[Scribus] Flatten layers at export time.

[D. R. Evans]

Gregory Pittman said the following at 04/18/2008 08:48 AM :
> John Culleton wrote:
>> Apparently Scribus does not (yet) have a flatten layers function. If I 
>> export in pdf 1.3 format does that flatten the output pdf?  
>>
>>   
> There are layers and there are layers.
> Layers in the sense of collections of objects of all sorts on different 
> levels on that layer are all flattened in the PDF.
> 
> Layers in graphic images is a different kind of layer, which Scribus is 
> beginning to be able to work with. These too will be flattened in the PDF.
> 
> Then there are layers in PDFs, as in PDF 1.5, which is just beginning to 
> be implemented in development versions, not in 1.3.3.x.
> 

Somebody probably needs to write this up in a bit more detail.

Your explanation confused me (for one).

I do know, for example, that when I export to PDF 1.4 and then view the
resulting file with acroread, I can see the reader putting the layers up on
the screen one at a time (and these layers appear to be the same as the
layers in Scribus); so at least in some sense the file isn't flattened. I
believe that that is what the OP is talking about.

Exporting to PDF 1.3 instead of PDF 1.4 causes the reader to put the
information on the screen all at once (i.e., I can't see individual layers
being displayed to build up the resultant image).

So in some sense it seems to be true that PDF 1.3 is flattened, but PDF 1.4
is not. Which I think is what the OP was after. Maybe.

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