[Scribus] pictures too dark

[Craig Bradney]

On Friday 22 July 2005 22:06, robert wrote:
> 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?

Did you have the display transparency option turned on in 1.2.1? Whether JPG 
supports transparency or not is irrelevant if the PDF is exported into a 
version that supports transparency.

Can you send me the PNG for testing?

tnx
Craig
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