Reference Guide
Enfocus PitStop Pro Contents 1. Copyrights..........................................................................................12 2. Introduction........................................................................................13 2.1 The PitStop Pro documentation set....................................................................13 To access the PitStop Pro Documentation....................................................13 2.2 Setting your Enfocus PitStop Pro Preferences....................
Contents 3.4 The Enfocus Preset Manager..............................................................................33 Preset Databases...........................................................................................33 Managing Presets..........................................................................................35 3.5 Workspaces.........................................................................................................37 The Enfocus Workspace Panel.......................
Enfocus PitStop Pro 5.5 To edit or create a Preflight Profile....................................................................75 5.6 Adding Action Lists to Preflight Profiles.............................................................76 About adding Action Lists to Preflight Profiles.............................................76 To add Action Lists to a Preflight Profile.......................................................76 5.7 Locking a Preflight Profile............................................
Contents Enfocus metadata..........................................................................................95 6.4 Checking the Certified PDF status of a PDF document......................................95 To check the Certified PDF status of a PDF document.................................95 The aspects of the Certified PDF Status........................................................96 6.5 Setting the Certified PDF user identification......................................................
Enfocus PitStop Pro Pixel images.................................................................................................112 7.2 About paths, anchor points and direction points..............................................113 Line-art elements........................................................................................113 Paths.............................................................................................................113 Anchor points.....................................
Contents To scale an object by dragging.....................................................................128 7.13 Moving an object..............................................................................................129 To move an object or a copy of an object by dragging.................................130 7.14 Shearing an object...........................................................................................132 About shearing...........................................................
Enfocus PitStop Pro 7.25 Viewing the halftone information of an object................................................145 About halftone information..........................................................................145 To view the halftone information of an object.............................................145 7.26 Enfocus Find And Replace Text ......................................................................145 To find and replace text:.........................................................
Contents To find a PostScript font name.....................................................................160 7.36 Embedding versus subsetting fonts................................................................161 Embedding fonts..........................................................................................161 Subsetting fonts...........................................................................................161 Finding exact font names.................................................
Enfocus PitStop Pro Selections.....................................................................................................178 Changes........................................................................................................178 Checks..........................................................................................................178 Informs.........................................................................................................178 9.3 Running an Action List...
Contents Absolute colorimetric remapping................................................................196 To change the rendering intent of an image................................................197 10.5 Using spot colors.............................................................................................197 Premixed inks...............................................................................................197 To create spot colors.........................................................
Enfocus PitStop Pro 1. Copyrights © 2012 Enfocus BVBA all rights reserved. Enfocus is an Esko company. Certified PDF is a registered trademark of Enfocus BVBA; patent pending. Enfocus PitStop Pro, Enfocus PitStop Workgroup Manager, Enfocus PitStop Server, Enfocus PitStop Connect, Enfocus Instant PDF, Enfocus StatusCheck, Enfocus CertifiedPDF.
Enfocus PitStop Pro 2. Introduction 2.1 The PitStop Pro documentation set The PitStop Pro Help Set consists of the following volumes: • The PitStop Pro Help (HTML). • The Online Documentation which gives a link to download the PitStop Pro Reference Guide, which is meant as a reference book, to look up specific settings. • Product Movies, available at the website. You can access these from the Enfocus Help menu.
Enfocus PitStop Pro • • • • • • • • • • • Preferences > Enfocus PitStop Pro Preferences > Colors on page 18 Preferences > Enfocus PitStop Pro Preferences > Windows on page 24 Preferences > Enfocus PitStop Pro Preferences > Variable Sets on page 22 Preferences > Enfocus PitStop Pro Preferences > Color Management on page 21 Preferences > Enfocus PitStop Pro Preferences > Guides Preferences > Enfocus PitStop Pro Preferences > Processing Preferences > Enfocus StatusCheck Preferences > General on page 25 Prefe
Enfocus PitStop Pro Note: You can open PDF 1.7 (Acrobat 8) documents in Adobe Acrobat 7, but you will get a warning saying that the document “may not open or display correctly”. You can edit and save these documents in Adobe Acrobat 7 and still keep their PDF version 1.7. Trim Box Margins Enter values in the Horizontally and the Vertically textboxes.
Enfocus PitStop Pro B C A Figure 1: Text in wireframe mode: Outline (A), Black Fill (B), and greeked (C) Show center selection handle You can choose to show or hide the center point of your selection. Sometimes, it can be useful to see the center point of your selection, for example to align the center of a number of objects. You can use guides and position the center selection handle exactly on the guide.
Enfocus PitStop Pro • Only objects inside the bounding outline should be selected. Bounding outline of your selection, the dotted rectangle also known as marquee Object inside the bounding outline Objects overlapping the bounding outline Paste copied objects Use this option when you want to copy an object and paste it with an offset. The objects will be pasted with an offset of the coordinates you enter here in the Horizontal Offset and the Vertical Offset textboxes.
Enfocus PitStop Pro Default Styles for New Objects This helps you to change the default setting configured for new text objects and new line-art objects in the PitStop Pro. The default setting for new text objects in PitStop Pro is Arial 12 pt. To change this, select a text object which has font/ size of your choice and click the Grab Text Style button. The default setting for new line-art objects in PitStop Pro is a stroked element.
Enfocus PitStop Pro Wireframe object Page boxes Selected object Selected form object Navigator dim color Selected clipping mask Paragraph editing Preferences > Enfocus PitStop Pro Preferences > Language Language of the PitStop Pro User Interface 1. If necessary, check the Share language with StatusCheck checkbox if you want all Enfocus applications and plug-ins that are present on this machine and that are compatible with this version of the software to share the same language preference. 2.
Enfocus PitStop Pro 4. Click the OK button in the Enfocus PitStop Pro Preferences dialog box. 5. Restart Adobe Acrobat. Enfocus Pack Manager The PitStop Pro help system can be displayed in a language other than English by installing the appropriate language pack and selecting the desired language in the Enfocus PitStop Pro Preferences. Installing languages is done via the Enfocus Pack Manager dialog box. Installed tab This tab lists all the language packs which are already installed. You can, 1.
Enfocus PitStop Pro Local tab This tab provides a list of locally stored packs (for example: packs that were downloaded but not yet installed, installed packs appear in the Installed tab). You can, 1. Search for a pack using the search field. 2. Use the Actions button to install, uninstall, download and refresh the available language packs. Apply various filter options using the Show menu. 3. Browse to the local folder where the language packs are stored using the Browse for folder button. 4.
Enfocus PitStop Pro Using this Preset Manager you can select a predefined set, and click Apply button to use it, or you can create your own Color Management Preset using the Color Management Preset Editor. See Using the Color Management Preset Editor on page 22 Underneath the Preset Manager, an overview of the Currently applied Color Management Preferences is shown.
Enfocus PitStop Pro 2. Using the Variable Sets in the toolbar, you can select a Variable Set Preset, open the Variable Set preferences, or open the Enfocus Variable Set Editor. Using the Enfocus Variable Set Editor 1. In the SETUP section, click the General label and define the name and description. 2. Click the + button to add the New variable label to the VARIABLES section. 3. Click the New variable label to view the fields related to it in the right pane.
Enfocus PitStop Pro Page Coordinates If you select the Rotate x-y axis checkbox, absolute coordinates in PitStop panels take the Acrobat view rotation setting into account, i.e. the coordinates change if the user rotates the view. If you do not select the Rotate x-y axis checkbox, absolute coordinates in PitStop panels ignore the Acrobat view rotation setting, i.e. the coordinates do not change if the user rotates the view. In both cases, the rotate key stored in the PDF page is properly honored.
Enfocus PitStop Pro 5. Restart Acrobat. Preferences > Enfocus PitStop Pro Preferences > Help You can define the way you want to access help for the PitStop Pro application: • To access help stored locally on your computer, choose the On my computer radio button. • To access only the PitStop Pro Help on CertifiedPDF.net, choose the Go to Online Help radio button. This will not work whenever there is no internet connection. • To access only the PitStop Pro Help on CertifiedPDF.
Enfocus PitStop Pro Specific change of an active editing session in the primary highlight color Other changes on the page in the secondary highlight color Proceed as follows to change the primary or secondary highlight color: 1. Click a color patch. 2. Click anywhere in the color wheel. 3. If necessary, drag the sliders at the right of the color wheel to change the Hue, Saturation or Brightness of the color. 4. Once you have defined the color you want, click OK.
Enfocus PitStop Pro information will also be stored in the Certified PDF documents which you will be creating. Thus, the recipients of your Certified PDF documents will be able to contact you if they have any questions. You can share your name and contact details with other Enfocus products by clicking the Share Enfocus personal info preferences checkbox, which means that you will have to specify your Personal Info preferences only once. Preferences > Enfocus StatusCheck Preferences > CertifiedPDF.
Enfocus PitStop Pro • Prevent it from displaying a dialog box which asks for the session comment every time you save a Certified PDF. Select the Do not show GUI on save checkbox to do this. • Enter a predefined session comment in the Always use this session comment text box which will be used instead.
Enfocus PitStop Pro 3. Looking at the PitStop Pro work area 3.1 Looking at the PitStop Pro work area in Adobe Acrobat Where to find the PitStop Pro menus Integrated menus As in previous versions, the PitStop Pro menus are integrated in the Adobe Acrobat menus, for example in the Edit, Tools or Window menu. You can easily find the PitStop Pro menus because they all start with the word “Enfocus”, for example Edit > Preferences > Enfocus PitStop Pro Preferences .
Enfocus PitStop Pro A. Adobe Acrobat File toolbar B. Enfocus Edit toolbar C. Enfocus Workspace, View Settings and Color Management toolbar D. Enfocus Design Layout toolbar E. Enfocus QuickRun toolbar F. Enfocus Control Panels toolbar G. Enfocus Undo & Redo toolbar You can select a tool by clicking the respective button. To the right of some of these buttons, you see a black inverted triangle, which means that there are more tools available “behind” this button.
Enfocus PitStop Pro 3.3 The PitStop Pro View settings Viewing a PDF document in wireframe view What is a wireframe view? You can view a PDF document in either one of the following modes: • Preview mode. This is how you normally see PDF documents in Adobe Acrobat. You see the pages, objects and text in the PDF documentas they will print. • Wireframe view mode If you look at a PDF document in wireframe view mode, the document will be displayed as follows: • The objects will appear in outline form.
