What is Overprinting & Overprint Preview in InDesign?

Learn what overprinting is, how to activate it and how to preview it within InDesign. Details below... Patreon: www.patreon.com/MichaelBullo Activating Overprint By default, an object within an InDesign document will knock out (cut out), any objects that it overlaps. To have an object print over the objects below it, activate the "Overprint Fill" and/or "Overprint Stroke" options within the Attributes panel. Window - Output - Attributes Overprint Preview Objects set to overprint will blend with those below them. However, such blending is not previewed within InDesign by default. To turn this preview on... View - Overprint Preview Previewing Channels Within the Separations Preview panel, change "View" to "Separations". Clicking on the entries for Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Black will have them display on the page in greyscale. Toggling "Separations" on/off within the Separations Preview panel also toggles on/off "Overprint Preview". Window - Output - Separations Preview Overprinting (adobe.com) helpx.adobe.com/au/indesign/using/overprinting.htm… Image by: Andrew Pons unsplash.com/@imandrewpons unsplash.com/photos/lylCw4zcA7I

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