This Enfocus PitStop command allows us to rasterize the vector gradients of previously selected objects. If no object has been selected, this command may affect all objects of this type within its reach.
The result will be an image (pixel object) with the resolution chosen in the option "Rasterize shading to... ppi".
In the "Compression" option, we can choose four types of data compression used for pixel objects: "JPEG", "JPEG2000", "ZIP" and "None". For modes that support different degrees of compression intensity, we can choose various levels of "Quality" (the higher the compression, the higher the data loss and the lower the quality).
Gradient colours must be defined in RGB, greyscale or CMYK colours (with or without colour profiles). Other possible colour modes in a vector gradient (Separation, DeviceN or NChannel) cannot be not modified by this command.
Warning: Not all programs create vector gradients in the same way. For example, the most recent versions of Adobe InDesign create many vector gradients with NChannel colour space (even if their components are just process inks). So although they are originally in CMYK, this command does not modify them.
In such cases, the solution is to include a CMYK or RGB conversion of the gradients just before rasterizing them.
The resulting image will have the same colour type the vector gradient had (if the original colours were tagged with a colour profile, the resulting image will be tagged with the same profile).
In the case of masks and clipping paths, those parts of the gradients that were hidden are lost (as are the clipping paths). Everything is rasterized as a single image to preserve the presentation.
If the gradients are over other objects, these are not affected. The resulting image keeps transparent areas as such.
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