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Layout and design

Last updated 11/30/2015

Include Inside Edges Makes areas transparent if they exist inside the original clipping path, and if their lightness values

are within the Threshold and Tolerance ranges. By default, the Clipping Path command makes only the outer areas

transparent, so use Include Inside Edges to correctly represent “holes” in a graphic. This option works best when the

brightness levels of areas you want to make transparent don’t match any areas that must be visible. For example, if you

choose Include Inside Edges for a graphic of silver eyeglasses, and the lenses become transparent, very light areas of the

eyeglass frame may also become transparent. If areas become transparent when that wasn’t your intent, try adjusting

the Threshold, Tolerance, and Inset Frame values.

Restrict to Frame Creates a clipping path that stops at the visible edge of the graphic. This can result in a simpler path

when you use the graphic’s frame to crop the graphic.

Use High Resolution Image Calculates transparent areas using the actual file, for maximum precision. Deselect this

option to calculate transparency based on the screen display resolution, which is faster but less precise. This option isn’t

available if you chose Alpha Channel, because InDesign always uses an alpha channel at its actual resolution. (See

About transparency.)

Convert a clipping path to a graphics frame

• Choose Object > Clipping Path > Convert Clipping Path To Frame.