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Bleed pane
Use the Bleed pane to allow items to bleed (extend beyond the page edges) at printout.
Bleed settings apply to every page in the layout.
To create a bleed by defining how far the bleed extends from the layout page edges,
choose Symmetric or Asymmetric from the Bleed Type drop-down menu.
• To create a bleed that extends the same distance from each page edge, choose
Symmetric and enter a value in the Amount field to specify the bleed's distances.
• To create a bleed with different distances from each page edge, choose Asymmetric
and enter values in the Top, Bottom, Left, and Right fields to specify the bleed
distances.
• Print and PDF output only: To extend the bleed to encompass all page items that extend
beyond the page boundary, choose Page Items.
• Print and PDF output only: To define whether items that bleed are cut off at the bleed
edge or allowed to print in their entirety, check Clip at Bleed Edge.
The Bleed pane is available only if Custom Bleeds XTensions software is installed.
Transparency pane
Use the Transparency pane to specify how transparency is handled at export.
• The Vector Images control lets you specify a resolution for rasterizing pictures that
include vector data when they occur in a transparency relationship. It's generally a
good idea to keep this value high because vector images typically include sharp lines
that will look jagged at lower resolutions.
• The Blends control lets you specify a resolution for blends when they occur in a
transparency relationship. Blends can typically be rasterized at a relatively low
resolution because they do not contain sharp edges.
• The Drop Shadows control lets you specify a resolution for rasterizing drop shadows.
This value can be relatively low, unless you create drop shadows with a Blur of zero.
Choosing a lower resolution value for one or more of these fields can reduce the time
required for flattening and can save processing time when you send the layout to
output.
Rotated or skewed items that participate in a transparency relationship must be
rasterized before they are sent to the RIP. Because rotate and skew operations tend to
degrade the quality of an image if they are performed at low resolutions, QuarkXPress
can upsample such items prior to rotating or skewing them, thus minimizing image
degradation. Check Upsample Rotations if you want to manually set the upsampled
resolution for rotated or skewed items and images that are involved in a transparency
relationship. If you're using low-resolution values, and a rotated or skewed item appears
blocky or degraded, check this box and then enter a value in the To field. The To field
value should be at least equal to the highest resolution value among the Vector Images,
Blends, and Drop Shadows fields.
The dpi for images less than field lets you specify a value above which rotated or
skewed items are not upsampled. The purpose of this field is to prevent rotated or
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