Another PDF question

[masque]

I've attached a file that was created in DesignerPro6 and exported as a PDF/x-1a.
The background colour when opened in Designer is now black as opposed to the red colour behind the house on the rectangle that is due to the shadow area.
Apart form another problem that has now cropped up with this, can anyone suggest a reason why its turned black. (Thats assuming it shows black on any other computer than mine)
In Illustrator or anything adobe its the right colours but I need to know whats going on.
Derek

[Soquili]

Hi Derek,

The background looks red on my system using Adobe Reader.

[sjukmidlands]

It looks dark red on mine too (Acrobat Pro 9)

[gwpriester]

Looks dark red in Acrobat. But when I import the file into Designer the background is black. So, confirmed. Same thing with Xtreme Pro. And yes, it looks fine in Illustrator. So the problem would appear to be with Designer's PDF import.

Just out of curiosity, was your background color Pantone? Maybe Designer is having problems importing Pantone spot colors.

[Soquili]

Note to self: read the Full Post before replying.

Sorry Derek, on import the red does become black.

[masque]

Looks dark red in Acrobat. But when I import the file into Designer the background is black. So, confirmed. Same thing with Xtreme Pro. And yes, it looks fine in Illustrator. So the problem would appear to be with Designer's PDF import.

Just out of curiosity, was your background color Pantone? Maybe Designer is having problems importing Pantone spot colors.

Gary
No, its 34.4% red in RGB sampled from a colour in a file supplied. To be honest its gone to print now and everything at there end is fine with the PDF sent which was made in Illustrator as I just didn't trust my original PDF from Designer, though thats the first problem i've ever had with PDF.
It might be something to do with the spot colour blue key line overlay for cutting though I don't know why or what the problem might be.
Bill
Dont worry about it. I often find myself answering posts I haven't read without realising I don't know whats being asked. I suspect that theres a lot going on around me I'm completely oblivious too.
Derek

[amoore]

I think it has to do with opening or importing CMYK versus RGB. I have similar problems with materials from our ad agency. They use InDesign. Their comps import as RGB. The photos and non-photo colors are perfect.

Final, press-ready art with progressive color bars and reg marks? That's another story. The non-photo colors look wrong on screen, but they seem to print correctly. The photos appear as negatives and print as negatives. If I'm lucky, I can resurrect a barely usable version with third-party correction tools.