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How to remove fine white transparency lines on a PDF

In the preparation of my Wedding Album in ADOBE InDesign I included many small picture details that I had created on transparent layers in ADOBE Photoshop. When checking these pages and spreads in PDF format before handing the project over to the printers, I discovered some fine transparency lines – on just a few pages of many – and my long and painful odyssey into how to remove fine white transparency lines on a PDF (…or in InDesign or wherever…) started!

 

Of course, I checked all my pages and layers in ADOBE InDesign first – and there were absolutely no errors.

The joke was, that whenever I moved a picture frame to a different position, and all showed 100% in the Preview or Presentation mode, all was perfect! But when I checked it in the PDF (Acrobat Pro) – here were the fine lines again! And – the weirdest of all: they had not moved! Then they no longer showed on one PDF – hallelujah! – but came back on another! And then various PDFs did not show the same results either plus, some of the pictures looked like sliced up into pieces of a mosaic!  It was something to go crazy and I only give you the short version here!

I consulted the online FAQ’s of the printer, and while it put me on the correct path by directing me to change the settings in Acrobat Pro (recommendation: untick “Smooth Line Art” as per picture here, found under > Edit > Preferences > Page Display on your PDF), this did not help then as I could not untick this in my version! On top of it, their fine text said that IF these fine lines showed in the submitted PDF, they would print! That was just not acceptable for me; everything was to be as precise and perfect as prepared – no errors, no warnings!

However, Blurb has a brilliant customer service and responded promptly to my request (with attached screenshots), saying those lines should not show and asking me to send them the entire PDF to look into …

How to remove fine white transparency lines on a PDF

Once I had gone to all those lengths to find an answer as to how to remove fine white transparency lines on a PDF, I discussed the distressing issue with Yorgo. We looked into basically everything once again: there had to be a way!

And – finally – there was!

Here’s the short solution to help you save hours of research and tons of hairs turning grey and falling out: the corrected settings in my PDF for printed matter as per above:

The big EUREKA was: under rendering, untick “Use page cache”.

Unticking “Smooth line art” had no influence on the above problem at all, although I managed to untick it by first unticking “Use 2D graphics acceleration”.

So I had smelled the rat – the cache – all the time, but I did not know where to find it! It’s all about basics… and we never stop learning! Thank heavens – problem solved!

I could upload the book (PDF) for print and am looking forward to receive a stunning Wedding Book around the 19th February, 2013!

 

 

 

 

Best Cape Town Weddings

Cape Town Weddings are a hot topic on Google right now as the Mother City and South Africa as a whole are exploding with the most glorious summer weather and Nature is in full bloom. However, at the end of the day, the best Cape Town Weddings don’t depend on a specific place but on the intention of the people gathering to celebrate the happy event! It’s always about the people – family and friends – who bring their love, joy and genuine goodwill to bless the new couple and ensure that they will be remembering their wedding day as the happy beginning of their united lives.

 

Best Cape Town Weddings

Of course, it’s also high season for photographers and videographers who aim at shooting the best moments of these Cape Town Weddings – each one with their specific style – some super-glamorous, others more journalistic or with an artistic touch, some like it colourful, others simply black and white. What is important is to capture the atmosphere and those very unique instants – mostly totally unexpected – that have a profound meaning and really touch our heart. In this respect the wedding preparations leading up to the event may be just as important as the wedding itself – and – as on this photo here – there are many things going through a loving mother’s mind when she ‘releases’ her daughter into a new and promising bond.

 

Wedding Website

I was asked why I was preparing a Wedding Website when normally people go for a so-called “Wedding Album”?

Well, one doesn’t exclude the other … and a form of a wedding album was delivered already to satisfy all those who wanted to see photos ‘now’, almost as it happened…. – however, and especially in today’s Internet-oriented world and with so many families being spread across the planet, there are many advantages to having a wedding website:

Firstly, you can seal your new bond by buying your new name (as a .com of course!) – it has something solid and lasting to it, don’t you think? That’s a good start…

Second, a wedding website can be fast and easily viewed on many devices by anyone who is given access from all over the world, and this for at least 35 years!

