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svg to pdf
I've read all of the previous posts I can find regarding this and downloaded scribus, etc. Still confused. Still not working. What is the latest thoughts on how to accomplish this and not lose color fading and blurring, etc.?
Re: svg to pdf
Here is an attached file that was saved with the save as pdf option.
You can reopen it in inkscape, to have an idea how it is converted. It's a nightmare.
There were many kinds of clipping, blurring and mascing involved, here are the results:
pdf can handle
what pdf implements but not the best at
what pdf saving fails miserably
This is what Inkscape 0.48.4 r9939 can do.
You can reopen it in inkscape, to have an idea how it is converted. It's a nightmare.
There were many kinds of clipping, blurring and mascing involved, here are the results:
pdf can handle
- gradients with alpha channel
fills with alpha channel
clipping
masking with white objects
what pdf implements but not the best at
- blurred objects -all the blurred object will be converted to raster images that are embedded in a way,
with masking, clipping, embedding in fill, and anything worse you can imagine
what pdf saving fails miserably
- masking with gradients
masking with blurred objects
This is what Inkscape 0.48.4 r9939 can do.
- Attachments
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- pdftest.zip
- (58.26 KiB) Downloaded 174 times
Re: svg to pdf
Thanks, I did some very basic colored filled boxes blurred across the page for a color fade effect and it converts back into boxes in pdf.Text and images of the poem do fine. It is the blur and color issues that don't translate. I'll have to see if the editor will accept anything other than pdf format. Appreciate the help.
