What’s the skinny on flattening?

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Marlene_Hochberg
Dec 7, 2006
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PS CS2, XP SP2. Someone sent me a TIFF (grayscale)that consists of several layers, some of which include effects such as outer glow, bevel, etc.

I need to place the TIFF in Quark 6.5. Should I flatten and resave the TIFF first (to a new file, of course, in case I need to go back to the layers)?

I’m guessing that the image is gonna get flattened somewhere — either by me now, or by the RIP later. Is that correct, or am I making it up?

Is it a bad idea to send the file to press without flattening the TIFF? I don’t know what RIP the printer uses, but I suppose I could find out if I need to know.

TIA,

Marlene
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Mathias_Vejerslev
Dec 8, 2006
Hi Marlene,

I’d flatten the TIFF (to a new version, if I thought I’d need the layers later for editing) before putting it into Quark.
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Bob Levine
Dec 8, 2006
Marlene,

You’re confusing layer flattening of TIFs and PSDs with transparency flattening. Since Quark, prior to version 7, doesn’t support it, the only thing you need to be sure to do is make sure you don’t have a transparent background.

Bob
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Marlene_Hochberg
Dec 14, 2006
Bob,

Yes, I absolutely am confusing layer flattening with transparency flattening!

Oy, I am so easily confused … !

Marlene
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Marlene_Hochberg
Dec 14, 2006
Hi Mathias,

As you suggested, I flattened the TIFF. I did save the original layered version.

It looked fine, at least on the proofs!

Marlene

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