Enfocus PitStop Pro 2. Click the View Wireframe button to switch between preview mode and wireframe view mode. Showing or hiding annotations Annotated PDF documents A PDF document may contain annotations, which can be created with Adobe Acrobat or with third-party plug-ins. You can look at a PDF document with annotations shown or hidden. You can use the Hide Annotations button to show or hide all annotations in a single step. Figure 4: PDF document with annotations shown (A) or hidden (B).
Enfocus PitStop Pro 4. Fill in the General Information for the Action List. 5. Click the button to add a new action. 6. In the New Action Type dialog box select the change Add Alternate Images. 7. Click Add. 8. In the Enfocus Action List Editor, specify the attributes for this action: • The resolution of the alternate images • Whether or not the alternate images have to be in RGB colors 9. Click OK. 10.
Enfocus PitStop Pro You can edit these Presets, but you cannot save an edited Preset to the Standard database. If you want to save an edited Preset, duplicate it from the Standard to the Local database first, then edit the duplicate. Local This database contains the Presets you edited or created, and that are only accessible to you. You can edit and rename these Presets as you wish. You can also organize them into groups (see Sorting and grouping Presets on page 35).
Enfocus PitStop Pro • Click the Action button and choose Refresh. Managing Presets Creating a new Preset To create a new Preset, you can click the action button and choose • New to create a new Preset from scratch • New from ... to create a new Preset based on an existing Preset. A list of the existing Presets will appear, allowing you to select the Preset you want to use as starting point for the new Preset.
Enfocus PitStop Pro 1. Click the arrow in the filter to search either by Preset name, author, company or by Preset description. 2. Enter your search text in the filter. You can use the small cross to delete your search text after searching. Note: Your past searches are saved in the filter. Deleting a Preset You can only delete Presets from the Local and Favorites databases. • Right-click the Preset and select Remove. • Select it, click the action button and choose Remove.
Enfocus PitStop Pro 2. In the browser dialog that opens, select the folder containing the Preset files you want to import. This adds the imported Presets in a group (called after the folder you selected) into your Local Presets. Exporting a Preset 1. Right-click the Preset you want to export and select Import/Export > Export... 2. Save it in your desired location as a file. Note: The file type depends on the panel in which you use the Preset Manager: .ppws for Workspaces, .eal for Action Lists, etc.
Enfocus PitStop Pro Managing Workspaces In the Workspaces panel, you can manage your workspaces using the Preset Manager: see The Enfocus Preset Manager on page 33 This Preset Manager allows to organise, search, duplicate and manage your workspaces. Default Workspaces PitStop Pro contains four default workspaces, with which you can start working immediately. Hide PitStop Pro This workspace hides as much as possible from the PitStop Pro user interface.
Enfocus PitStop Pro 2. Enter a Workspace Name. 3. For each of the Categories, choose the Settings you want to use and their values. Note: You can also grab settings from your current Acrobat / PitStop Pro interface and use them in your workspace: • click the Actions button and select Grab All Categories to grab all the current settings for your workspace.
Enfocus PitStop Pro Applying a Workspace To use a workspace for your current work: • Select it in the Enfocus Workspace Panel and click the Apply button. • In your toolbar, click the arrow beside the Enfocus Workspace button workspace to use. • Select it in the Window > Enfocus Workspace menu. and select the Selecting a Startup Workspace To use a workspace by default next time you start Acrobat Professional up: 1. Select the workspace in the Enfocus Workspace Panel. 2.
Enfocus PitStop Pro B A Figure 7: Overprint preview off (A) and on (B) Use local fonts When you view a PDF documentwhich has fonts which are not embedded, you can use the Adobe Acrobat function Use Local Fonts. The following will happen: • Use Local Fonts is off. Adobe Acrobat uses the fonts of the PDF document and substitutes all fonts which are not embedded. This font substitution will always happen, even if the fonts are installed on the computer where you are viewing the PDF document.
Enfocus PitStop Pro B A Figure 9: Display Large Images off (A) and on (B) View transparency grid You can use the Adobe Acrobat preference named Display transparency grid to see which objects are transparent and which are not. If you select this option, a grid will appear behind transparent objects.
Enfocus PitStop Pro B A Figure 10: View transparency grid off (A) and on (B): the graphic is not transparent, it has a white background. View grid To align text and graphic objects in a PDF document, you can use Enfocus PitStop Pro guides but alsoAdobe Acrobat grids. If you select View Grid, the grid appears as horizontal and vertical lines on the pages of your PDF document.
Enfocus PitStop Pro B A Figure 12: View Page Boxes off (A) and on (B) Speed up (alternate) image display If you work with PDF documents which contain high-resolution images, you may want Adobe Acrobatto display these images faster. B A Figure 13: View Alternate Images off (A) and on (B) Hide annotations You can show or hide annotations in Adobe Acrobat.
Enfocus PitStop Pro You can check whether Hide Annotations is on or off and fix this setting correspondingly. Figure 14: PDF document with annotations shown (A) or hidden (B).
Enfocus PitStop Pro 4. Working with PDF documents 4.1 Copying and pasting object attributes About copying object attributes You can easily copy an object’s attributes and apply all or some of these attributes to another object in your PDF document. These attributes can relate to stroke and fill, but also to text, transparency and prepress. Figure 15: Copying and pasting the fill attributes of part of an object To copy and paste an object’s attributes 1.
Enfocus PitStop Pro Button Undoes Usage Changes only. In situations where you have done multiple changes and maybe made some selections in between. For example: select text, move it on the page, change the font and color. Select an image, scale it and place it below the text. Changes and selections. In situations where you have made a lot of selections, and sometimes even very complex ones, for example using the Enfocus wireframe view ( ).
Enfocus PitStop Pro To replace an object 1. Using the Select Objects tool to replace with the other one. , select the “new” object, i.e. the object which you want to use 2. Choose Edit > Copy . 3. Select the “old” object, i.e. the object which is to be replaced. 4. Choose Edit > Replace . The copied object will replace the “old” object and will assume its exact size, proportions and position. 4.
Enfocus PitStop Pro The Utility dialog displays the attributes of the selected text or object. Using the Enfocus Inspector With the Enfocus Inspector, you can view and edit the following attributes of any objects: • • • • • • • Fill and Stroke: color, overprint, stroke width, ... Text settings: font, size, ... Image properties: resolution, compression, ... Prepress: layers, output intent, OPI, ... Separations: used separations, remapping, varnish, ... Position: position, scaling, ... Summary A.
Enfocus PitStop Pro Change objects using the Fly-out menu in the Enfocus Inspector The Fly-out menu contains a number of generic actions, related to the selected category in the Inspector. E.g. in the Fill category, the Fly-out menu contains “Convert to...” actions. 1. Click the Select Objects tool 2. Choose Window > Show Enfocus Inspector or click the Show Inspector button the Enfocus Inspector. to display 3. Select any text or object in the PDF document. 4.
Enfocus PitStop Pro • be grey when no document is open or if no Design Layout is selected, • have a red cross when a Design Layout is selected but not applied, • have a green check when a Design Layout is applied.
Enfocus PitStop Pro The page boxes are shown in the colors you chose in the Preferences. The Enfocus Design Layout Panel The Enfocus Design Layout Panel allows you to manage your Design Layouts. To open it: • Go to Window > Show Enfocus Design Layout Panel... • Use the Alt + Ctrl + E shortcut (on Windows), or the Option + Command + E shortcut (on Mac). • Select Show Enfocus Design Layout Panel from the Design Layout dropdown list in the toolbar. To manage your Design Layouts, the Preset Manager is used.
Enfocus PitStop Pro 3. For each of the Overlay types at right ( Page Boxes, Guides and Zones), choose the Settings you want to use and their values. See Defining a Design Layout on page 53 4. Click Actions at right to add Action Lists and / or Global Changes to your Design Layout. When applying a Design Layout, the Action Lists and Global Changes specified are executed on the current page after the page boxes have been adjusted. 5. When you are done, click OK.
Enfocus PitStop Pro A Design Layout consists of: • A name • A description • Page Boxes. See Page boxes on page 56 • Guides. See Using guides on page 59 • Zones. See Zones on page 60 • Actions. See Automating tasks with Action Lists or QuickRuns on page 176 Using the Edit Design Layout tool If a Design Layout is active, and the Edit Design Layout tool is selected, you can manually move zones, guides and page boxes, simply by clicking and dragging.
Enfocus PitStop Pro Shortcut Effect Shift + Enter Apply the Design Layout to the entire document. See Applying a Design Layout to your Whole Document on page 56 Ctrl (Windows) or Command (Mac) Switch to the Select tool while holding this key. Releasing the key goes back to the Edit Design Layout tool.
Enfocus PitStop Pro • Select it in the Enfocus Design Layout Panel and click the Apply to Page button. • Activate the Design Layout, and select "Apply [the selected Design Layout] to page" from the Enfocus Design Layout dropdown. • Activate the Design Layout, select the Edit Design Layout tool, and use the Enter shortcut. Applying a Design Layout to your Whole Document Applying a Design Layout is actually changing your document according to what is specified in the Design Layout.
Enfocus PitStop Pro To view a PDF document’s trim and bleed 1. Open a PDF document. Acrobat displays the PDF document in its full size. 2. Click the View Page Boxes button. Acrobat displays the page on the complete media size and shows: • • • • • The trim size The page’s trim marks, if any The page’s registration and printer marks, if any The page’s bleed, if any Color control strips, if any A. Trim marks B. Trim size C. Registration marks D. Bleed E.
Enfocus PitStop Pro 2. Define the trim box • Set Snap to detected trim marks to try to detect trim marks and use these to define the trim box. By clicking the Edit button, you can define the color (100% in CMYK, Registration color, a specific color) of the trim marks. If no trim marks are detected, the next (enabled) option is used. • Set Same as existing to base the new trim box on an existing page box, or the page content. You can use an offset, and an anchor point, e.g.
Enfocus PitStop Pro A. Media box on page 59 B. Bleed box on page 59 C. Trim box on page 59 D. Art box on page 59 Media box The media box is the largest page box. The media box corresponds to the page size (for example A4, A5, US Letter etc.) that you selected when you printed your document to a PostScript or PDF file. In other words, the media box determines the physical size of the media on which the PDF document is displayed or printed.
