Re: Acrobat Reader 5.0 available / Ghostscript 7.0 available

[Taco Hoekwater <taco@elvenkind.com>]

Hi Tobias,

> > Does anybody know what the "illustrator 9 graphics that contain
> > transparancy" really are? That sounds like something that is potentially
> > interesting.
> Note that you only wrote to me not to the list.

Corrected that later by sending the message to the list as well :)

> Well there is:
> http://partners.adobe.com/asn/developer/technotes/acrobatpdf.html
> 
> PDF: Changes from Version 1.3 to 1.4
> #5409   03/26/01 (PDF: 781 KB / 236 pages)
> 
> Which contains a chapter: "Transparency in PDF"

Just browsed through it. Sounds like the only two programs
in the world that are capable of providing the correct
(read: implemented in Reader) output are Photoshop and 
Illustrator. I get the impression that the specs are a 
straight conversion from AP/AI's layer/channel options,
and that Reader is actually sharing code with these programs.
It also leads me to expect that the Linux version will be
some months away and will reach new heights on the 
bug per feature ratio.  :(

-- 
groeten,

Taco