Create a [Block out] application when you want your image to be printed on one side of a transparent media type, but you want it to be visible from both sides.
When you select the [Effect type] [Block out] several white layers and a black layer will automatically be added between the images to prevent the images from shining through, and to ensure colour vibrancy and colour density.
When you tick the check box [Mirror back image] before you export your Xpert [Block out] PDF, the back image (e.g. the image that is printed first) is going to be printed inverted.
Open the design that you have created in Adobe Photoshop or Adobe Illustrator.
Open the Arizona Xpert Extensions and select [Effect type] - [Block out].
Select the [Opacity].
When you want little light to pass through the image, select [Opacity] - [High].
When you want more light to pass through the image, select [Opacity] - [Low] or [Opacity] - [Medium].
NOTE
The effect of the opacity setting in a block out application is difficult to see, not only in the viewer, but also when you print your application and examine your design under normal lighting conditions. You can only see the difference when you use a powerful light to illuminate your application from behind.
Tick the check box [Mirror back image] when your image contains text that must be readable from both sides of the application.
Tick the check box [Image area mask] when your design doesn't cover the whole page. In that case, the generated white and black layers are generated so they match the image content and there is no white/black mask in the areas that are fully transparent in the design.
Generate the preview of your design.
To generate or update the preview of your design you can select one of the following options:
Select [Render document] to render the complete artwork.
Select a part of your artwork and select [Render selection] to render only the selected part of your artwork.
Select [Quick rendering] to render the document in a lower resolution in order to speed up the rendering process.
NOTE
To speed up the rendering process even more you can select [More options] and untick colour management.
When using the[Effect type] - [Block out] the preview of the side that your design is printed on displays the ink, while the other side displays also the media and its influence on how the view of your design.
You can rotate, shift, or zoom in and out on the preview as follows:
Rotate: click and hold the left mouse button.
Shift: click and hold the right mouse button.
Zoom in and out: rotate the mouse wheel.
You can switch the preview options at the right on and off to carefully examine your design.
The environment section allows you to choose a different background for your design.
To apply a grid to your design, click on the grid button. This grid will help to estimate the size of your design in the preview. The distance between the grid lines is 10 centimetres.
To reset your preview, click on the refresh button.
