PDF Import

[Jacob Schäffer (Grafikhuset)]

Hi Arnis

Fortunately, properly prepared EPS is not that bad at all. As you very well know I'm pretty happy with PostScript :-)

Anyway, in graphics production of year 2013 it's no less than *very* easy - by accident or lack of knowledge - to mix an unsuitable PDF into a FM-workflow, e.g. a perfectly legal PDF from Illustrator or InDesign that contain objects that doesn't easily reproduce with 1:1 object conversion to the PostScript imaging model.

It's been a long time since I commented on anything here, but I'm still lurking :-)

Let me use this opportunity to encourage Adobe to implement true PDF-library support into FM !!!

Best regards / Med venlig hilsen
Jacob Schäffer  |  Chief Developer
Grafikhuset (House of Graphics)
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-----Original Message-----
From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Arnis Gubins
Sent: 16. april 2013 22:10
To: "Jacob Schäffer (Grafikhuset)"
Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Re: PDF Import

Hi Jacob,

AFAIK, that's what goes on behind the scenes. FM doesn't support all of the PDF (imaging) functionality, such as live transparency, and still outputs via an outdated postscript printer model (i.e. the Adobe PDF printer instance). It has to first flatten the content to be able to output the postscript. This is also why it was so difficult to get the CMYK PDFs to work properly. So, for now, EPS is still at the heart of FM.

Adobe may discourage, but, until they put the resources into FM to directly create PDFs (like all of the other Creative apps), proper EPS will be the safest and fastest route to a PDF output. ;-)

Regards,

Arnis

On 16/4/2013 3:32 PM, Jacob Schäffer (Grafikhuset) wrote:
> Hi Arnis,
>
> Is it really true that FM makes an internal PDF->  EPS conversion?
>
> If "true" that’s very interesting. As to my knowledge Adobe 
> unceasingly discourage the use of EPS when PDF is available because 
> the PostScript imaging model can't render a quite substantial amount 
> of PDF objects correctly :-)
>
>
>    
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