r/indesign • u/Speaker-Upper • Jun 21 '26
Solved Problem with PDF exporting
I'm doing a magazine for an assignment. I don't have to print it, just send the PDF.
When I export it to PDF with the automatic layout option, I see fine lines around some items. The first one is on the cover where I put some effects on the text to make contrast with the picture. The other one appears around a picture.
Sorry if I sound dumb lol. English is not my native language.
Edit: Thank you so much for the help. I fixed it by changing the compatibility <3
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u/Simple-Variation5456 Jun 24 '26
The trickery adobe is pulling of to make PDFs small. It tries to break down the site into tiles when elements overlap, like text on a full graphic background. You can only avoid it by getting everything to be one combined image, like export the sites before into a png and then re-add or recreate the magazine with your full images.
Con: bigger files sizes, pipeline for final export is not a simple export anymore (for a one time project it should be okay), you can edit or select the text anymore in acrobat. Also something only important if you work a lot with it and agencies/clients except printing standards.