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eriual
03-21-2008, 09:06 PM
Is there a way to make a gradient to Transparent in InDesign CS3?
doubting_thomas
03-21-2008, 09:43 PM
Link in a Photoshop file that uses the gradient you want. I'm not
sure if Illustrator will make one (I don't think so), but I know that
InDesign won't. Maybe I've missed something, but I think I ran into
this a few months back.
longboy
03-21-2008, 09:52 PM
I know Illustrator will make one, and Photoshop obviously will as well.
I just checked in Indy CS3, and there appears to be a gradient feather tool under the gradient tool. You can apply it to a solid filled drawing, or a gradient filled drawing too. I just tried it to a placed image, and that worked as well-
garricks
03-22-2008, 01:51 AM
Cool find, longboy... *runs off to play with gradient feather tool*
Wait. Does "gradient feather tool" sound dirty to anyone else?
eriual
03-22-2008, 03:06 AM
Wow that works great. Thanks alot!
Optimusdinkus
08-11-2008, 09:58 PM
Somethings funky with this tool, I used it on one graphic frame that had black on it for an overlay effect then all of a sudden my other images color spaces went nutskies. any idears?
garricks
08-11-2008, 10:07 PM
Optimus, are there any spot colors in your document, or is everything CMYK?
I played with it a little and it seemed to work OK.
Optimusdinkus
08-12-2008, 04:59 AM
nope, all process
garricks
08-12-2008, 11:51 AM
Then I got nuthin. Sorry. I'll play with it some more today.
longboy
08-12-2008, 02:30 PM
Optimusdinkus:
if your gradient is just a blend of black to transparent, you can just use a regular gradient and set the transparency mode to "multiply" to get the result you're after. You needn't do a transparency mask as indicated with a black-only gradient.
steve2112
08-12-2008, 07:56 PM
the best way is to make the gradiant in photoshop and link the file like someone else said. If you start dealing with mulipty and add spot colors things can get iffy. Besides raster gradient will not band as baddly as vector gradients and you can add some noise to smooth it out.
steve
Optimusdinkus
08-12-2008, 08:04 PM
Optimusdinkus:
if your gradient is just a blend of black to transparent, you can just use a regular gradient and set the transparency mode to "multiply" to get the result you're after. You needn't do a transparency mask as indicated with a black-only gradient.
Within Indesign or will I have to get PS up for them as well? ah well its no big deal on this, thanks guys!
longboy
08-12-2008, 08:14 PM
Within Indesign or will I have to get PS up for them as well? ah well its no big deal on this, thanks guys!
Should be able to do a Black-only blend with good results in Illustrator or InDesign. If it's a large-sized blend, you may experience banding as noted by others in the thread-