Opacity in SVG graphics on PDF documents.

["Koes, Derrick" <De...@smith-nephew.com>]

I know that opacity is a problem as evidenced known problem 6.
 
http://xml.apache.org/fop/graphics.html#svg-problems
<http://xml.apache.org/fop/graphics.html#svg-problems> 
 
However, does anyone know why?  I attempted to work around this issue by
converting the image first to png (tried tiff and jpeg too).  The opacity is
there with png, but any text is choppy, pixilated, especially when printing.
Text is much better if I leave the svg graphic as it is, but of course,
everything is opaque.
 
Thanks for any help,
Derrick
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RE: Opacity in SVG graphics on PDF documents.

[Chris Faulkner <ch...@oramap.com>]

Hello

Not sure why this is a problem. I use batik to create JPGs with transparency
from SVG input. I then embed these with FOP. Have you tried rasterising your
SVG separately ?

Chrus
  -----Original Message-----
  From: Koes, Derrick [mailto:Derrick.Koes@smith-nephew.com]
  Sent: 31 October 2003 13:26
  To: 'fop-user@xml.apache.org'
  Subject: Opacity in SVG graphics on PDF documents.


  I know that opacity is a problem as evidenced known problem 6.



  http://xml.apache.org/fop/graphics.html#svg-problems



  However, does anyone know why?  I attempted to work around this issue by
converting the image first to png (tried tiff and jpeg too).  The opacity is
there with png, but any text is choppy, pixilated, especially when printing.

  Text is much better if I leave the svg graphic as it is, but of course,
everything is opaque.



  Thanks for any help,

  Derrick

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