[scribus] transparency in pdf export does not work

[S. Knotz]

  I am using Gimp 2.6.8 for Mac with XQuartz 2.3.5.
I saved the files as png.

Thanks, Susanna

Am 23.08.10 21:31, schrieb Christoph Schäfer:
> 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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