FrameMaker-specific preflight problem: update

[Dov Isaacs]

EPS, AI, and PDF are all essentially the same file with different options - not really!

Illustrator files input into FrameMaker depend on the Illustrator file being saved with PDF compatibility. It is the PDF that FrameMaker really deals with in that file, not the actual private Illustrator information.

For PDF files (and thus Illustrator files) imported into a FrameMaker document, the PDF content is converted internally into EPS and a high resolution "preview" is created from the PDF.

If importing EPS worked, but importing PDF didn't and the original artwork contained live transparency (as in drop shadows, etc.), then the difference would be that when creating EPS from Illustrator, transparency is flattened immediately since PostScript doesn't support live transparency at all! The PDF probably still had the live transparency which should have been properly flattened when the PDF was imported and internal EPS was created. If this happened with the current FrameMaker release and you are able to (1) repeat the problem and (2) share the files with Adobe, I would advise you to report this as a serious bug.

            - Dov

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From: Matt Sullivan [mailto:matt at mattrsullivan.com]
Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2013 8:04 AM
To: Steve Rickaby
Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Re: FrameMaker-specific preflight problem: update

First off, I'm glad you found a workaround.

EPS, AI, and PDF are all essentially the same file with different options, so I still wonder what the main issue is.

-Matt

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On Mar 13, 2013, at 3:57 AM, Steve Rickaby <srickaby at wordmongers.demon.co.uk<mailto:srickaby at wordmongers.demon.co.uk>> wrote:


I tried ensuring that the drop shadow was created by a filer rather than an effect, and imported the illustration as a PDF. The problem remained.

I then tried importing as an .eps: problem fixed.

So it seems to be specific to an interaction between Illustrator drop shadows, FrameMaker's importing of PDF files, and FrameMaker's subsequent PDF generation.

Thanks to everyone who responded to this.
--
Steve


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