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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>EPS, AI, </span></i><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>and </span><i><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>PDF</span></i><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> are all essentially the same file with different options – not really!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>If importing EPS worked, but importing PDF didn’t </span><i><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>and </span></i><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>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 </span><i><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>should </span></i><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> - Dov<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border:none;border-top:solid #6A737B 1.0pt'><tr><td width=43 style='width:32.25pt;border:none;padding:0in 15.75pt 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><img width=43 height=72 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01CE1FFF.81A419E0" alt="Description: D:\Documents\Adobe Artwork\2012\Adobe Products\E-mail 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(tel)<br>+1 408.242.5161 (cell)</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:11.25pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="mailto:isaacs@adobe.com"><span style='color:black'>isaacs@adobe.com</span></a></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=291 valign=bottom style='width:218.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:11.25pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>345 Park Avenue<br>San Jose, CA 95110-2704 USA<br><a href="http://www.adobe.com/"><span style='color:black'>http://www.adobe.com</span></a></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></td><td valign=bottom style='border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan=3 style='border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#00B050'>Feel free to print this e-mail if your needs dictate hard copy.<br>There is no need to feel guilty about printing!<br>Paper is renewable and recyclable.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#00B050'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>ISAACS-OFFICE.corp.adobe.com<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-left:solid blue 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt'><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> Matt Sullivan [mailto:matt@mattrsullivan.com] <br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, March 13, 2013 8:04 AM<br><b>To:</b> Steve Rickaby<br><b>Cc:</b> framers@lists.frameusers.com<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: FrameMaker-specific preflight problem: update<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>First off, I'm glad you found a workaround.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>EPS, AI, and PDF are all essentially the same file with different options, so I still wonder what the main issue is.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>-Matt</span></i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5F497A'>Matt Sullivan</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#747474'><br><i>technical communication | online training | eLearning</i></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#747474'><br></span></b><b><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#7F7F7F'>twitter: </span></b><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#7F7F7F'><a href="http://twitter.com/mattrsullivan">@mattrsullivan</a></span><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#747474'><br><b>phone:</b> 714 960-6840 </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Mar 13, 2013, at 3:57 AM, Steve Rickaby <<a href="mailto:srickaby@wordmongers.demon.co.uk">srickaby@wordmongers.demon.co.uk</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal>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.<br><br>I then tried importing as an .eps: problem fixed.<br><br>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.<br><br>Thanks to everyone who responded to this.<br>-- <br>Steve<br><br><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></body></html>