Jakob Hohlfeld <jakob.hohlfeld@...> writes: > > Hi to all, > > I am using swftools-0.9.2 on an Ubuntu 12-04 machine. I want to convert a PDF to SWF. The PDF document is rich > in graphics, transparancies and general design. I don't know much about how the PDF was created, but > running pdf2swf gives me this error: > > > $ pdf2swf InputFile.pdf -o OutputFile.swf > > FATAL: Internal error: badly balanced softmasks/transparency groups > > I searched the web and found a workaround: render graphics as bitmaps > > $ pdf2swf -s poly2bitmap InputFile.pdf -o OutputFile.swf > > Though this runs smoothly, the result is an SWF document that is missing some graphics at all. > Distinguishing from the contents of the original document, there might be an alpha mask involved in the > breaking of the transformation, as it was tried in the first place. > > Could anyone give a hint about what to do about the softmasks/transparency error - at least beyond > completely opting-out of vector graphics? > > Thanks for your advice > Jakob > > -- > > Jakob Hohlfeld > IT-Consultant / Software Engineer > > PRODYNA AG > Heinrich-Nordhof-Straße 101 > 38440 Wolfsburg > > Telefon +49 5361 463256-0 > Telefax +49 69 78 70 34-11 > Mobil +49 171 867 69 07 > jakob.hohlfeld@... > www.prodyna.com > > --------------- > 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> > >
Hi Jakob, Try the following command. This may help: pdf2swf --shapes -s poly2bitmap InputFile.pdf -o OutputFile.swf regards Ahmed Khan Principal Software Engineer, Strategic Systems International, Lahore, Pakistan. --------------- 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>
