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Importing grayscale photos from Photoshop CS4 to Quark 8

Last post 05-27-2009 9:42 AM by resclass. 3 replies.
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  • 05-27-2009 7:24 AM

    Importing grayscale photos from Photoshop CS4 to Quark 8

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     Mac user here - after a recent upgrade went from Photoshop CS3 and Quark 7 to Photoshop CS4 and Quark 8, but I still have old projects created with the old programs. 

     My problem is that in one of my projects created with the old versions, when I insert a newly-created grayscale image, the image is extremely flat. I change the levels in Photoshop, but it appears that Quark discards these changes.

     What's more, when I print the page to my color printer, the photo appears as a big black box. 

     Can anyone help? I have tried changing my color management preferences to "QuarkXPress Emulate Legacy" but that hasn't done the trick.

     TIA

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  • 05-27-2009 8:34 AM In reply to

    Re: Importing grayscale photos from Photoshop CS4 to Quark 8

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     I hope replying to one's own question is acceptable - I contacted Quark and they gave me the answer, so I'd like to share for future reference Big Smile

     

    If you import a grayscale image into a Quark project and it looks flat and prints as a black box, here is how to fix it:
     
    - Save the image as an EPS file and import it that way
    - When printing, change "Color" to "As Is" on the print dialog box
     
    This is evidently a known issue when switching between different versions of Quark. The problem only occurs when importing a new image into a project started with a non-Quark 8 version.

  • 05-27-2009 9:40 AM In reply to

    Re: Importing grayscale photos from Photoshop CS4 to Quark 8

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    Thanks for posting this. This could be a disaster if passing q7 native files to a Prepress dept using q8. What file format were you Saving your Grayscale before you changed to EPS?
    ... there was the puzzle of why the sun came out during the day, instead of at night when the light would come in useful.
    Terry Pratchet

  • 05-27-2009 9:42 AM In reply to

    Re: Importing grayscale photos from Photoshop CS4 to Quark 8

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     We tried tiffs and jpegs, and neither worked - even with "As Is" selected.

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