Third, a wedding website can be very interactive; friends and family can leave comments and, of course, the new couple can continue writing and adding pictures, videos and audios of their new life… like an online family-bio…

Fourth… and this I think is simply the best: you can easily turn a Wedding Website into a Family Website … adding the new events like the birth of a child, its first steps, its first drawings, its first so many things… as well as trips to exotic holiday destinations, their favourite recipes, when he meets the Queen or Donald Duck… or anything of importance that the young couple wants to share…

Fifth: a wedding website is a brilliant investment in your future, it is something that’s alive, vibrant and communicative – and it’s growing… extending that first moment when you gave meaning to your words into the future with all its promises, traps and surprises… for sure something your grand-children will enjoy !

Last but certainly not least: this wedding website belongs to YOU – it’s not exposed to the volatilities and risks of any social network where someone else is in control – no, this is entirely YOUR STORY – YOU ARE IN CONTROL!

And that alone is priceless!

 

 

 

Cape Town Weddings

It’s that time of the year where many couples celebrate their love and add meaning to their words by getting married!

One of the Best Cape Town Wedding Venues is of course Monkey Valley Resort in the romantic Noordhoek Valley on the slopes of Chapman’s Peak – however, my favourite hotel in Cape Town itself – where we spent a couple of weeks when researching our future home – is the elegant and citywise optimally situated Vineyard Hotel in Claremont, Cape Town. Below is a view from the terrace towards the majestic Table Mountain range…

It’s here, in the lush and beautiful gardens… washed by light rains that very day until just a few minutes before the wedding… where stage one of the beautiful and very private Wedding Ceremony took place that I had the privilege to document.

All Wedding Photography & Videography will be integrated in the brand-new Wedding Website currently under construction.

 

Cape Town Weddings

What is relevant for Cape Town Weddings is probably desired by all newly wed couples, especially if their families and friends are spread all over the world as is the case here: they want some photos as fast as possible to show!

So this was my first focus… developing something to show fast! Accordingly, within a few days, the couple had an elegant online Wedding Photo Suite to send out and even print… followed by a short and joyful Wedding Video with special Irish harp music!

At this stage, the work is understandably private; I will be able to show more later as the development of the website itself proceeds. This will take a while, partly due to a strong emphasis of the ‘time before’ the wedding and the relating preparations, as well as the fact that I have to switch to a new computer with lots more memory and punch especially for media development (videos). On top of this, I will be using a brand-new Semiomantics Script to be released only in January 2012.

Wedding Photos

Meanwhile, there must be about 2,000 wedding photos and wedding video clips to view and select from… a real joy as here is real happiness to ‘work’ with!

Fingers crossed my PC system holds as I have hardly any space left and due to the devastating floods in Thailand, a main hardware supplier was washed away completely and we have to wait for new parts…

 

 

 

 

My Noordhoek Blog

My Noordhoek Blog got a maintenance-cleanup today, meaning it was a regular check-up for updates for  WordPress, the Semiomantics XO Script and the few plugins I am using. Further to this, a friendly ex & hop for all sorts of spam comments in the dashboard or error files on the server. Now still a little optimizing and we will be fine!

 

 

My Noordhoek Blog

My Noordhoek Blog is basically just another Web Design example in my collection – but there’s something I really like about this Blog and I wish I could dedicate myself more specifically to it in terms of posts and articles. There’s so much to see, to discover and to write about Noordhoek and its unique and spectacular natural environment as well as its people – who are a bunch of highly creative, very private, compassionate, Nature-loving and spiritual individuals who all do their own thing but stick together as ONE when help is needed – like in the historic fires in January 2000!

Obviously, everything I write on my Author Blog fits in perfectly for the simple reason that I am living in Noordhoek, South Africa and I love it! It’s a place that has depth, magic and music to it – besides nestling between the mountains and the sea. The longer I live here the more I uncover. . . even historically speaking.

