Hi JL, Thank you for your help. I guess I'll be using your workaround.
Regards, Rob On Mon, 2011-10-24 at 16:51 -0400, JL wrote: > Hello Robert, > > PDF2SWF does not always handle gradients/transparency elements with > the desired output. > > The Print and PDF world have their own issues with them let alone the > conversion process to an alternate format. > > That said, usually you will see recommended to use the "-s > poly2bitmap" or "-s bitmap" flags in conjunction with your PDF2SWF > arguments. > > poly2bitmap usually corrects these issues 50% of the time or so. the > bitmap option maybe another 20% on top of that. > > However, and is the case with your particular PDF, neither of those > seemed to help with your gradient issue. It is either just too > complex, or for some reason PDF2SWF is just not able to render it > gradient as expected. > > In times likes these, optimizing the PDF during generation may prove > successful prior to running through PDF2SWF. In most PDF generation > programs (various PDF printers, Acrobat, Word, etc) you should have > the option to generate the PDF to PDF version 1.3 (Acrobat 4.0) This > will automatically flatten the live transparency and give PDF2SWF a > better chance for a proper rendition. Certainly throws a extra step > in the over all conversion process, but there is not much at this > point to fallback on. Several people have offered to pay for a > customized iteration of PDF2SWF to tackle transparency, but I am not > sure whatever came of that request. > > And finally....last but not least, I ran your PDF through Acrobat's > Optimizer to set the version to 1.3 and still yet....PDF2SWF did not > provide an acceptable result. In the end, I saved your PDF back out > to a postscript file and ran it through distiller as PDF version 1.3 > and ran it back through PDF2SWF and the result was acceptable to my > eyes. Gradient was retained without any other visual loss of quality. > So was a two step prep process needed to be put through before pushing > to PDF2SWF. Most of the time, this extra step is not necessary...but > when it is...not much else I can recommended. > > Happy rendering > > JL > > On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 2:52 PM, Robert Damiano > <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I've attached a PDF file that has a gradient, but when I use > the pdf2swf tool the gradient is not maintained in the SWF. > Here is the way that I'm calling pdf2swf: > > pdf2swf --fonts --flashversion 9 --jpegquality 75 -s > disablelinks -s zoom=125 -p 1-1 download-pages-1319124407.pdf > -o test.swf > > Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > Regards, > > --------------- > SWFTools-common is a self-managed list. To subscribe/unsubscribe, or > amend an existing subscription, please kindly point your favourite web > browser at:<http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/swftools-common> > > -- Robert Damiano Java Developer | Mygazines [email protected] --------------- SWFTools-common is a self-managed list. To subscribe/unsubscribe, or amend an existing subscription, please kindly point your favourite web browser at:<http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/swftools-common>
