Show_Effects

Show Effects

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Open "Show Effects" by clicking the icon shown to the left or selecting "Plug-Ins > Prinect > Show Effects" in the menu.

Prerequisite: A Coating Editor license is needed to do this.

The "Show Effects" tool lets you visualize special surfaces like varnish, foils, special inks or embossing and view them in a three-dimensional view.

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There is also a video on this topic: Show Effects - Introduction to the new tool.

Overview of all video tutorials: Prinect Video Tutorials PDF Toolbox.

After Show Effects starts, a 3D view of the current page of the PDF document displays in the preview [6]. If the document has several pages, you can go between the pages with the buttons [1]. Use these buttons [3] to rotate, move and scale up the view.

In the table [5] on the left, you can see which effects are assigned to the colors in the document. To change these, mark a color and set the effect you want [7].

You can also select the material [8] on which the PDF will be printed from a predefined catalog.

In the "Properties" tab [4] you can edit the effects and create new ones.

If you wish to pass on the visualization, you can export the current preview as a 3D PDF or HTML file. To do this, click the desired button [2] and select where the file will be stored. Export as HTML file allows a better visualization of the effects and should therefore be chosen preferably.

A more detailed description of each of the functions now follows:

	Reset Restores the default view.
	Fit Fits the view in such a way that you can see the whole sheet without changing the rotation.
	Zoom In/Zoom Out Click this button. Holding down the left mouse button, move the mouse up to zoom in and down to zoom out.
	Pan Click this button. Hold down the mouse button and move the mouse to move the view.
	Rotate Click this button. Hold down the mouse button and move the mouse to rotate the view.

This tool has the following tabs:

•"Layers" Tab

•"Properties" Tab

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