Enfocus PitStop Pro Managing Guides • • • • • Click the + button to add a new guide Click the - button to remove the selected guide Click the Duplicate button to create a duplicate of the Guide Click the Color field to define the color for the selected guide Change the name for a guide in the Name field To define a guide When selecting a guide in the list, you can change its settings underneath • Orientation: Vertical or Horizontal • Relative to: the page box used as reference, or another guide • Anchor
Enfocus PitStop Pro document. The area between the safety box and the trim box is called the safe type zone: this is the zone where you must not place any text or objects, unless these objects are intended as bleed. A. Media box on page 59 B. Trim box on page 59 C. Safe type zone D. Safety box The safety box is intended to compensate for incorrect finishing: • The pages can be cut slightly off the trim marks and a bit more to the “inside” of the pages. Text or objects would then be cut off by accident.
Enfocus PitStop Pro Define a Border zone A Border zone uses existing page boxes. This can be used for example to define a safety zone based on the trim box. • Select Relative to and select a page box to base the zone on that page box. Select Between page boxes and select two page boxes to set the zone the area in between.
Enfocus PitStop Pro Layer settings can be changed using an Action List, or in the Enfocus Inspector. Change Layer settings in the Enfocus Inspector The Enfocus Inspector allows to view and change the layer settings for an object. To view the Layer settings 1. Click the Select Objects tool 2. Choose Window > Show Enfocus Inspector or click the Show Inspector button the Enfocus Inspector. to display 3. Select any text or object in the PDF document. 4.
Enfocus PitStop Pro 5. Preflighting and checking PDF documents 5.1 What is preflighting? Preflighting defined Preflighting is a term derived from the airline industry. The pilot has the responsibility to determine the airworthiness of the aircraft before take-off. This means that he or she has to perform a number of checks prior to each flight. Preflighting PDF documents basically means the same thing: the "pilot in command", i.e.
Enfocus PitStop Pro An example of a criterion is RGB colors. If you do not want RGB colors in your PDF documents, you can check this and have all RGB colors converted to CMYK. Preflighting mechanism How exactly does preflighting work in PitStop Pro ? The typical stages in a preflight check are the following: Figure 16: Typical preflight workflow with PitStop Pro 1. Open the PDF document which has to be checked. 2. Create a new Preflight Profile or select an existing one. 3.
Enfocus PitStop Pro 5.2 Running a preflight check Running a preflight check can be done from the Enfocus Processing - Preflight panel, or, in a Certified PDF workflow, from the Certified PDF panel You can open the Enfocus Processing - Preflight panel by • clicking the Enfocus Processing - Preflight button • choosing Plug-Ins > Enfocus PitStop Pro > Preflight Document...
Enfocus PitStop Pro After finishing, the Enfocus Navigator will show all errors, allow to restart the Preflight, suggest solutions, etc. See Using the Enfocus Navigator on page 78 Difference between a Certified and a regular preflight check If you are going to run a preflight check on your PDF document, you can choose to perform a Certified PDF preflight on page 67 or not (Regular preflight on page 67).
Enfocus PitStop Pro 5.3 Properties of PDF documents Categories of properties The Enfocus Preflight Profile Editor gives you access to and control over, a large number of properties in PDF documents. These properties have been subdivided into a number of categories and are represented as such in the Enfocus Preflight Profile Editor. A preflight check verifies and fixes these properties of a PDF document.
Enfocus PitStop Pro • Output intent: According to the PDF/X rules, a PDF document must contain the intended output intent. This output intent identifies what the final output destination should be. This check verifies if the output intent is present and valid according to the PDF/X rules. • Default color spaces: Checks whether the default color spaces conform to the PDF/X standard.
Enfocus PitStop Pro • • • • • Some of this information is set by the creator of the document ans some by the Acrobat. The information set by the author can be modified if the security settings allow it. Info: Author: Checks some basic information in a file such as characters in the title, the author, the subject of the document etc. You can check either for several words or parts of the word by separating the entries with a comma. For example: Author can contain "enfocus, software".
Enfocus PitStop Pro • Page size: fit to columns: Checks whether any pages in the PDF document have a horizontal page size (width) which is not a multiple of a specific number of points. Also checks the distance between the columns in the document. • Page size: fit to rows: Checks whether any pages in the PDF document have a vertical page size (height) which is not a multiple of a specific number of points. Also checks the distance between the rows in the document.
Enfocus PitStop Pro • Not suited for calibrated display: Checks whether any colors other than calibrated gray or calibrated RGB are used in the PDF document. • ICC: unwanted profile text/lineart: This check traces all text or lineart that has been tagged with an ICC profile. • ICC: unwanted profile image: This check traces all grayscale or color bitmap images that has been tagged with an ICC profile.
Enfocus PitStop Pro • Embedded OpenType: Checks the PDF document for occurrence of "OpenType" embedded fonts. • Embedded completely/subset: Checks whether the fonts are completely embedded or as a subset only. • Embedded completely for Composite font: Checks the PDF document for occurrence of Composite fonts which are completely embedded. • Embedded Acrobat emulatable font: Checks the PDF document for embedded fonts that can be emulated Adobe acrobat for on-screen viewing.
Enfocus PitStop Pro • Image is skewed: Checks for images in the PDF document which have been skewed. • Image is scaled: Checks for images in the PDF document which have not been scaled proportionally. • Resolution: Checks all grayscale, color and 1-bit images in the PDF document that have a resolution which is either lower or higher than the specified value. Layers Using the Layers property, you can perform the following checks: • Layers: Checks whether the PDF document contains layers.
Enfocus PitStop Pro • You can label deviating properties as “Warning” if it is not a real problem in the strict sense of the word, but just something you would like to be informed about. • You can label deviating properties as “Sign-off” if it could be a real problem (handled as an Error), unless the user signs off the problem, stating that it is no real issue for this particular document. In that case it will be handled as a Warning.
Enfocus PitStop Pro 5. In the CHECK ON category, click a profile check in the list. Select the checkbox next to it to enable this profile check. 6. In the Available Checks section, double click one or more checks or potential problems to check to add it to the profile check. 7. Specify how to fix the problem, if necessary. 8. Select how the detected problem should be listed in the preflight report: Warning, Sign-off or Error. 9.
Enfocus PitStop Pro 5. If you add several Action Lists, use the Action Lists should be run. and buttons to specify the order in which the Note: Running two or more Action Lists in a different order may produce a different result. You may want to test this first. 6. Click the Export Action List button. The Export Action List dialog box appears. Choose a location where you want to save the Action List and click Save button. The Action List will be saved in your chosen location. 7.
Enfocus PitStop Pro Restriction level Meaning Locked Nothing can be changed. You can only select the Preflight Profile and run it in your PDF document. 5. Enter a password and confirm it. 6. Click OK button. 5.8 Using the Enfocus Navigator Navigating through errors, warnings, fixes and failures When you run an Action List or Preflight Profile in your PDF document, a number of properties of your PDF document will be checked and, if necessary, fixed.
Enfocus PitStop Pro Results You can click the plus sign (+) to expand the Errors, Warnings, Fixes or Failures categories. Click an error, warning, fix or failure to see more information and, if possible, see the problematic object highlighted. Figure 17: Highlighted object: image from which the alternate image has been removed. Object Browser You can use the Object Browser to view and highlight problems or potentially problematic objects one by one.
Enfocus PitStop Pro For example, your PDF document may contain annotations, and these annotations are reported as a warning. You did not use a Preflight Profile which removed all annotations because you want to keep some of them. You can then use the Object Browser to view and highlight the annotations in your PDF document and you can remove the annotations of your choice. Sign-off If a property is set to Sign-off in the Preflight Profile, the deviating property will result in an error in the report.
Enfocus PitStop Pro Section Content OPI Information OPI usage in the PDF document Color Information all color spaces (RGB, CMYK, etc.) used in the PDF document, with additional information where required PDF2Go Information information about layers in PDF2Go documents See also Editing PDF2Go documents on page 164 To view and interpret a report 1. Run a Preflight Check or an Action List on your document. The Enfocus Navigator appears. 2. Click the plus sign (+) to expand the Report section. 3.
Enfocus PitStop Pro This can be set either in the Enfocus PitStop Pro Preferences, or in the Enfocus Navigator. See Using the Enfocus Navigator on page 78 To view and interpret an Annotated Report 1. Run a Preflight Check or an Action List on your document. The Enfocus Navigator appears. 2. Click the plus sign (+) on Windows, or the triangle on Mac OS, to expand the Report section. 3. Select the Annotated Report layout and click Show report. The Annotated Report appears.
Enfocus PitStop Pro smooth integration of the Enfocus preflight technology with PDF file creation, color conversion, image optimization, imposition and proofing tools. More information about Enfocus Switch is available on our Web site: www.enfocus.com . 5.12 Smart Preflight Overview Smart Preflight is a new functionality that unlocks the full potential of a Preflight Profile to be able to check and also fix a PDF file.
Enfocus PitStop Pro Examples of Common Checks Etc… Examples of checks that can change from job to job Etc… Types of Smart Preflight Variables There are two primary types of variables for PitStop Pro, "Constants" and "Rule Based". Following is a definition of both. Constant A constant variable field when applied to a preflight check will display a default value to the operator allowing them to override it before running that preflight check.
Enfocus PitStop Pro The following sections will go into more detail about each step. Creating a Variable Set A Variable Set contains all your Smart Preflight variables that can be used within your Preflight Profiles. You can create more than one Variable Set and each set can have multiple variables defined. However, you can only run one "active" Variable Set at a time within PitStop Pro.
Enfocus PitStop Pro For example, if a variable for a trim page size is to be created, then it must have a "Length" variable type. If a variable is needed to select or deselect a check box (such as to turn on a correction), then a Boolean variable type needs to be defined.
Enfocus PitStop Pro Options Description The constant value defined here sets the default value to "Offset" 2. Define the Rule Based variable Options Description In the Variable value, the constant variable is selected to start the rule statement. In this example, the rule is expanded to two variables "Offset" and "Digital" with each having their own values. 3.
Enfocus PitStop Pro Options Description For this check, the Rule based value has been assigned to the Color Ink coverage value. Depending on the previous setting, this value will be set automatically, however the value can still be manually overridden if required when the Preflight Profile is run. 4. Running the Rule based variable Options Description When the Preflight Profile is run, the user is presented with the option to modify the variable parameters.
