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Quark 7 Drop Shadow Problem
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Haven't used Quark in awhile, but as a workaround, can you outline the text and apply the drop shadow to that?
I have often read that it's best to stay away from drop shadows and similar effects in quark since it won't print properly (depends on various variables of course).
As a workaround, maybe you could create the headline in Photoshop and place a .psd file with transparent background in Quark?
As a workaround, maybe you could create the headline in Photoshop and place a .psd file with transparent background in Quark?
I had this same problem when we first upgraded to Version 7, but since the release of a few Quark updates (we're now running 7.31) I no longer have that issue.
Try downloading the free update - should help.
BTW - I work for a company that publishes magazines, and we use Quark dropshadows all the time without any problems during printing.
Try downloading the free update - should help.
BTW - I work for a company that publishes magazines, and we use Quark dropshadows all the time without any problems during printing.
I migrated to indesign purely because of this problem. I had the latest version and tried absolutely everything as the client was not happy. In the end I had to totally redesign a 40 page catalogue in Insesign and lost a lot of money because of it.
From QuarkXpress 7.3.1 help menu:
To create text with a drop shadow, put the text in a box with a background of None, and apply the drop shadow to the box.
When you apply drop shadows to several nongrouped items, the items can cast shadows on each other if they overlap. When you apply a drop shadow to a group, however, the group as a whole casts a single shadow.
You must have Drop Shadow XTensions software loaded in order to open a project that uses drop shadows.
To create text with a drop shadow, put the text in a box with a background of None, and apply the drop shadow to the box.
When you apply drop shadows to several nongrouped items, the items can cast shadows on each other if they overlap. When you apply a drop shadow to a group, however, the group as a whole casts a single shadow.
You must have Drop Shadow XTensions software loaded in order to open a project that uses drop shadows.
Actually, drop-shadows give us headaches in Quark all the time. Most of the time for us it gives us the ghosted outline of all the bounding boxes that the shadow touches. A lot of time we go back and make them in Photoshop and re-import them into Quark. Then we go back to InDesign and make jokes about Quark around the office.