Join Claudia McCue for an in-depth discussion in this video Setting trap preset options, part of Acrobat: Preflight and Print Production.
- Acrobat Pro DC provides a way to set up a recipe…for trapping a PDF.…However, there are some limitations…in regard to the way you actually…apply that trapping preset.…First, let's take a look at the controls.…In this file I'll set up a trap preset…to affect the areas where objects in the file…overlap other objects,…but don't share common colors.…And that's the case with most of these silhouettes.…The yellow dog is just a hundred yellow,…the blue dog is just a hundred cyan,…so where they meet, there is no ink in common.…
I'm gonna create a trap…that combines both of those inks,…yellow and blue,…and make a little tiny green border…that's gonna camaouflage that intersection…so that we don't see a gap…if there's mis-registration on press,…we don't want to see a little white sliver.…A little subtle green border…would be enough to camouflage that.…So let's take a look at the controls in Acrobat.…I'll go to Print Production,…and then to Trap Presets.…And I'm just gonna create a new trap preset,…and then I'll just call it pets trapping.…
Author
Claudia McCue
Released
6/5/2015Fortunately, Acrobat Pro DC offers extensive tools for analyzing a PDF and determining its suitability for print. In this course, Claudia McCue helps you get the most from these tools, including preflight profiles, the Output Preview options, flattening, page boxes, and printer marks. She also explains the pros and cons of editing content in Acrobat vs. the original authoring applications, and shows how to manage color with the Ink Manager and the Convert Color function. After watching this course, you'll be able to use Acrobat Pro DC to find and fix many common problems before you go to print.
- Analyzing a document
- Using single checks
- Creating and using custom preflight profiles
- Choosing the correct PDF standard for print
- Using Output Preview options
- Editing vectors, images, and text in PDFs
- Controlling page boxes to crop a PDF
- Adding printer marks
- Using Ink Manager
- Creating trap presets
- Converting to PDF with Acrobat Distiller
Skill Level Intermediate
Duration
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Introduction
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Welcome47s
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1. Creating and Using Preflight Profiles
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Analyzing a document7m 2s
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Using single checks3m 41s
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Embedding an audit trail5m 33s
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Using preflight fixups3m 15s
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Creating a droplet6m 7s
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2. Understanding PDF Standards
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Comparing the standards4m 42s
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3. Using Output Preview Options
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Controlling Output Preview11m 24s
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Viewing color warnings2m 29s
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Using the Object inspector3m 14s
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4. Editing Objects
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Changing stacking order3m 1s
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Editing text9m 2s
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5. Converting Colors and Flattening
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Using the flattener controls6m 58s
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6. Controlling Page Boxes
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Understanding page boxes4m 29s
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Using the Crop tool4m 19s
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Using a fixup to crop7m 36s
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7. Adding Printer Marks and Fixing Hairlines
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Adding printer marks3m 41s
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Fixing complicated patterns1m 59s
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8. Using Ink Manager
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9. Creating Trap Presets
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Setting trap preset options7m 13s
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10. Using Acrobat Distiller
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Conclusion
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Next steps1m 54s
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