Web Design South Africa

Most importantly, I invite anyone in the area who needs a website to contact me: I stand for Web Design South Africa and as one example, go and have a look at the Monkey Valley Resort Website (.net) to get a feeling for the place and its people – and my style in designing a dedicated website that talks to people and where you can book with the click of a mouse!

If you check out MyNoordhoek.com, then you notice a so-called “accordeon” at the top, slicing up the different business areas of Monkey Valley Resort – like Accommodation, Thorfynn’s Restaurant, Weddings and Conferencing for example. A click on the corresponding image-slide links up with the corresponding category of the website, guiding the visitor where he wants to go and whre you want to guide him.

More website info to follow. . .

 

 

 

 

 

Copyright © 2010 Bianca Gubalke. Visit the original article at http://biancagubalke.com/online-communication/dallas-conference-on-diversity-in-africa/.

Dallas Conference on Diversity in Africa

The Internet is an amazing institution: today it enables me to speak LIVE at a massive event: the Dallas Conference on ‘Diversity in Africa’ – and this all the way from my PC at the tip of Africa – from Noordhoek, South Africa to be precise! Our friend and partner Les Kudla thought of using modern Internet technology to showcase what in many ways still is a little bit left behind when it comes to high-tech amenities that are so common in first-world countries in the Northern Hemisphere. And if we think that Dallas Airport in Texas with its massive Conferencing facilities is the 4th largest of its kind in the world – it’s kind of impressive… and a little intimidating… to say the least!

Dallas Conference on Diversity in Africa

The choice of presenting an aspect of our beautiful and diverse country – South Africa – was largely based on the fact that with the latest Semiomantics Flash Evolution Script we could develop a smashing and highly interactive presentation for Monkey Valley Resort – also based on great photos by David Turnley from New York, who holds annual Digital Photography Workshops at the “Crowned Eagle”, the so-called “Jewel of the South”, the top accommodation available for small groups at the unique South African Holiday Resort – which by the way is also home to the Green Party of South Africa, lead by Judy Sole.

There is a special ambience and a focus on people and the environment throughout this website that so beautifully reflects a very important aspect of the Rainbow Nation. There are many others… South Africa has countless faces and facettes… however, this is what I know and what I love to convey: the spirit of warm and compassionate people touching people. Just that. It’s deeply rooted in Africa… a part I sincerely love and hopefully I can pass on the spark of this flame.

Dallas meets Cape Town on YouTube

With comparatively slow Internet connections and wild African elephants marching over them with astonishing regularity, there had to be a Plan B in case Plan A would fail.

Plan A would be a direct projection of the talk accompanied by a virtual guided journey through the website from our Ycademy Online Conference Room … via Les Kudla’s laptop … straight into the high-tech Conferencing Center of Dallas Airport. So far so good…

Plan B would be a pre-recording of this that would serve its purpose in the same way – although without the same LIVE situation of course. Just a voice-over.

Well, all was fully prepared – with one little detail that changed it all: to upload this video – basically a spontaneous run-through in case the lines are dropped – well… the upload either to my server or to YouTube will take probably 10 hours.

So let’s think positive, we are ready and we think YES! WE CAN!

Once uploaded, the video will be available on this blog… but now the time is ticking: Dallas here we come! YEBO GOGO!

Author: Bianca Gubalke, Art, Media, Publishing. Co-Founder of YORGOO, YCADEMY and Semiomantics. If you enjoyed reading the above, please consider following future tips and strategies by RSS reader, Email delivery, or Kindle subscription.

Copyright © 2010 Bianca Gubalke. Visit the original article at http://biancagubalke.com/web-design-south-africa/new-look-with-semiomantics-thesis/.

New Look with Semiomantics Thesis

A new look with Semiomantics Thesis – that’s just one of the amazing results after the past weekend’s Ycademy Seminar October 2010 – with a focus on upgrading our brains and out Semiomantics Author Blogs with the latest cutting-edge technology – the best of WordPress Thesis combined with the best of Semiomantics XO!

New Look with Semiomantics Thesis

The New Look with Semiomantics Thesis is largely created through a series of ‘hooks’ to which we can hook what today’s and tomorrow’s Internet consumers request: basically media content containers, be it widgets, rotators or banners etc.