Enfocus PitStop Pro ELSE adds an alternative statement to the overall variable, and there is always an exception ELSE statement at the end of the argument so that any exceptions are handled with a preflight error or with a default value. Applying a Smart Preflight Variable With your variables defined, applying them to your Preflight Profiles is simple. This section will describe how you can apply variables to the majority of the checks and fixes within a Preflight Profile.
Enfocus PitStop Pro Constant variable values (in black text) can be modified. Constant variable changed to a value other than the default will display in bold text. Placing your cursor over the variable name on the left will display a Tool Tip with the variable description. If a Constant Variable is used within a Rule Based Variable as a trigger, changing the value of the Constant will cause the Rule Based variables to be calculated and the re-calculated values will be displayed.
Enfocus PitStop Pro 6. Working with Certified PDF documents 6.1 PDF workflow concept Certified PDF is a PDF workflow concept developed by Enfocus based on customer requests and feedback from industry experts. The Certified PDF concept has been designed to address three fundamental issues faced by the majority of users implementing a PDF workflow: • How to guarantee that a PDF document was successfully preflighted with a specific Preflight Profile.
Enfocus PitStop Pro Note: You can also create Certified PDF documents with Enfocus Instant PDF. For more information about Enfocus Instant PDF, visit our Web site at www.enfocus.com . Preflighting in a Certified PDF workflow A Certified PDF workflow supports the preflight process by: • Offering the PDF document provider a simple and streamlined way to preflight a PDF document with a Preflight Profile supplied by the PDF document recipient.
Enfocus PitStop Pro Many printers, service providers, etc. are extremely reluctant to make any changes to their customer’s documents for fear of having to assume responsibility if anything goes wrong. This includes issues that can be totally unrelated to the small correction applied. Responsibility in a Certified PDF workflow The Certified PDF workflow settles responsibility issues by: • Providing a detailed log file of all the changes made to a PDF document • Keeping track of the PDF editing process, i.e.
Enfocus PitStop Pro In the Certified PDF workflow, all the modifications done in a PDF document are logged per session and saved in an edit log file. Also, the edited PDF documents can be saved incrementally. This means that the changes done in version 3, for example, can be saved “on top of” the changes done in version 2 but you keep one physical PDF file.
Enfocus PitStop Pro 6.3 What is an Enfocus Certified PDF document? Acrobat metadata Any regular PDF document contains metadata, i.e. information about the document itself.
Enfocus PitStop Pro Button Meaning • The Preflight Profile doesn’t match the Preflight Profile Comparison. • The PDF document or the selected Preflight Profile has been changed since it was last preflighted. • The original document has been changed The current PDF document is a Certified PDF document which was successfully preflighted and verified: • The Certified Preflight Profile matches the Preflight Profile Comparison. • The PDF document has been preflighted without any errors. 3.
Enfocus PitStop Pro be changed and is therefore a reliable source to pinpoint responsibility, for example. If people claim or disclaim responsibility for a given change made in the PDF document, the system information will provide incontestable proof. This information will be used in the edit log to show who made which changes in a given session. To set the personal identification 1. Choose Certified PDF > Show Enfocus Certified PDF Panel . 2.
Enfocus PitStop Pro any change made to the document will be “recorded” per editing session and can be traced in the edit log. Figure 18: Starting a Certified PDF workflow for a PDF document To start a Certified PDF workflow 1. Open the PDF document for which you want to start a Certified PDF workflow. 2.
Enfocus PitStop Pro In the top right corner of the Preflight category, the status is shown of the Preflight only (without the other Certified PDF aspects such as Original Documents and Preflight Profile Comparison).
Enfocus PitStop Pro • Click the + button and browse to add a reference to an original document. • Select a reference and click the - button to remove it • Select an original document in the list to see details on the creation date, modification date and type. • Check the status of an original document in the Status column. • If the source document status is “Identical”, it means that the source document has not changed since the Certified PDF workflow was started.
Enfocus PitStop Pro • Select a Preflight Profile Compare configuration and click Select to compare the Certified PDF Preflight Profile to this configuration • Click Clear to remove the selection • Double-click a configuration to open the Preflight Profile Compare Configuration panel to change it. See Setting a Preflight Profile Compare Configuration on page 101 • click the action button and choose New to create a new configuration in the Preflight Profile Compare Configuration panel.
Enfocus PitStop Pro 6.11 Providing a Certified PDF document with job information About job information Certified PDF documents can be provided with job information. Job information can be any kind of information about the PDF document which you would like to share with the person who will receive the PDF document. This can include, for example: • The name, company address and contact details for whom the PDF document is (ultimately) intended.
Enfocus PitStop Pro 6.13 Viewing the edit log file About the edit log file The Certified PDF mechanism in PitStop Prokeeps a record of every editing session of a Certified PDF document. Thus, all the changes made to the PDF document are logged chronologically in the PDF document.
Enfocus PitStop Pro a given session and can store the information about these changes per session (“incrementally”) as you save your PDF document. This way of managing and saving changes has a big advantage: You know exactly which changes have been made in which session and by whom. Moreover, these changes can be presented to you in the form of a “snapshot”: a view of the status of the PDF document at the time it was saved at the end of a session.
Enfocus PitStop Pro 7. Click Close. Comparing sessions About comparing sessions At some point in your PDF workflow, you may want to compare two versions of your Certified PDF document. You may wish to do this, for example, to detect minor changes. You can do this in two ways: • By comparing snapshots of these versions visually (side by side), see To compare sessions visually side by side on page 106 • By comparing their respective edit log reports.
Enfocus PitStop Pro Note: You cannot compare sessions in “optimized” Certified PDF documents. See Saving an optimized Certified PDF document on page 107. To compare sessions visually side by side Comparing two versions of your PDF document visually is useful to see visible changes “at a glance”. The idea is that you select two sessions and click the Compare Visually button.
Enfocus PitStop Pro Note: You can change the color of the transparent overlay in the Preferences. Choose Edit > Preferences > Enfocus StatusCheck and click the colored rectangle of the primary highlight color. 5. Click the Toggle button to switch views between the first and the second snapshot. The Edit Log Navigator displays only the changes for the current page in the document. If you go to another page in your PDF document, the Edit Log Navigator adjusts the list of changes to match the new page. 6.
Enfocus PitStop Pro • Comparing sessions on page 105 To save an optimized Certified PDF document 1. Open your Certified PDF document in Adobe Acrobat. 2. Choose File > Save As . 3. Click one of the following buttons: • Copy and Save. Create a copy of the Certified PDF document. You can select this option to save your Certified PDF document on a different location. The size of the PDF file will increase slightly but you can still save snapshots and use the roll-back mechanism in this copy.
Enfocus PitStop Pro • Documentation The PDF document receiver creates and publishes Specifications on CertifiedPDF.net. The PDF document creator uses Specifications from CertifiedPDF.net. CertifiedPDF.net Community CertifiedPDF.net is a public Web site and is accessible to anyone. You can freely visit the Web site and browse through the list of Specifications. You can also see who is a contributing member of CertifiedPDF.net or take a look at the available resources.
Enfocus PitStop Pro CertifiedPDF.net button color Status Meaning Unregistered You have not registered on CertifiedPDF.net yet. Make sure you have a CertifiedPDF.net account and then choose Edit > Preferences > Enfocus Certified PDF Preferences > CertifiedPDF.net and fill in your CertifiedPDF.net User Name and Password. Not confirmed There are Specifications on CertifiedPDF.net to which you have subscribed but which have been changed in the mean time. Go to CertifiedPDF.net and read the change note.
Enfocus PitStop Pro 7. Editing objects 7.1 About line art and pixel images Categories of computer graphics There are two main categories of computer graphics: • Line art on page 111 • Pixel images on page 112 These types of graphics behave differently in PDF documents and you can manipulate each of these graphics differently. Understanding their different characteristics will help you understand their different behavior when working with PDF documents.
Enfocus PitStop Pro Line art is also known as object-oriented graphics or vector graphics. Figure 20: Line art describes shapes according to its geometric characteristics and is resolution-independent. Pixel images Pixel images are formed by a rectangular grid (also known as a bitmap or raster) of small squares, known as pixels. Each pixel in a pixel image has a specific location and contains data that describes whether it is black, white or a specific color value.
Enfocus PitStop Pro or lose detail if they are enlarged or printed at a higher resolution than they were created for. Pixel images are also called raster images. Figure 22: Pixel images describe shapes in pixels. 7.2 About paths, anchor points and direction points Line-art elements In the next sections, you will learn how you can create and edit line art.
Enfocus PitStop Pro The individual elements that make up a path are called segments. Sometimes a path can be just one segment, but it can also consist of multiple segments. Figure 23: A path (A), made up of two segments (B and C) Anchor points If you draw a line —or a segment— on a piece of paper, you start at a given point, i.e. where you put your pencil on the paper, and you stop at another point, where you remove the pencil from the paper. In line art, these points are called anchor points.
Enfocus PitStop Pro 7.3 Selecting objects Object selection tools To select an object in your PDF document, you can use one of the two selection tools: • The Select Objects tool • The Select Similar Objects tool Selecting one specific object The Select Objects tool works almost completely the same in preview mode and in wireframe view mode. The only difference is that, in wireframe view mode, you can only select line-art and vector images on their outlines. A.
Enfocus PitStop Pro • If you select text, you will see that an outline is drawn along its baseline with an extra anchor at the left of the text line. These anchors are not active; they cannot be used to resize the object. If you double-click a text segment, the entire logical text line is selected. • Clicking on a compound path selects only the segment of the path that was clicked upon. Double-clicking such a compound path selects the complete object. A. Single click on a compound path. B.
Enfocus PitStop Pro • Double-click the selected object. All similar objects, i.e. objects with the same selected attributes, will be selected. 7.4 Hiding and showing selected objects Reasons for hiding objects Once you have selected one or more objects, be it text or line-art or pixel images, you can hide the selection. You may wish to do this, for example, if you wish to edit objects which are difficult to select because they are in part or completely covered by other objects.
Enfocus PitStop Pro able to do so. For situations like this, PitStop Pro enables you to change the order in which the objects are stacked. Figure 27: Changing the stacking order of objects: the red background of the top half of the page has been brought forward. To change the stacking order of objects 1. Select the object which you want to bring forward or send backwards. 2.
Enfocus PitStop Pro C. Paste the “new” object over the “old” one and resize in one single step To replace an object 1. Using the Select Objects tool to replace with the other one. , select the “new” object, i.e. the object which you want to use 2. Choose Edit > Copy . 3. Select the “old” object, i.e. the object which is to be replaced. 4. Choose Edit > Replace . The copied object will replace the “old” object and will assume its exact size, proportions and position. 7.
