> > Thank you very much for your answer. Does it simply mean that > there is no way I can extract the image as it appears in the pdf? >
Of course not. It simply means you need to look at other image attributes to see how to interpret the data. What in specific you'll need to check will vary from one image format to another. I recommend reading the PDF Specification for all the nitty gritty details: http://www.adobe.com/content/dam/Adobe/en/devnet/pdf/pdfs/PDF32000_2008. pdf And "iText in Action" to see how best to apply that information within iText. --Mark Storer Senior Software Engineer Cardiff.com import legalese.Disclaimer; Disclaimer<Cardiff> DisCard = null; > -----Original Message----- > From: dpreznik [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, December 09, 2010 5:38 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [iText-questions] Images extract problem > > > > 1T3XT info wrote: > > > > Actually, they are not really negatives. > > They are files with a mask (or they are the mask for another image). > > For instance: if you add a PNG with transparency to a PDF file, you > > can find two images inside the PDF: one without transparency and > > another one that acts as the mask for this image (making it > > transparent). > > > > Thank you very much for your answer. Does it simply mean that > there is no way I can extract the image as it appears in the pdf? > > -- > View this message in context: > http://itext-general.2136553.n4.nabble.com/Images-extract-prob lem-tp3079140p3080161.html > Sent from the iText - General mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------- > _______________________________________________ > iText-questions mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions > > Many questions posted to this list can (and will) be answered > with a reference to the iText book: > http://www.itextpdf.com/book/ Please check the keywords list > before you ask for examples: http://itextpdf.com/themes/keywords.php > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ iText-questions mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions Many questions posted to this list can (and will) be answered with a reference to the iText book: http://www.itextpdf.com/book/ Please check the keywords list before you ask for examples: http://itextpdf.com/themes/keywords.php
