Here's a tip for Quark Xpress users who are tired of not being able to see what they're doing because of Quark's notorious 8 bit preview:

We Quark users are all pretty accustomed to this: that nasty, bitmappy preview. Some companies sell a Quark Xtension that gives you a 24 bit preview in Quark. If you've got Photoshop, you don't need no stinkin' Xtension (which only works when the picture box containing the image is selected)! Please note: Results will be more dramatic on a high res monitor – you are looking at an optimized JPEG of a screen shot.

When you save a Photoshop EPS, the preview default option, Macintosh (8 bits/pixel) is showing. Pull down on this menu for more options!

Select the Macintosh (JPEG) Preview option instead. This does NOTHING to the actual information in your image. It just generates a JPEG preview which simulates the high res preview you get in Photoshop. Leave Binary encoding on and don't check any of the other boxes. You'll have a much cleaner preview in Quark and you'll be able to execute your layouts with greater precision.

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Of course, if you were working in Adobe InDesign, you could change your preview on the fly, and even place native Photoshop files. Contact us to learn more!