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Leonard The JPEG image, although it displays as black and white in this particular case, describes itself as a 3 component 8 bits per component image. Is this suitable for ImageMask? Shouldn't an ImageMask image have just have 1 bit per component? You advice is appreciated Antony -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Leonard Rosenthol Sent: Tuesday, 11 May 2004 11:10 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [PDFdev] painting an image red _____________________________________________________________ At 04:27 AM 5/11/2004, Antony James Clark wrote: >Can someone please help me with a quick answer to an easy question? >I create an Image XObject for a JPEG stream with a DeviceRGB ColorSpace, and >name it /Imx in the XObject dictionary of the ProcSet for the page, with a >corresponding /GSx in the EXTGState dictionary. >I draw the image using /GSx gs q ... cm /Imx Do Q >It prints in its native colors, black and white. Of course it does - it's an image, so the bits of the image are rendered... >What should I do to paint it red? Use an ImageMask instead. Leonard --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Leonard Rosenthol <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Chief Technical Officer <http://www.pdfsages.com> PDF Sages, Inc. 215-938-7080 (voice) 215-938-0880 (fax) To change your subscription: http://www.pdfzone.com/discussions/lists-pdfdev.html
