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SannaSWE
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July 3, 2009
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EPS with transparency

  • July 3, 2009
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I´m working with an image that I have rendered from 3ds Max and taken it into PhotoShop to save it as a EPS image. Because then I´m going to open it in FrameMaker and then finally post it in WebBase. My issue is that I want the image background to be transparent, I guess i have to make some kind of workpath around the object to get the tranparency but how on earth save it so it´s still transparant in FrameMaker? I know it´s possible, have seen it but I just can´t get it right.

Hope anyone out there understands my problem and have a solution wating for me. Best regards, Sanna

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    JanP64
    Participating Frequently
    June 8, 2010

    It looks like the problem is solved.

    With a lot of help from Bernd (behind the scenes we had some tests and mails):

    1. Follow the procedures as described in Bernd's PDF (above).
    2. Save the FM file. (in FM the graphic still looks wrong)
    3. To make the PDF: Use "Save as PDF" and make sure that the "Convert CMYK to RGB" is OFF.

    (Background: In the past I used to make my PDF's with "Print" and used printer: "Adobe PDF".

    Sometimes I used to print to a PS file and used the Distiller.

    Both of these methods lead to "wrong" transparency (in my case a white rectangle instead of the transparency).

    My thanks to Bernd !

    Arnis Gubins
    Arnis Gubins
    Inspiring
    June 9, 2010

    Jan,

    FYI, printing to the AdobePDF printer instance and running Distiller on the intermediate postscript file is *exactly* what SaveAsPDF does (albeit this goes on behind the scenes and does some of the housekeeping for you). If you were not getting the correct transparency behaviour when creating a PDF manually through Distiller, then something is still not correctly specified in your configuration.

    Be.eM
    Be.eM
    Inspiring
    June 9, 2010

    Arnis Gubins wrote:

    FYI, printing to the AdobePDF printer instance and running Distiller on the intermediate postscript file is *exactly* what SaveAsPDF does (albeit this goes on behind the scenes and does some of the housekeeping for you).

    Arnis,

    AFAIK this is only true when "Convert CMYK colors to RGB" is enabled. Creating CMYK PDFs with FM9 is not the same as running PS through Distiller in the "old" way.

    However, my test file also worked with RGB conversion enabled, so there seem to be some unknown variables...

    Bernd

    Arnis Gubins
    Arnis Gubins
    Inspiring
    July 3, 2009

    By default, FM imports all graphics with a background set to White. Select the EPS file and then select the Fill for it to "None".

    J
    JanP64
    Participating Frequently
    June 3, 2010

    Sorry, but I can't seem to get this working for my graphics.

    Have been trying to put round (or triangular for that matter) images on top of a non-white background, and am not able to get rid of the white "square" box around the image shape.

    Same for pictures with flyout remarks (saved as EPS)

    I tried this with EPS, TIFF, JPG, and with various types of clipping masks, paths, transparencies etc.

    (working with FM9 and CS5)

    Thanks for any help.

    Michael_Müller-Hillebrand
    Michael_Müller-Hillebrand
    Legend
    June 3, 2010

    Jan,

    You would not see the transparency in FrameMaker, only after creating a PDF or printing to a PostScript printer.

    - Michael

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