm designing a logo, print quality, 4"x1" text only. The text is basic
> text with outline and drop shadow. I want the background to be
> transparent, so that when the logo is laid over graphics in PageMaker, the
> graphics show up under the text.
>
> Everything looks good in Illustrator, but when I place the graphic in
> PageMaker as an illustrator file, it looks like crap, and when I place it
> as a tiff, it looks great, but upon converting the PageMaker file to a PDF
> the background shows up as white. I've also tried in Photoshop, and can't
> get that to work right either. ARRGG!! ::::serious head banging::::
>
> This has GOT to be one of the most basic uses for this program, right? Any
> advice? Suggestions? I've looked on the web for a tutorial, but haven't
> found one for this issue. Is there a tutorial out there??
>
> --
> "Remember Robin: Evil is a pretty bad thing." ~Batman
>Did you rasterize your text before you exported?
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| cmstudio 2006-02-14, 7:46 am |
| Hi there, have you tried placing the image as an Illustrator eps? The screen draw in Pagemaker is pants so don't go by that. I would create a hires pdf from the pagemaker file and see how it looks then.
Try it and let me know.
quote:
Originally posted by Lisbeth952
Ok, I know this has got to be as basic as it gets, but I am just not getting
it to work.
I'm designing a logo, print quality, 4"x1" text only. The text is basic text
with outline and drop shadow. I want the background to be transparent, so
that when the logo is laid over graphics in PageMaker, the graphics show up
under the text.
Everything looks good in Illustrator, but when I place the graphic in
PageMaker as an illustrator file, it looks like crap, and when I place it as
a tiff, it looks great, but upon converting the PageMaker file to a PDF the
background shows up as white. I've also tried in Photoshop, and can't get
that to work right either. ARRGG!! ::::serious head banging::::
This has GOT to be one of the most basic uses for this program, right? Any
advice? Suggestions? I've looked on the web for a tutorial, but haven't
found one for this issue. Is there a tutorial out there??
--
"Remember Robin: Evil is a pretty bad thing." ~Batman
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