Bearing in mind that our website or blog occupies what can be called the most precious ‘real estate’ online, the new technology offers us ways to captivate readers and potential customers with more attention-grabbing possibilities.

This can be seen from our point-of-view in terms of Website Development, however, as many bloggers don’t want to be bothered with anything ‘technical’, we can now offer ways where our customers simply focus on what they know best: blogging about their products and selling them. This is a huge step forward that must be welcomed by many who wish to have a blog and they like the idea of blogging – but bringing in images and media content is not their thing. This we can solve easily for them as Semiomantics Web Design experts!

Header Banner Rotator in Thesis

While all this sounds easy – there is tremendous learning to be done first as this new development requires a different approach and way of thinking.

What I have been focusing on today is inserting rotating pictures into my MultiMedia Box and creating a header banner rotator in Thesis based on excellent tutorials offered HERE.

While I do have a problem with my menu that doesn’t display what I want… yet… the rest went absolutely spot-on and smoothly! Let’s see where tonight’s Training will take us!

To be continued. . .

Author: Bianca Gubalke, Art, Media, Publishing. Co-Founder of YORGOO, YCADEMY and Semiomantics. If you enjoyed reading the above, please consider following future tips and strategies by RSS reader, Email delivery, or Kindle subscription.

Copyright © 2010 Bianca Gubalke. Visit the original article at http://biancagubalke.com/bianca-gubalke/on-the-rising-arc/.

On the Rising Arc

As we are going through a time of extreme chaos that leaves hardly anyone unaffected in one or another way, we find the most profound stronghold within ourselves, simply by listening inside and establishing whether our motivation or purpose in life is driven by ego or higher ideals. It’s not a matter of judging; rather an observation from another perspective to become crystal clear on our belief. From there all decisions flow… and  “… In the end there is only one reliable guide: Find your place on the rising arc and keep moving.”

On the Rising Arc

The important point here is that – once we found our place on the rising arc – we keep moving! As everything we observe around us – be it in Nature or on the Internet – is moving faster, what makes us believe that we don’t have to speed up as well – from the smallest atom spiralling within us to our perception of who we are – and we are in no way static but in a rather tumultuous state right now? Time to realize that things won’t stay the same: constant change is inevitable.

So why resist? Why not look through the big illusion and opt for higher ideals? Only when our ego resists what we feel is right do we create a problem… a blockage of Chi – and Chi needs to flow freely.

Change

Time for Change!

Look at the moon on the rising arc of Chapman’s Peak in Noordhoek, South Africa; let its bright light guide your path in the direction of your intent! Is it material? Is it intelligence? Is it at all? Is it you? Are you it as the observer?

It’s all a matter of perception… so keep moving!

“When light is visible and organized into concrete objects, reality is material.

When light contains feeling, thought, and intelligence, reality is quantum.

When light is completely unmanifest, with no qualities anyone can measure, reality is virtual.” ~ Deepak Chopra

Author: Bianca Gubalke, Art, Media, Publishing. Co-Founder of YORGOO, YCADEMY and Semiomantics. If you enjoyed reading the above, please consider following future tips and strategies by RSS reader, Email delivery, or Kindle subscription.

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Copyright © 2010 Bianca Gubalke. Visit the original article at http://biancagubalke.com/wp-best-eshop/semiomantics-evolution-wp-best-eshop/the-semiomantics-evolution-blues/.

The Semiomantics Evolution Blues

Not long after the Semiomantics Flame was carried to the US by Gene Line from Kansas, it moved over to Florence Alabama… No time lost in the big USA… here is the Semiomantics Evolution Blues!

Larrie Perkins on the Semiomantics Evolution Blues

Now, with such an irresistibly blue “Look into my eyes, honey!” – and this from a tax expert!!! – I won’t step on Larrie Perkin’s “…Blue Suede Shoes…” but shed the black & grey Semiomantics skin for something more along his color scheme. Plus a dash of his favourite red reflecting in a transparent TaxMart US. It’s all in the music, it’s all in the Blues – that’s how the Larrie Perkins Semiomantics Evolution Blues was born – but not without Sandra for sure!

