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Files with transparencies need improvement when saved as a PDF...

Started by artbraune, April 02, 2009, 06:08:22 AM

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artbraune

April 02, 2009, 06:08:22 AM
The subject line is an understatement...

Try saving a file with any transparencies either from Visio with the "Publish as PDF or XPS" function or via Adobe Acrobat. The results are not pretty.

Art

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April 02, 2009, 06:27:40 AM Last Edit: April 02, 2009, 06:30:05 AM by Visio Guy
Yes, Art is very correct about this.

One failure of the pdf-export is with gradient fills that involve transparency.

I exported plain old gradient fills, and they seemed ok, but if there were transparent overlays, then the results were less than good. There is a very strong banding:



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