Quark and Photoshop Gradient Banding....rrrrrr

prepressDog · April 20, 2009, 03:31:59 AM

anyone have a cool trick/tip...
printing to konica bizhub 6500 digital color...creo rip.
messed with all the reg stuff...
It just seems as a photoshop issue of how it was build. all i have is pdf...need quick answer if anyone is up yet....thanks.

looking for a way to edit in photoshop...it is a light yellow pink background...noise or blur? getting a rainbow banding/steps at edge of blend....just seems like a bad photoshop build. wish i had tiff and did blend in indy...

beermonster · April 20, 2009, 04:25:11 AM

add noise to break up - get image out of pdf into photoshop - then u have options

either edit image and replace into pdf

or

do new image, drop pdf into indy, add new image, pdf out

as for the image - maybe a small blur as well as noise, and using my second method of pdf into indy etc allows you to create the image as you know it works for you

Joe · April 20, 2009, 09:04:56 AM

One other option to beermonsters if you have Pitstop. Create the gradient however you choose and save as tiff image. Open the tiff image in Acrobat, yes acrobat will open tiff images. Select with Pitstop tool, copy, go back to original PDF and select bad gradient with Pitstop and under the edit menu choose "Enfocus Replace". It will replace the bad gradient with the good gradient.

beermonster · April 20, 2009, 09:24:49 AM

very nice joe

Contrast · April 20, 2009, 11:54:21 AM

Hardware wise: have you calibrated the RIP lately? You can also try turning spot color printing off in Finishing under print options.

frailer · April 20, 2009, 02:28:10 PM

Quote from: beermonster on April 20, 2009, 09:24:49 AMvery nice joe

Agreed. You have Pitstop pips on your epaulettes. :cool:

prepressDog · April 23, 2009, 09:51:54 AM

thanks all...i got it.
glad it was digital...just lighten and messed with things in the rip...took about an hour.

The issue was it was a knockout image with a gradient....not an easy fix....w/o native files.
if they would of saved as tiff pulled into indy woulda been better...
Photoshop just seems to suck at gradients...too choppy...need to dither somehow.

ninjaPB_43 · April 23, 2009, 02:32:18 PM

a little late but this may help...

http://wwww.lmgtfy.com/?q=How+to+smack+Quark+into+submission

:laugh:

gnubler · April 23, 2009, 03:15:34 PM

I'm about to go all ninja style on you, PB.

ninjaPB_43 · April 24, 2009, 07:58:16 AM

Quote from: gnubler on April 23, 2009, 03:15:34 PMI'm about to go all ninja style on you, PB.

ninja massa say what?

gnubler · April 24, 2009, 11:26:42 AM

Quote from: ninjaPB_43 on April 24, 2009, 07:58:16 AM
Quote from: gnubler on April 23, 2009, 03:15:34 PMI'm about to go all ninja style on you, PB.

ninja massa say what?

Me + you, behind Wendy's, 3:10pm.

ninjaPB_43 · April 24, 2009, 11:31:15 AM

Quote from: gnubler on April 24, 2009, 11:26:42 AM
Quote from: ninjaPB_43 on April 24, 2009, 07:58:16 AM
Quote from: gnubler on April 23, 2009, 03:15:34 PMI'm about to go all ninja style on you, PB.

ninja massa say what?

Me + you, behind Wendy's, 3:10pm.

:shocked: ::gulp:: GOOD! I need to refill this sweet tea.

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Quark and Photoshop Gradient Banding....rrrrrr