I upgraded to 0.44 (using svn) for the enhanced transparency handling but - altho' I do get vector graphics retaining their transparency when saving to PDF - I am now losing all .png .jpg and bitmaps. They don't show up at all. ldd /bin/inkscape shows that all dependencies are met on my Ubuntu Dapper box running kernel 2.6.15. Am I missing something simple or is this a bug?

> There is a patch available that does pdf export via cairo library. > http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1519675&... Err.. bug-fixes to the current PDF exporter are not picked-up?

Adib Taraben wrote: > Werner van Staden schrieb: > > I upgraded to 0.44 (using svn) for the enhanced transparency handling > > but - altho' I do get vector graphics retaining their transparency when > > saving to PDF - I am now losing all .png .jpg and bitmaps. They don't > > show up at all. The new PDF exporter writes PDF directly while the earlier PDF exporter actually wrote postscript files that where converted to PDF files. This limited the resulting PDF to features available in PS (no transparency, for instance), but being new and immature the new PDF exporter miss several features the old PS->PDF conversion had; such as text objects and embedded bitmaps. The plan with including the new PDF exporter in 0.44 was/is to have a Google student extend/rewrite it (or maybe just use it as a study object and later abandon it) and finally make Inkscape export PDF files by use of Cairo. http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=15820481 Bugs filed today on dash-patterns, miter-limits and transparency will directly help the next PDF exporter. > This is a known limitation :-( Maybe these are a more accurate links: http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=15412294 http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1472677&... You can always use the old route and go SVG->PS->PDF if you need images. Simply re-activate the old ps2pdf.inx extension you are back with the same PDF exporter is 0.43. > There is a patch available that does pdf export via cairo library. > http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1519675&... Err.. bug-fixes to the current PDF exporter are not picked-up? ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&... _______________________________________________ Inkscape-user mailing list Inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-user

Werner van Staden wrote: > 1. downgrade inkscape back to 0.43 (bitmaps recognised by PDF export) This is basically the postscript exporter followed by a PS->PDF conversion. You can do that with 0.44 too. See pdf_output.inx in inkscape/share/extensions/ directory.

> 2. open your SVG and remove all text and vectors from the canvas > 3. export remaining bitmaps as a single high resolution bitmap > (this step avoids those black rectangles that result from PDF > export process mangling transparent bitmaps) The black boxes are because postscript doesn't support transparency. If all you need is full transparent and full opaque I have added some basic code for masking images lately. Feel free to try it and report any problems.

> 4. revert to the original SVG (containing ALL elements) > 5. import the bitmap generated in step 3, resize & position it > 6. remove the individual bitmap images that are now redundant > 7. select all text elements and select: PATH > OBJECT TO PATH > this ensures that the PDF conversion process does not mess with > your font appearance > 8. SAVE as PDF and view with acroread