Indesign trapping

[Tracy]

Im getting it but... How about a little hint on #20, still yet to do some others.
i put a 1pt stroke and made the black grey for viewing, make sure overprint preview is on.

[DigitalCrapShoveler]

Make a skinny white knock-out of the black, place skinny white knock-out between black and magenta, set the black to overprint. Idea is to make the magenta Choke the black.

[DigitalCrapShoveler]

Here are the final answers to the trap test. Use the techniques you know, and that have been explained prior to make the test look like the attached. I am currently working on a "walk through" of the final answers, so if you are having trouble you can compare. Next will be InDesign itself. I have been very busy, so sorry for the holdup! Hang in there, it's coming soon.

[Tracy]

ive been reading the cs3 manual, and found in the trapping section it says built in trapping cannot trap placed vector eps graphics. Im having a problem with a file with a placed eps and a grayscale PS image on top. Is the solution creating a pdf or ai file for the eps? just wondering if anybody encounters this.

[Tracy]

Hey dcs, i just saw that you posted the rest of the answers cool! and thanks

[DigitalCrapShoveler]

You will have to trap the placed eps in Illustrator. It is hard to convey directions for something I can't see, but look at the outside edge of the placed eps, does it need to choke or spread to the background? If the background is indeed gray, 70% or less screen value, I would choke the image and overprint the outer edge, IF it is darker in density than the BG. A lot of "IFs", but you should know if you completed the trap tutorial. You may need to create a white knockout in Illustrator placed all the way behind everything. Does that make sense? If you need the spread the outer edge of the graphic, then make a stroke set to OP in AI. Visualize the graphic placed on top the background, and do what you need to do in AI to accommodate it for trap. Follow?

[Tracy]

I think I can do it in illustrator! Its a swirly image with a grayscale photo on top, i was thinking making a box a bit smaller than the image create a clipping mask and overprint the image with the swirls.
oh wait that might not work, yes i need a knockout. and then overprint.

[DigitalCrapShoveler]

There you go... thinking outside the bun. You're getting it.