Enfocus PitStop Pro 7.8 Changing the transparency of objects You can make objects transparent or change their transparency settings. Furthermore, you can remove transparency from a selected object or from an entire page. To change the transparency of objects 1. Choose Window > Show Enfocus Inspector or click the Show Inspector button the Enfocus Inspector. to display 2. Click the Fill and Stroke > Transparency category. 3. Select the object of which you want to change the transparency. 4.
Enfocus PitStop Pro 7.9 Changing the color of text or line-art objects Change the color, and specify the fill and stroke attributes You can change the fill or stroke color of text or line-art objects in your PDF documents. You can select a color from the same color space, from a different one or from the User Swatches. Once you have selected a color, you can also specify the object’s fill or stroke. See Fill attributes on page 121 and Stroke attributes on page 121.
Enfocus PitStop Pro • Cap style. The cap style determines the appearance of the stroke at the end of a path. • Join style. The join style determines the appearance of the stroke at the corner points of a path. • Miter limit. The miter limit is the limit when a join switches from mitered (pointed) to beveled (squared-off). You can calculate the miter limit by dividing the miter length by the stroke weight. If the length of the miter equals a given number of times the stroke weight, the join will be beveled.
Enfocus PitStop Pro Cap style Icon Join style Meaning Icon Meaning Butt cap Miter join Round cap Round join Projecting cap Bevel join • If you selected a miter join style , set the Miter Limit. • If you want to make the line dashed, click the Dashed Line button , and then specify the length of the dashes in the On boxes and the gaps between them in the Off boxes. If necessary, move the dashes by specifying a Phase. A B 8. If you have chosen to fill a polygon or loop, select Fill or EOfill.
Enfocus PitStop Pro 3. Define if you want to convert the Fill, the Stroke or Both 4. Select the color space you want to convert the color to. 5. If necessary, change the Source ICC Profile. Only the profiles for the Source color space will be available. Note: For gray objects, you can also select CMYK profiles, in order to treat gray as CMYK black. 6. Set the Target ICC Profile. Only the profiles for the Target color space will be available. 7. Define the Rendering Intent to be used. 8.
Enfocus PitStop Pro 3. If necessary, change the color using the sliders or select another color model (Gray, RGB or CMYK) or spot color. 4. In the fly-out menu, click Add color to Local color database. 5. Type a descriptive name for the color in the dialog box, and click OK. The specified color is now saved in your color database in the "Local" category, and can be reused later.
Enfocus PitStop Pro Color lists in CSV format You can import a list of colors into the Color Libraries. For this, you need to have the list in CSV format (Comma Separated Values), and in the proper format. To import correctly, a CSV list should contain: • A first line, containing the name of the library.
Enfocus PitStop Pro 4. If necessary, change the Constrain Angle (for SHIFT-rotate) or the Cross Hair Color in the Enfocus Inspector. You can change the Cross Hair Color by clicking the color patch and selecting a different color. Note: In the Numeric Feedback area you can find exact information about the rotating action you are about to perform. 5. Click the selected object. The object’s point of origin around which it will be rotated is indicated.
Enfocus PitStop Pro • Hold down the ALT key (Windows) or Option key (Macintosh) while dragging to create a rotated copy of the selected object. To rotate an object by specifying a rotation angle See Transforming an object by specifying exact values on page 134. 7.12 Scaling an object You can scale an object to enlarge or reduce it horizontally or vertically or in both directions simultaneously.
Enfocus PitStop Pro The object’s point of origin towards which it will be scaled is indicated. Figure 32: The point of origin is in the center of the selected object. 6. Do one of the following: • To scale the object disproportionally, drag the selected object into a random direction. Figure 33: Scaling an object disproportionally changes the height-to-width ratio of the object. • Double-click on another position of the object to move the point of origin.
Enfocus PitStop Pro You can move an object in two ways: • By dragging • By specifying a given distance and direction using the Enfocus Inspector. You can use magnetic guides to facilitate aligning objects which you move. To move an object or a copy of an object by dragging 1. Choose Window > Show Enfocus Inspector or click the Show Inspector button the Enfocus Inspector. 2. Using the Select Objects tool to display , select the object which you want to move.
Enfocus PitStop Pro • Hold down the SHIFT key and drag the selected object confined to a horizontal or vertical direction. Figure 36: Holding down the SHIFT key while dragging moves the object along a fixed vertical or horizontal axis. • Hold down the ALT key (Windows) or Option key (Macintosh) while dragging to create a copy of the object in the new location. Figure 37: Holding down the ALT key (Windows) or Option key (Macintosh) while dragging the object creates a copy of the object in its new location.
Enfocus PitStop Pro 7.14 Shearing an object About shearing Shearing an object sets the object askew, very much like you would push any of the corners of a rectangular frame to turn it into a parallelogram. Figure 38: Shearing a rectangular object turns it into a parallelogram To shear an object 1. Using the Select Objects tool , select the object which you want to shear. Click the object or drag a dotted rectangle, called a marquee, around the object.
Enfocus PitStop Pro The Enfocus Inspector changes accordingly. 3. If necessary, change the Constraint Angle (for SHIFT-shear) or the Cross Hair Color in the Numeric feedback area of the Enfocus Inspector. Note: In the Numeric Feedback area you can find exact information about the shearing action you are about to perform. 4. Do one of the following: • To shear the object while keeping the center point as the point of origin, drag the object into a random direction.
Enfocus PitStop Pro 7.15 Transforming an object by specifying exact values If you want to transform an object more accurately than by dragging and using one of the transform tools Move , Rotate , Shear or Scale , you should use the Enfocus Inspector. The Enfocus Inspector allows you to transform any object in your PDF document by specifying exact values.
Enfocus PitStop Pro • Scale, rotate or flip the selected object by changing the values and clicking the buttons in the Numeric Transforms area: To... Proceed as follows: Scale an object Do one of the following: Enter a value in the percentage box and click . Select Scale 50% or Scale 200% from the Fly-out menu. Rotate an object Do one of the following: Enter a value in the degrees box and click . Select Rotate 90° Counterclockwise or Rotate 90° Clockwise from the Fly-out menu.
Enfocus PitStop Pro A. Drawing from side keeps the sides of the shape in a fixed position along the x and y axis B. Drawing from center keeps the center point in a fixed position. • To draw a square or circle, starting from its center, hold down both the SHIFT key and the ALT key (Windows) or Option key (Macintosh) while dragging. 7.17 Creating a new path You can create new paths from scratch in your PDF document, simply by selecting the Create New Path tool tool and clicking in the document.
Enfocus PitStop Pro A. A. First anchor point B. B. Segment C. C. Center point D. D. Second anchor point and pointer 5. Click at other positions to add new anchor points and thus create additional segments. Note: To create a curved segment, click at a position, hold down the mouse button and drag. 6. To complete the path, do one of the following: • Click any tool other than the Create New Path tool • Press ESC. • Click Close Path in the Enfocus Inspector. 7.
Enfocus PitStop Pro The anchor points of the path become visible, but are not selected yet. Figure 43: Anchor points are visible, but not yet selected. 3. Do one of the following: • Click a specific anchor point a second time. • Hold down the SHIFT key and click a number of anchor points a second time. • Drag a dotted rectangle (marquee) around one or more anchor points. The anchor points will be selected only if you click them a second time or if you drag a marquee around them.
Enfocus PitStop Pro 7.19 Adding or removing an anchor point Reasons for adding or removing anchor points You can add anchor points to or remove anchor points from any path of a line-art object: • If you add anchor points (see To add an anchor point on page 139), you will have more control over the shape of the path. • If you remove anchor points (see To remove an anchor point on page 139), you will make the path simpler and automatically change the shape of the path. To add an anchor point 1.
Enfocus PitStop Pro The respective anchor point will appear selected (and display its direction points, if any) and will then disappear. The shape of the path will then change. Figure 46: Deleting an anchor point from a path segment changes the shape of the path. 7.20 Masking objects You can create a mask over one or more objects in your PDF document and release any existing mask. To mask an object 1.
Enfocus PitStop Pro 7.21 Viewing the properties of a pixel image Pixel image properties If you have pixel images in your PDF document, you can select them and view their properties, such as their size, resolution, compression and information about their color usage. To view the properties of a pixel image 1. Using the Select Objects tool , select a pixel image. 2. Choose Window > Show Enfocus Inspector or click the Show Inspector button the Enfocus Inspector. to display 3.
Enfocus PitStop Pro screen ruling (for example 150 lpi) x 2 = image resolution (300 dpi) Interpolation methods Resampling, i.e. adding or deleting pixels, can be done in various ways, which are technically called interpolation methods.
Enfocus PitStop Pro • To downsample an image, select Resample above and specify the threshold resolution in dpi. Only images with a resolution higher than or equal to this threshold resolution will be downsampled. • To resample an image up, click to clear the Resample above check box. 5. Select a resampling (interpolation) method and specify the resolution (dpi) to which the image should be resampled. 6. Click Apply. To resample multiple images See Global Changes on page 167 7.
Enfocus PitStop Pro • ASCII 85, which will increase the image data size by approximately 25 % To compress a single image 1. Using the Select Objects tool , select a pixel image. 2. Choose Window > Show Enfocus Inspector or click the Show Inspector button the Enfocus Inspector. to display 3. Click the Image > Compress category. 4. Select a compression method: JPEG or ZIP. 5. If you selected JPEG compression, select a quality level.
Enfocus PitStop Pro 7.25 Viewing the halftone information of an object About halftone information You can select an object in your PDF document and view its halftone information, such as: • • • • • Its halftone type and name The transfer function The halftone frequency and angle Accurate screens used or not The spot function To view the halftone information of an object 1. Using the Select Objects tool , select an object. 2.
Enfocus PitStop Pro 7. Alternatively, you can click the Previous button to search from anywhere in the document to the beginning of it. 8. If you want to replace the search term with another word of your choice, type the word in the Replace textbox. Click the Replace button to replace a search term which has already been highlighted or click the Replace Find button to replace the currently highlighted search term and find the next instance of it. 7.
