[scribus] transparency in pdf export does not work

Christoph Schäfer christoph-schaefer at gmx.de
Mon Aug 23 21:31:55 CEST 2010


Am Montag, 23. August 2010, 15:28:43 schrieb Gregory Pittman:
> On 08/23/2010 07:38 AM, Susanna Knotz wrote:
> > Submitted on 08/23/2010
> > Submitted by anonymous user: [10.1.5.224]
> > 
> > Submitted values are:
> > 
> > Name: Susanna Knotz
> > Email Address: sknotznews at online.de
> > Subject: transparency in pdf export does not work
> > Message:
> > I just downloaded 1.3.8 German version, 21. Juli 2010, Built-ID:
> > C-C-T-F-Q-Mac/Aqua on with Mac OS X 10.6.4, 2.26 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo.
> > I cannot export transparency into neither of the pdf-versions. I have
> > transparencies in the alpha-channels of some photos and with some frames
> > and color patches. Probably I have to change some basic properties? So
> > far I have looked in forums but found no solution that helped me.
> 
> I just tried this, and found no problem on Linux, but I don't have
> anything with transparent alpha channels with me right now.
> You have to export to PDF 1.4 or better for transparency to be possible.
> 
> You will get a warning about transparency even when you export to 1.4,
> but that can be ignored.
> 
> What are you using to view the PDF?
> 
> If you reply, please also CC: the Scribus User Mailing List
> 
> Greg
> 

Hi Susanna,

It would also help to know what file format you use and and what program 
created the image files.

Christoph 



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