Hi Jan. Jan Tosovsky: > I rely on mask in my SVG image (simplified test case enclosed) but when it > is later converted into the PDF format, all the objects underneath that mask > are rasterized. Although the final quality can be set via the dpi attribute, > I would prefer vector nature of these objects (btw, it drastically reduces > the final file size). Is there any option or approach to avoid this > rasterizing? Or is this behaviour by design? > > I use Batik 1.7. Actually I need it for FOP, but it uses Batik for SVG > processing I think.
I am not knowledgeable about PDF, but my understanding was that the type of effects that masks can have cannot be represented in PDF itself and therefore have to be rasterised. I see that your example actually uses a mask that is either fully on or fully off at every point. If that is representative of your actual uses of masks, you could replace that with a <clipPath>, which shouldn’t cause the content to be rasterised. -- Cameron McCormack ≝ http://mcc.id.au/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: batik-users-unsubscr...@xmlgraphics.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: batik-users-h...@xmlgraphics.apache.org