Enfocus PitStop Pro • Drag and select the entire text line. Figure 50: Dragging to select an text line which has been split into characters To select multiple adjacent text segments Using the Select Objects tool , drag to select multiple adjacent text segments. Figure 51: Dragging to select multiple adjacent text segments To select multiple nonadjacent text segments 1. Using the Select Objects tool , select a single text segment.
Enfocus PitStop Pro 2. Press and hold down the SHIFT key and select other text segments. Figure 52: Selecting nonadjacent text segments To select text segments with similar properties There may be text segments in your PDF document which have similar properties. For example, titles may all have the same font and size. You may wish to select these titles and change one or more of their properties, for example change the color of the text.
Enfocus PitStop Pro • To select multiple adjacent words, double-click the first word, hold down the SHIFT key and click the last character of the last word. Figure 54: Selecting text on a single line To select text on multiple lines in a paragraph Using the Edit Paragraph tool , drag to select text which spans multiple lines. Figure 55: Selecting multiple sentences in a paragraph 7.28 Editing a single text line You can create new single text lines or edit existing ones.
Enfocus PitStop Pro 7.29 Editing a text paragraph Paragraphs as logical text entities If you need to make comprehensive changes to text which spans across multiple lines, you can use the Edit Paragraph tool . You can use this tool to select a “logical text entity”. A logical text entity is generally a chunk of text between two punctuation marks or spaces, or with different font properties. You can also use it to add a new paragraph of text to your PDF document.
Enfocus PitStop Pro 3. If necessary, drag or resize the red box to change the position of the selected paragraph. Figure 58: Using the anchor to drag the paragraph box to a different position Figure 59: Resizing the paragraph box 7.30 Editing vertical text About vertical text You can use the Edit Vertical Text Line tool to edit a line of vertical text. Figure 60: A line of vertical text. To edit a vertical text line 1. Select the Edit Vertical Text Line tool The cursor changes into . . 2.
Enfocus PitStop Pro 7.31 Changing the font properties of text What are font properties? Font properties are: • • • • • • The name of the font family, for example Times-Roman The size of the font, for example 10 point (pt) The style of the font, for example Times-Bold The font type, for example Adobe Type 1, TrueType and OpenType Word and character spacing Paragraph alignment To change the font properties of text 1.
Enfocus PitStop Pro • To change the alignment of the text, use the Edit Paragraph tool Select the Paragraph Alignment in the Enfocus Inspector. Figure 61: Paragraph alignment: left and click in the text. Figure 62: Paragraph alignment: justified 7.32 Converting text to outlines About converting text to outlines Converting text to outlines means that you turn your text characters into a set of compound paths.
Enfocus PitStop Pro • You do not need to convert text to outlines if you simply want to change the fill or stroke color of the text. Select your text, click the Fill and Stroke category in the Enfocus Inspector, select Fill or Stroke and specify the respective color. Figure 65: Text with a fill and stroke color • You typically convert text of large font sizes to outlines, not small type, for example body text.
Enfocus PitStop Pro 7.33 Splitting text segments Splitting a text segment into words or characters You can split a text segment into words or characters. Figure 68: Text segment (A) split into words (B) and split into characters (C). You may want to split a text segment to move a single word or character or transform it (shear, rotate, scale). Figure 69: Text segment split in words to shear the first word. To split a text segment 1.
Enfocus PitStop Pro • Composite fonts on page 160 Standard 14 fonts When working in PostScript and PDF environments, you may come across the notion “standard 14 fonts” or “base 14 fonts”. What exactly are these “standard 14 fonts”? Actually, the term is derived from the standard set of 13 PostScript fonts, which are resident in all PostScript output devices. These fonts are listed in the table below.
Enfocus PitStop Pro Type 1 fonts have the following characteristics: • They are smaller in file size than TrueType fonts, which means that they occupy less space on your system’s hard disk. • Being outline fonts, Type 1 fonts are scalable to almost any size. They remain sharp and smooth on any platform and in print, and their legibility remains good, even when printed at small point sizes on low-resolution laser printers.
Enfocus PitStop Pro • TrueType fonts can print well on both non-PostScript and PostScript output devices. However, to print well on a PostScript device, the TrueType font must be converted to PostScript outlines, which may affect the visual quality of the resulting font. This is why many prepress service providers are reluctant to support TrueType fonts. • On Windows-based systems, a TrueType font is physically stored in a single file, the name of which has the .ttf extension.
Enfocus PitStop Pro A. Master B. Font property C. Design axis D. User-defined variant “in-between” To create the in-between variants, you require Adobe Type Manager. OpenType fonts OpenType is a new font file format which has been jointly developed by Adobe Systems Inc. and Microsoft Corporation. It is an extension of the TrueType format: OpenType fonts can contain TrueType but also Adobe Type 1 font data. This means that you can have an OpenType font based on: • An Adobe Type 1 font.
Enfocus PitStop Pro In PDF files, an OpenType font can only appear as an embedded font. So if you are using a Type 1-based OpenType font, you can embed it as Type 1 or as OpenType. Similarly, TrueType-based OpenType fonts can be embedded as TrueType or as OpenType. OpenType font embedding is a new PDF 1.6 feature, which implies that it might not be supported by the rest of the workflow for the PDF document.
Enfocus PitStop Pro 7.36 Embedding versus subsetting fonts Embedding fonts Embedding a font implies that the entire font, i.e. every single character of the font, is copied into your PDF document. This is particularly useful if your document needs to be displayed and printed on a different computer, which may not have the same fonts installed. Furthermore, if the entire font is embedded, you can still edit the text in the PDF document on a computer that does not have the font installed.
Enfocus PitStop Pro Placed PDF documents become “forms” and you can manipulate them using the Edit Form tool. To place a PDF document in a PDF document: 1. Open a PDF document or choose File > New to create a new blank PDF document. 2. Choose Edit > Place PDF... to view the Enfocus Place PDF dialog. 3. Click Browse and select the “source” PDF document. The “source” PDF document is the one which you are going to place in your current PDF document. 4.
Enfocus PitStop Pro A. Object moved outside a regular rectangle. B. Object moved within a form: the object is cropped. To edit forms Editing forms can mean: • To edit individual objects inside a form on page 163 • To edit the form itself and/or the complete content of a form on page 163 To edit individual objects inside a form You may want to edit individual objects inside a form.
Enfocus PitStop Pro • To move the content within the form, click it, hold down the CONTROL(CTRL) key (Windows) or Command( ) key (Macintosh) and drag it to the desired position. • To crop the content, click it, hold down the CONTROL(CTRL) key (Windows) or Command( ) key (Macintosh) and drag the content beyond the edges of the form. Alternatively, you can leave the content “as is” and resize the form. A. Cropping form content by dragging it beyond the edges of the form B.
Enfocus PitStop Pro You can use any one of the two dedicated tools. Figure 70: Dedicated PitStop Pro tools used to edit PDF2Go documents. Note: You can edit the continuous-tone (CT) layer via the regular Edit Image option in Adobe Acrobat. To edit PDF2Go documents 1. Open a PDF2Go document. 2. Choose Window > Show Enfocus Inspector or click the Show Inspector button the Enfocus Inspector. 3. Click the Select Objects tool to display . The cursor changes into an eyedropper. 4.
Enfocus PitStop Pro • If you clicked on the LW layer, the Enfocus Inspector dialog box will display both the source and target color. Figure 71: Enfocus Inspector when clicked on the LW layer: source color (A) and target color (B) are displayed. • If you clicked on the CT layer, the Enfocus Inspector dialog box will display only the color of the current selection, meaning that you can only make color retouches in the LW layer of PDF2Go documents. 5.
Enfocus PitStop Pro 8. Global Changes With a Global Change you can change a specific aspect of your PDF document (a color, a font, ...) in the whole document, on specific pages or on a selection. To do so, PitStop Pro contains a selection of predefined Global Changes for the most common tasks, which can still be set up or changed to match your requirements. 8.
Enfocus PitStop Pro 3. Select a Global Change in the list. 4. In the Run on part, select the page range in which you want to apply the Global Change. 5. Specify when you need to see a report. 6. Click the Run button if you want to run the Global Change without making or changing any setting. Otherwise, double-click the Global Change to open the Global Change Editor and configure your Global Change. 7. Select the required options and specify the settings of the Global Change. 8.
Enfocus PitStop Pro • Flip the page content on page 171 • Rotate the page content on page 172 Move the page content Suppose you would like your PDF document, which is originally in US letter paper size, to fit onto a regular A4 without altering the actual Page Setup of your document.
Enfocus PitStop Pro change the physical position of the page content of odd and even pages throughout your entire PDF document by entering new values for the horizontal X and vertical Y axes. Figure 72: Moving the page content along the horizontal X and vertical Y axes. Scale the page content Suppose you have an A4-size PDF document (210 x 297 mm). You want to keep the page size “as is”, but need to make the page content narrower.
Enfocus PitStop Pro Scale the entire page Suppose you have an A4-size PDF document (210 x 297 mm) and you need to scale the page boxes and the page content to fit the US Letter page size (8.5 x 11").
Enfocus PitStop Pro A. Flip the page content horizontally (left/right): over a vertical axis B. Flip the page content vertically (up/down): over a horizontal axis Rotate the page content You can use Adobe Acrobat’s standard functionality to rotate one or more pages in your PDF document. However, both the page and the content will be rotated in that case. If you want to rotate the content of the page only, you can use the Rotate Page Content Global Change.
Enfocus PitStop Pro 8.4 Removing text or objects inside or outside a selected area About removing objects: example of usage You can select a given area in your PDF document and remove text or objects, i.e. line art, images or shadings, inside or outside that area. For example, suppose you have a PDF document in which the header of each page contains a page number on a shaded line-art background. You wish to remove the line art with shading, but keep the page numbers.
Enfocus PitStop Pro 9. Select the page range in which you want to apply the Global Change. 10. Specify when you need to see a report. 11. Click the Run button open. to run the Global Change in the PDF document which you have currently 8.5 Adding text About adding text You can automatically add text to the pages of your choice in your PDF documents. This can be: • fixed text, for example a header or footer • Variable text, for example a page number or the current time and date.
Enfocus PitStop Pro Variable Meaning Example of display %UTC Date% The current date in the Coordi- January 25, 2008 nated Universal Time (UTC) zone. UTC is an alternative name for Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). %User Company% The name of the registered Esko company of PitStop Pro. Equals “” if PitStop Pro is not registered and “” if the company has not been filled in in the registration information. %User Name% The name of the registered user John Doe of PitStop Pro.
