On 01/17/2012 12:11 PM, Vladimir Savic wrote: > > > On 01/17/2012 04:22 PM, Gregory Pittman wrote: >> On 01/17/2012 10:11 AM, Gregory Pittman wrote: >>> On 01/17/2012 09:59 AM, Stefan wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Only the newest PDF versions support transparency. >>>>> >>>> >>>> And many commercial printers forbid transparency in PDF >>>> >>>> >>> It's important to note that one can flatten transparency. One way to do >>> this is to print from Scribus to a file, which creates a PS file, which >>> can then be converted to PDF 1.3 with the appearance of having the >>> transparency. >>> >> >> Oops! not this way. >> >> Instead export to pdf1.4 in Scribus, then pdftops, then ps2pdf13. >> >> Greg >> > > Why don't we just get rid of PDF 1.3. It's of little use for anyone > these days. Yet, it can render many users confused. I'm aware of need > for supporting PDF X-3, but what if we pay much more attention in > Preflight process on X-3 export? Informing user what might get wrong > and/or even employing ghostscript for converting some temp file created > by Scribus, if transparency is present, that is. In this part of Europe > we have no need for X-3, so I have a little insight on potential > problems by pdfX3-ps-pdfX3 conversion. > Being realistic, it's unlikely we'll get useful flattener anytime soon. > I'm not even sure I want it now since it would drive developers away > from much more needed stuff. I don't like excuses for not having > "native" blur objects in Scribus. :) It affects SVG import, on which > many, if not all, designers on Linux rely, and makes work-flow for > getting soft shadows so complicated that I could understand if one would > never get into. > I know this "solution" is radical, but I don't think it's insane. > It's neither radical nor insane, but what if you want to create PDF 1.3, and don't have any transparency? The basic capability is there. I think the default setting for Scribus export is 1.4; the warnings from Preflight Viewer are nonetheless a good thing -- we might change the language to "advisory", but I think it's still worthwhile.
Greg
