[dianek]

This may be a basic step for most of you, however for me and the company I work for it's kind of new. I know how to feather a photograph in Photoshop, but I can't get away from having white behind my image when I place it into another program such as Quark and/or Illustrator. I did the Transparent step under the help menu, but that seems to ruin my feather. I must be missing something. Can anyone help me? I would greatly appreciate any information. THANKS

[IonCable]

To date no layout apps recognize transparency in files except for 1-bit (black and white) tiffs and eps files. You have 2 possible solutions, ok 3.

1. Assemble the page in Photoshop with the transparency ans the like and then set the type in the layout app.

2. You can use a clipping path to create transparent areas around the image, but it's a hard edge. Think a picture in a odd shaped quark box.

3. Don't use feathered edged images.

Sorry if this quite what you were hoping for. The Photoshop solution is best. I don't recommend setting type in Photoshop except for Large Type 72+pt. It takes a little planning but it will work. I have to assemble 20 to 30 pages a week in Photoshop to have drop shadows and the like.

If you want to know more I'm on every evening and will be happy to answer any questions.