Enfocus PitStop Pro 9. Automating tasks with Action Lists or QuickRuns 9.1 About Action Lists Automating repetitive tasks One of the main reasons for using PitStop Pro is editing PDF documents. For example, you can perform tasks such as changing text (or its formatting) or objects. There may be sequences of tasks, however, which you have to do a number of times, either within a single PDF document or in multiple PDF documents.
Enfocus PitStop Pro Illustration Action 2. Change the selected fill color of an object. 3. Select another fill color of the object. 4. Remove the selected fill color of the object. 5. Select lines of an object with a given line weight. 6. Change the selected line weight.
Enfocus PitStop Pro 9.2 Action types About action types Basically, when you create an Action List, you select something in the PDF document and you change it into something else. For example, you select the spot color “Company Green” and change it into “Company Gray”. However, an Action List can do more.
Enfocus PitStop Pro You can open the Enfocus Processing - Action Lists panel by • clicking the Enfocus Processing - Action Lists button • choosing Plug-Ins > Enfocus PitStop Pro > Processing panel...
Enfocus PitStop Pro The Action List Editor contains • General information and Locking Information • A list of actions at the left side • The Attributes for the selected Action or the General Information or Locking Information when selected • The buttons at the bottom left: Show the list of actions that can be added to the action list.
Enfocus PitStop Pro Stop recording. See To create an Action List by recording on page 184 Use a Variable Name instead of a fixed value. Ways to create or edit an Action List You can create or edit an Action List in different ways: • “Manually”, using the Enfocus Action List Editor. This means that you add or change actions (selections, changes and operators) to your Action List one by one.
Enfocus PitStop Pro In the example above, the selected "OR" operator affects the "Select font Times New Roman" action (purple) and the combination of the first two lines and their "OR" operator (green) • The operators (AND, NOT, OR) are logical operators, which means that they have to be used in a strictly logical way.
Enfocus PitStop Pro 2. Double-click an existing Action List to edit it, or click the action button create a new Action List. and choose New to The Enfocus Action List Editor will open. 3. Select General Information and set the Action List name, your name and company and a description of the Action List. 4. Click the Expand button (<<) to add actions to your Action List. 5. Select an Action in the list: You can select an Action from the Enfocus Preset Manager. See The Enfocus Preset Manager on page 33.
Enfocus PitStop Pro 9. Click OK. To create an Action List by recording 1. Open a (sample) PDF document in which you will do the actions you wish to record. 2. Choose Window > Show Enfocus Action List Panel . 3. Click Manage > New . The Enfocus Action List Editor appears. 4. Fill in the General Information of the Action List: the Action List name, your name and company and a description of the Action List. 5. Click the Start Recording button .
Enfocus PitStop Pro When importing an Action List that is locked, the password needs to be entered upon importing. If the correct password is entered, the actions will be imported completely unlocked. 9.5 Locking an Action List About locking You can secure your Action List with a password to prevent others from changing it. This may be convenient when the Action List is shared among multiple users.
Enfocus PitStop Pro The example aims to show the PDF documents before and after the Action List has been applied and the necessary selections and changes to obtain the required result. To be able to create this sample Action List, you should know how to add the necessary selections, changes and operators. For a step-by-step description of how to create an Action List, see Creating or editing an Action List on page 179.
Enfocus PitStop Pro To create an Action List that changes the page layout of a PDF document 1. Using the Enfocus Action List Editor, create an Action List that looks as follows: Select odd pages Select objects inside region (Attributes: Use Trim Box. Select objects inside region) AND Select first page NOT AND Move page content (horizontal: 5.0 mm, vertical: 0.0 mm) Select even pages Select objects inside region (Attributes: Use Trim Box. Select objects inside region) AND Move page content (horizontal: – 5.
Enfocus PitStop Pro Step Action 8 Select even pages 8 Select objects inside region In the Attributes pane, specify: Use Trim Box. Select objects inside region. 9 AND 10 Move page content – 5.0 mm horizontally This change moves the page content 5 mm to the right. 9.7 Using QuickRuns About QuickRuns A QuickRun is a series of Action Lists, Global Changes and a Preflight Profile grouped together as a single command. It is similar to a “sequence of macros” in other applications.
Enfocus PitStop Pro • Using the Enfocus Processing Panel shortcut, Alt+Ctrl+R and clicking the QuickRun button Note: All QuickRuns in the Favorites in toolbar database, will have a dedicated button in the toolbar, for easy access. To create a QuickRun When creating or editing a QuickRun, the Enfocus QuickRun Editor will open. 1. Type a Name and a Description for your QuickRun. 2.
Enfocus PitStop Pro 11. Click OK. To use a QuickRun 1. Open a PDF document. 2. If the QuickRun you want to run is part of the Favorites database, you can click the of your choice on the QuickRuns toolbar, or use the assigned shortcut. button 3. Otherwise, you can open the Enfocus Processing - QuickRun panel, select the QuickRun you want to run, and click the Run button. When the Quickrun has finished, a report or the Enfocus Navigator may appear, depending on your Enfocus PitStop Preferences.
Enfocus PitStop Pro 10. Color management 10.1 About color management Color monitors and color printers reproduce color in completely different ways. A color management system (CMS) is a collection of tools designed to reconcile the different color capabilities of scanners, monitors, and printers to ensure consistent color throughout the creation, display, and print process. Ideally, this means that the colors displayed on your monitor accurately represent the colors of the final output.
Enfocus PitStop Pro In theory, pure cyan, magenta, and yellow pigments should combine to absorb all color and produce black. But because all printing inks contain impurities, these three inks actually produce a muddy brown and must be combined with black ink to produce a true black. Combining these inks to reproduce color is called four-color process printing. Figure 82: In theory, mixing cyan, magenta and yellow yields perfect black; in practice the key color black has to be added.
Enfocus PitStop Pro A. RGB color gamut B. CMYK color gamut For more information on color gamuts and color spaces, see the Adobe Acrobat Help. Device-dependent color Device-dependent colors relate to the settings of the device on which the image was created or output. Device-dependent colors require all devices in the workflow to be “calibrated” to obtain consistent color reproduction.
Enfocus PitStop Pro space of another device. This remapping is done according to a specific remapping method, also known as rendering intent. There are four remapping methods or rendering intents: • • • • Perceptual remapping on page 194 Saturation remapping on page 194 Relative colorimetric remapping on page 195 Absolute colorimetric remapping on page 196 Perceptual remapping The human eye is sensitive to the relationships between colors.
Enfocus PitStop Pro This render intent is primarily designed for business graphics, where the exact relationship between colors (such as in a photographic image) is not as important as are bright saturated colors. Figure 84: Saturation remapping scales all colors to the brightest saturation possible (B). The saturation (also called chroma) will remain the same, but some colors will appear lighter or darker.
Enfocus PitStop Pro But this matching method is useful when combining 2 output profiles for proofing. Since the color gamut of the proofing device (2) should be bigger than the color gamut of the destination profile (1). Figure 85: Relative colorimetric remapping replaces colors outside of the gamut by colors with the same lightness, but different saturation (B). Absolute colorimetric remapping Colors that fall within the gamuts of both input and output device are left unchanged.
Enfocus PitStop Pro This may lead to a loss of detail in some regions. Over most of the tonal range, a close match is obtained. This method is suited for spot colors. Figure 86: Absolute colorimetric remapping clips colors outside of the gamut to a color on the gamut boundary (B). Colors which cannot be displayed in the target color gamut will be lost. To change the rendering intent of an image 1. Using the Select Objects tool , select a pixel image. 2.
Enfocus PitStop Pro If you print a spot color at 100 %, a solid opaque color appears on your page (not a dot pattern). A tint of a spot color, i.e. a lightened spot color, is created by printing smaller halftone dots of the base color. Spot colors can provide excellent results when used for offset printing. For digital output or monitor display, however, spot colors are less well-suited and should be used with caution.
Enfocus PitStop Pro Saving the color in the color library will make the color available for other PitStop Pro tasks, such as performing global color changes or creating Action Lists. You will then be able to retrieve this spot color from the color library and reuse it. To apply a spot color 1. Using the Select Objects tool , select an object or text. 2. Choose Window > Show Enfocus Inspector or click the Show Inspector button the Enfocus Inspector. to display 3. Select the Stroke and Fill category. 4.
Enfocus PitStop Pro Note: Select Keep to reset the selected spot color as is or click the button Keep all to keep all the spot colors as they are. To duplicate a spot color You can duplicate objects containing a spot color and create a user-defined spot color with the same shape of the copied object. You can do this, for example, to create a spot varnish. Proceed as follows: 1. Open the PDF document in which you want to create a new spot color, based on the shape of a selected object. 2.
Enfocus PitStop Pro For example, if you use an Action List or a Preflight Profile to tag all images in your PDF document with ICC profile A and some of these images already were tagged individually with ICC profile B, it will be ICC profile B which will be maintained. To tag or untag text or line art with an ICC profile 1. Using the Select Objects tool it has an ICC profile. , select the text or line art of which you want to check whether 2.
Enfocus PitStop Pro 10.7 Using the Output Intent Panel In the Enfocus Output Intent Panel, you can select and apply an Output Intent. The Default Output Intent Templates are installed with the application, and can not be changed. The Local Output Intent Templates are only available to the current user. To apply an Output Intent 1. Do one of the following: • Choose Window > Show Enfocus Output Intent Panel.
Enfocus PitStop Pro 5. Click OK 10.8 Color conversion You can now convert any color to spot using one of the following options available in Global Changes: 1. Convert to Color Space 2. Remap Colors You can also swap colors using the Separations - Remap Spot Colors available in Enfocus Inspector. Convert to Color Space Convert all colors in an image or document to a specific color space. 1. Navigate to Global Change > Standard > Color > Convert to Color Space . 2. Select an image/ file. 3.
Enfocus PitStop Pro 1) Using the Convert to Color Space you can choose to maintain the image details but with the risk of losing color intensity. Pixels with different colors will have different colors even after conversion. Therefore, the objects are first converted to gray space, after which they are converted to the separation color space. This action preserves contrast.
Enfocus PitStop Pro d. Remap any Channel to Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black, CMYK or Spot color. For example: You have a file which has objects composed in CMYK and Spot red. Suppose, you want to remove the Spot red then you can remap the Channel Spot red to another Spot color or CMYK channels. Channels are blended with multiply blend.
