On Mon, 31 Aug 2015 10:00:57 +0200 Eric Hanuise <eric.hanuise at flatlinedgames.com> wrote:
> > For print I always use an output format of pdf > > X/1-a:2001 which doesn't allow > > transparencies. Any transparencies should be > > converted to bitmaps via Gimp, imagemagick > > etc. Of course you should always use CMYK > > colors instead of RGB for printing. > > > > When excessive ink coverage is involved I use > > an icc profile SWOPcoated5_240.icc which > > limits the ink coverage to coverage to 240%. > > I will post it at > > http://wexfordpress.net/SWOPcoated5_240.icc > > > > It was created for my use years ago by one of > > the experts on the icc_users mailing list. > > > Thank you. > As explained, Transparencies are key - we have > a lot of image elements that are on transparent > background, which need to be superimposed on > other background elements, as well as inkscape > svg files with lots of effects (blurs, > clipping, etc), which need to be converted to > bitmap as sometimes some of the effetcs get > lost when importing them as svg's or pdf's. > Doing that work in Scribus itself is very > impractical, and importing bitmap works very > well. > > So are there any other options to control pdf > ink coverage than using export formats that do > not support transparencies ? > > Not to my knowledge. But if you load a png page into gimp and then save it as pdf 3 the transparencies should covert to bitmaps. -- John Culleton Wexford Press Book layout, typesetting and Indexing Free list of books for self-publishers: http://wexfordpress.net/shortlist.html
