Runaround problem

[waynesworld]

Using Quark 4.0 on a Mac, I've been having image problems in a Quark document. I am bringing in scanned Photoshop TIFF greyscale images into text pages that the text wraps around. I have been using the Runaround setting using Type: Auto-Image, Outset: 8 pts and the default Noise, Smoothness and Threshold settings (2 pt; 2 pt; 10%). When printing out some samples, there are little missing segments in the outer edges of the images here and there that do not appear on the original scans.

I was told that in this case, it is best to create a Clipping Path in Photoshop and use Quark's Embedded Path setting to solve this. I tried that, but as far as I can tell, Embedded Path does not allow the text to wrap around the image, nor does Non-White Areas. Only Auto-Image allows this it seems, and in the process deletes the existing clipping of the image.

waynesworld

 

[waynesworld]

Ok, I figured it out myself (in case anyone's interested). First I learned how to do a Clipping Path in Photoshop. Select New Path in Path palette drop down, then Clipping Path, fill in a Flatness value, then draw with a drawing tool (I used the freeform Pen tool) around the image. Save it.

In Quark, bring it in and in the Runaround's Clipping tab, select Embedded Path--make no other settings there--hit Apply. Then in the Runaround tab, select Same as Clipping, set an Outset value. That's it.

waynesworld