Enfocus PitStop Pro 6. When you select an object which has both fill and stroke, the Fill and the Stroke checkboxes will be activated. You can choose to remap either fill color or stroke color or both to any desired channel. 7. Click the Apply button in the Enfocus Inspector dialog box to save the changes.
Enfocus PitStop Pro 11. Overprint 11.1 The simple overprint and knockout theory The basic rule You may have overlapping colored objects in your PDF document, for example text or an image on a colored background. If so, you can specify what should happen with these colors when they are printed: • Knockout, meaning that the colors of the object in the foreground cut out the area underneath. In other words, the background color is erased and the resulting color will be the foreground color.
Enfocus PitStop Pro Knockout Overprint C: 0 % C: 40 % M: 0 % M: 0 % Y: 60 % Y: 60 % K: 0 % K: 0 % Yellow plate Resulting color in the intersection Different colors, common inks An important thing to remember when talking about overprint is the concept of “common inks”, meaning inks which the background and the foreground objects have “in common”. We talk about inks, not colors, because the overprint and knockout concepts are relevant in print only, not when you view the PDF documents on screen.
Enfocus PitStop Pro Ink Background object Black Red Foreground object 0% 100 % There are no common inks because cyan, magenta, yellow and black are not specified in the spot color background. And if colors are not specified in either one of the objects, they cannot be common. Note that they arenot specified, which is not the same as 0 %. Consequently, the cyan foreground ink will be printed over the Red spot color background.
Enfocus PitStop Pro C: 100 % M: 0 % Y: 0 % K: 0 % The cyan foreground object has been set to overprint, but still, the magenta and yellow in the background are knocked out. Confused? Remember the basic principle: If there are common inks, the foreground inks win, even if their tint value is lower than the corresponding one of the background ink and even if this tint value is equal to zero.
Enfocus PitStop Pro • Common pitfalls of overprint behavior on page 213 Color spaces A PDF document can contain objects of different color spaces: Separation, DeviceN, CMYK, Gray, calibrated Gray or RGB, Lab or ICC-based colors. The color space of the object has an impact on the object’s overprint behavior. The following rules apply here: Color space Object type Overprint mode Rule Separation Irrelevant Only those inks are specified as listed in the respective color space.
Enfocus PitStop Pro Ink Object in spot color black, Gray or 100 % K Yellow 0% Black 100 % Object in Separation Black 100 % • Be careful with color conversions, because the overprint behavior may be unpredictable. If you do color conversions, proofing is an absolute necessity. You can proof your PDF documents by printing them on a composite output device, or on screen using the Overprint Preview and Separation Preview features of Adobe Acrobat.
Enfocus PitStop Pro Simple logic tells us to combine the inks, so we expect the following result: Ink Circle in the background Circle in the foreground Result Cyan 40 % 0% 40 % Magenta 0% 0% 0% Yellow 0% 60 % 60 % Black 0% 0% 0% In practice, however, the result depends on the selected overprint mode: Standard overprint mode (OPM 0) Illustrator overprint mode (OPM 1) C: 0 % C: 40 % M: 0 % M: 0 % Y: 60 % Y: 60 % K: 0 % K: 0 % Preview Resulting color in the intersection 11.
Enfocus PitStop Pro Object type Background object Foreground object not specified not specified Overprint mode Color space OPM 0 Spot color Red 40 % C: 0 % M: 10 % Y: 20 % K: 30 % The are no common inks because the background object has a spot color and the foreground has CMYK colors.
Enfocus PitStop Pro Object type Background object Foreground object not specified not specified Overprint mode Color space OPM 0 or OPM 1 (no difference) ICC-tagged CMYK, converted to: Duotone: C: 20 % Red: 70 % M: 21 % Black: 30 % Y: 22 % K: 23 % The only common color is Black. There is no difference in overprint behavior between a spot color that is named “Black” and “Black” ink that is used to render the K plate of CMYK.
Enfocus PitStop Pro Object type Background object Foreground object not specified Text C: 10 % C: 0 % M: 20 % M: 0 % Y: 30 % Y: 0 % K: 40 % K: 50 % Overprint mode Color space We’re dealing with CMYK text, which means that the resulting color in the overlapping part of the objects (the intersection) depends on the overprint mode: • In standard overprint mode (OPM 0), a tint value of 0 % of one or more of the CMYK inks in the foreground object has a knockout effect on the underlying objects.
Enfocus PitStop Pro C: 0 % M: 0 % Y: 0 % K: 50 % The overprint mode is irrelevant in this case because an image is overprint-mode-independent. Example4: Gray object on a CMYK background Given a Gray object on a CMYK background.
Enfocus PitStop Pro Standard overprint mode (OPM 0) Illustrator overprint mode (OPM 1) C: 0 % C: 0 % M: 0 % M: 0 % Y: 0 % Y: 0 % K: 60 % K: 60 % Magenta plate Yellow plate Black plate Resulting color in the intersection Example5: the effect of color spaces Take a CMYK background of 100 % cyan, 0 % magenta, 0 % yellow, 50 % black.
Enfocus PitStop Pro Object Color space and values Overprint mode 1 80 % Gray OPM 0 2 80 % Gray OPM 1 3 C: 0 % OPM 0 M: 0 % Y: 0 % K: 20 % 4 C: 0 % OPM 1 M: 0 % Y: 0 % K: 20 % 5 20 % of spot color Black OPM 0 6 20 % of spot color Black OPM 1 The results will be as follows: 219
Enfocus PitStop Pro 11.4 Changing the overprint settings of an object Making black text overprint Text —especially fine text or text set at a small point size— on colored backgrounds is extremely difficult to print in register. The slightest misregistration can become noticeable as small gaps can appear between the text and the underlying colored elements. To avoid this problem, you can specify that all black text should print on top of any colored backgrounds. This technique is known as overprinting.
Enfocus PitStop Pro Figure 88: Overprinting black text compensates for misregistration. You can specify overprinting only for 100 % black text because printing text of any color other than solid black over any other colored background might cause the overlapping inks to blend, which could result in unwanted color mixing.
Enfocus PitStop Pro Figure 89: Knocking out white text cuts out the inks on the separations underneath. To change the overprint settings of an object 1. Make sure overprint previewing is on in Adobe Acrobat (Advanced > Overprint Preview). 2. Using the Select Objects tool , select an object. 3. Choose Window > Show Enfocus Inspector or click the Show Inspector button the Enfocus Inspector. to display 4. Select the Fill and Stroke > Overprint category. 5.
Enfocus PitStop Pro Force overprint on a gray object As a general rule, gray always has a knockout effect on the underlying inks, regardless of the Gray object’s type or OPM mode. Therefor, the Force Overprint for all separations will change the color space to a Black separation, and turn on Fill Overprint using Overprint Mode OPM1. The result will be that the gray object will no longer knock out the background colors.
Enfocus PitStop Pro Regular overprint Force Overprint on all separations K: 60 % K: 60 % Force overprint on CMYK object The Force Overprint for all separations applied on a CMYK object will change the Overprint Mode to OPM1. Using OPM1, the object will be overprinting for those separations where it has a value of 0%.
Index Index A absolute colorimetric remapping definition 196 accelerating image display 32 accessing Enfocus preferences 13 Acrobat metadata 95 Action List Editor displaying 179 using 179 Action Lists changing the page layout 186 concept 176 creating 179, 182 examples 185 guidelines for creating 181 locking 185 locking with a password 185 to change the page layout 186 action types (in Action Lists) definition 178 adding Action Lists to a Preflight Profile 76 anchor points 139 reasons 139 session comment 10
Enfocus PitStop Pro Certified workflow status 95 consulting 95 CertifiedPDF.
Index CT See continuous-tone layer 164 D default attributes of text and line art using ~ for new objects 18 deleting anchor point 139 device-dependent color definition 193 device-independent color definition 193 direction point definition 114 displaying alternate low-resolution images 32 images faster 32 large images 41 Document 69 document consistency 92 document history consulting 103 viewing 103 documentation set of PitStop Pro overview 13 double-byte font definition 160 downsampling images reasons 141
Enfocus PitStop Pro greeking text (continued) wireframe view 31 grid viewing 43 guaranteed preflighting 91 guidelines for creating Action Lists 181 guides adjusting 60 inserting 60 using 59 Guides 60 H halftone information of an object viewing 145 Help 25 hiding all annotations in a PDF document 32 annotations 32 objects reasons 117 selected objects 117 high-resolution images speeding up display 32 highlight colors Certified PDF preferences 25 history of the document viewing 103 Hold down Alt key when dra
Index member of CertifiedPDF.
Enfocus PitStop Pro page boxes definition 56 types 58 viewing 43, 56 page content changing orientation 168 changing position 47, 168 flipping 171 manipulating 168 page content size changing 168 page cropping templates creating 57 page layout changing using an Action List 186 page numbering adding 174 changing 174 password to lock a Preflight Profile 77 to lock an Action List 185 Paste copied objects 17 paths creating 136 definition 113 editing 137 PDF editing in a Certified PDF workflow 92 issues 92 PDF fo
Index QuickRuns (continued) when to use 188 R raster image See pixel image 112 rectangles drawing 135 redoing actions 47 registration marks viewing 56 regular preflight check 67 relative colorimetric remapping 195 remap color 203 remap colors 204 remapping absolute colorimetric 196 perceptual 194 relative colorimetric 195 saturation 194 spot colors 199 removing anchor points 139 reasons 139 objects inside or outside a selected area 173 transparency 120 Rendering 72 rendering intents definition 193 replaci
Enfocus PitStop Pro show the Enfocus Navigator or the preflight report preference 14 showing all annotations in a PDF document 32 objects 117 selected objects 117 sign-off 80 size of page content changing 168 Smart Preflight 83 snap to grid managing your Adobe Acrobat display settings 43 snapshots blended into one document 106 comparing 105 explained 103 saving 103 viewing 104 Specifications on CertifiedPDF.
Index vertical text editing 151 viewing 31, 32, 42, 43, 44, 48, 56, 80, 103, 104, 141, 144, 145 alternate images 44 annotations 32, 44 bleed 56 document history 103 Edit Log file 103 grid 43 halftone information of an object 145 image size 141 information outside of the crop box 56 object attributes 48 object statistics 144, 145 page boxes 43, 56 PDF document in wireframe view 31 pixel image attributes 141 preview mode 31 properties of a pixel image 141 registration marks 56 reports 80 snapshot 104 viewin
