Re: pdf export problem
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- Subject: [mg98191] Re: pdf export problem
- From: hayes.tyler at gmail.com
- Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2009 06:00:35 -0500 (EST)
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Hi Rob: My comments are below.... On Mar 31, 5:14 am, ragfield <ragfi... at gmail.com> wrote: > > A couple of things: > > [1] For obvious reasons, transparency doesn't work well, but if you > > save using the "bitmap" that will solve that problem. > > Perhaps these reasons are less obvious than you think. Transparent > graphics export to PDF fine for me. Could you explain what you mean > by this? I can only comment on this one, the posting below from someone else. >From the Documentation Centre on Opacity: Opacity Opacity[a] is a graphics directive which specifies that graphical objects which follow are to be displayed, if possible, with opacity a. Opacity[a, color] uses the specified color with opacity a. MORE INFORMATION * Opacity runs from 0 to 1, with 0 representing perfect transparency. * If an opacity a object with color c1 is placed in front of an object with color c2, the resulting color will be the blend ac1+(1-a) c2. * If red and blue with opacity 0.5 are combined, the result is purple=97not black, as it would be with physical monochromatic filters. =BB * Opacity works in both 2D and 3D graphics. * It may take significantly longer to render 3D graphics that involve transparent surfaces. * Graphics that involve transparency may need to be printed as high-resolution bitmaps. So, this last one is what I meant. And, from my experience, is true. Cheers, t.