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To lock an effect, select the object or objects and in the Live Effects
InfoBar click the Padlock icon. To unlock an effect that has been
locked this way, just click the Padlock
icon again.
You can still alter the resolution of the effect. For printing, you may want to use a higher resolution than if
the work is just for screen use.
Live Effect resolution
For screen and web use it's best to leave the resolution at the default 96 DPI; the same as the screen
resolution. If you require a higher resolution image, for example if you're printing or wanting to export a
high-resolution bitmap, then you can increase this to 150 DPI or even higher. The higher the resolution,
the longer it takes to generate or re-generate the effect (because it has to work with a much larger
bitmap) and the more memory is required.
You can set the resolution of a Live Effect to "Automatic", instead of choosing a fixed DPI value. With
this setting, the effect will be automatically re-generated when required, at the most appropriate
resolution. For example, if you print a design containing Live Effects, any effects set to Automatic
will be re-generated at print resolution if they are not already at that resolution or higher. In a large
design with many effects, note that this can make printing much slower as each effect has to be
re-generated at high resolution.
You can change the resolution that's used to render effects in the Effects & Plug-ins tab of the Options
dialog. For more on the Options dialog see Customizing Web Designer Premium. To change the
resolution of an effect that has already been applied, use the DPI control on the Live Effects
toolbar.
Saving and transferring files
When you transfer a file to someone else, unless they have the same plug-ins installed on their computer,
they will not see the effects (this is similar to the problem of fonts; the recipient needs to have all the fonts
used in the design to see an accurate representation of the text in the document). In order to guarantee
that recipients can see the effects in your design, lock them before saving.
Because locked effects are saved in the design file as a bitmap, this means the files are much larger than
for unlocked Live Effects.
Copying Live Effects
For more on Copy and Paste, see Object Handling
.
You can copy Live Effects in your design from one object to another using Paste Attributes
, just as you can copy other object attributes. Simply select the object with the effect(s) you want to copy
and select "Edit -> Copy". Select the object or objects you want to copy the effects onto, and select
"Edit -> Paste Attributes".
Note that you cannot copy "old-style" Photoshop plug-in effects in this way because those effects do not
have the ability to re-apply themselves.
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