[Scribus] pictures too dark

[robert]

On Friday 22 July 2005 13:48, Craig Bradney wrote:
> On Friday 22 July 2005 08:41, robert wrote:
> > On Thursday 21 July 2005 18:17, PLinnell wrote:
> > > On Friday 22 July 2005 01:11, robert wrote:
> > > > I've just starting using 1.3.0 (July 14, 2005 build) and I can
> > > > export just fine. The problem is the pictures look very dark in
> > > > Reader (7.0). I've got the export set for screen/web and I didn't
> > > > find anything in archives. Just out of curiousity, I also loaded
> > > > the pdf up in xpdf, and while the fonts look bad, the pictures are
> > > > fine. Can anyone explain what's going on?
> >
> > A follow-up:
> >
> > I found an old copy of Scribus (1.2.1, Jan 08, 2005) on my HD, so I
> > decided to see if that has the same problem. I created two new pdfs,
> > containing the exact same picture, one from Scribus 1.2.1 and the other
> > in Scribus 1.3.0. Surprise! The 1.2.1 version displays just fine, while
> > the 1.3.0 pdf is too dark. I checked the export options and can't find
> > any differences.
> >
> > Then I got another idea, "What if I load the image up in the GIMP and
> > convert it to jpg?". It was originally a png (with an alpha channel).
> > Well, I did that and now the jpg based 1.3.0 pdf displays fine. So it
> > looks like a Scribus problem after all, but it only affects Reader in
> > Linux. Arggggh! Well, at least I have a work around.
> >
> > Can anyone with a more current Scribus (after July 14, 2005 build)
> > confirm this for me? Do pngs display too dark? I'll file a bug report,
> > but I'd like to know it's not just me first.
>
> You will still get issues with dark images with JPG format on Acro Reader
> on Linux. It will depend on the PDF version etc you are exporting as
> transparency is one of the things that triggers it. There is an Acro Reader
> bug as Peter has said.
>
> Craig

OK, except for two things: 1) JPG doesn't support transparency, and 2) I did 
not get the same behavior using Scribus 1.2.1 (using the original png image).

Does 1.2.1 do something, or not do something, that 1.3.0 does?

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