Below, a more muted version as the background is concerned… it’s always a matter of nuances and harmony… but with my fresh eye today I think the choice is clear . . .

Elvis Presley Blues on Semiomantics

It just feels right… especially as Larrie loves Elvis Presley… and look at the tight fit by Gillian Welsh’s Lyrics in her Elvis Presley Blues in the album “Time” (extract):

“I was thinking that night about Elvis
Day that he died, day that he died
How he took it all out of black and white
Grabbed his wand in the other hand and he held on tight
And he shook it like a hurricane
He shook it like to make it break
And he shook it like a holy roller, baby
With his soul at stake.”

In case your soul is at stake… just get hold of Larrie Perkins on Semiomantics Evolution!

Let’s see where the Semiomantics Flame will go next. . .

Author: Bianca Gubalke, Art, Media, Publishing. Co-Founder of YORGOO, YCADEMY and Semiomantics. If you enjoyed reading the above, please consider following future tips and strategies by RSS reader, Email delivery, or Kindle subscription.

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Copyright © 2010 Bianca Gubalke. Visit the original article at http://biancagubalke.com/south-africa/flame-trees-in-cape-town/.

Flame Trees in Cape Town

The flame trees in Cape Town – also called ‘coral trees’ or here an Erithrina caffra I photographed in Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens – are literally exploding and a real inspiration of spring.

Of course, the Greeks were there with the word ?????ó? (erythros), meaning “red,”and red indeed they are, at least here in South Africa. I planted a flame tree in my garden about 10 years ago and I’m still waiting for it to ‘flame’… meanwhile the ivy is wrapping itself around the grey, bumpy bark and a frustrating insect is forcing its way through the inside of the branches. Perhaps next year . . .

Flame Trees in Cape Town

I actually reserved this picture of a flame tree in Cape Town for the next person on the Semiomantics Expert Team to come up with their professional material for Website Publishing, but good things take time and besides… believe it or not:  we had snow this night in De Doorns and all may take a little longer :)

Words by Nelson Mandela

Talking of flames and inspiration, I came across these wise words by South African legend Nelson Mandela again – light beams in our tumultuous times… enjoy and let it sink in deep:

“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.

It is our light, not our darkness, that most frighten us.

We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous?

Actually, who are you not to be?

You are a child of God.

Your playing small doesn’t serve the world.

There’s nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you.

We are born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us.

It’s not just in some of us, it’s in everyone.

And, as we let our light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.

As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”

Who will be the next to receive and carry the Semiomantics Flame. . . ?

Author: Bianca Gubalke, Art, Media, Publishing. Co-Founder of YORGOO, YCADEMY and Semiomantics. If you enjoyed reading the above, please consider following future tips and strategies by RSS reader, Email delivery, or Kindle subscription.

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• The Semiomantics Evolution Blues
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Copyright © 2010 Bianca Gubalke. Visit the original article at http://biancagubalke.com/google-top-10/performance/.

Performance

High performance always follows a clear focus and intent combined with hard work and practise… and I can’t resist sharing this magnificent proof of what can be achieved if we focus totally on manifestation!

See Swan Lake by the “Great Chinese State Circus” as it has never been performed before – enjoy!

Performance on Google

From Human Excellence to Performance on Google:

Our online achievements with Semiomantics Web Design focus predominantly on Google Top 10 rankings – and here’s yet another example of how razor-sharp we can target and reach high Google rankings when combining a magic Semiomantics Script with Semiomantics Expertise as taught at monthly online Ycademy Seminars.

Here’s yesterday’s post with over 51 million search returns for “Touch Vision Talk“, my revamped Web Design South Africa Newspaper… this is a flat 10/10 performance – simply awesome:

You can get this Script including the unique Web Service in my SHOP HERE.

Author: Bianca Gubalke, Art, Media, Publishing. Co-Founder of YORGOO, YCADEMY and Semiomantics. If you enjoyed reading the above, please consider following future tips and strategies by RSS reader, Email delivery, or Kindle subscription.

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