From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/6265 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Hans Hagen Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: Transparencies and color spaces (Was: new beta) Date: Tue, 04 Dec 2001 09:23:44 +0100 Sender: owner-ntg-context@let.uu.nl Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.1.20011204091805.02f1c448@server-1> References: <5.1.0.14.1.20011203171029.02f13158@server-1> <5.1.0.14.1.20011203171029.02f13158@server-1> NNTP-Posting-Host: coloc-standby.netfonds.no Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1035396801 8985 80.91.224.250 (23 Oct 2002 18:13:21 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 18:13:21 +0000 (UTC) Cc: ntg-context@ntg.nl Original-To: Henning Hraban Ramm In-Reply-To: <200112031728.fB3HSv401126@nathir.fiee.lan> Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:6265 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.comp.tex.context:6265 At 06:28 PM 12/3/2001 +0100, Henning Hraban Ramm wrote: >Am Montag, 3. Dezember 2001 17:16 schrieb Hans Hagen: > > for those who want to play with transparencies: > > \definecolor [halfred] [r=1,t=.5,a=1] should work in acro 5; there are some > > 12 alternatives (a) and the factor (t) is in the range 0-1 > >...but don't expect transparencies to be printable! >It is *not* possible, not even with Level-3-RIPs! hm, they do print here, but acrobat sends it in a special way; it prints on the fierry rip (color printer) (actually, the only thing that the fierry screws up are normal lines); the level 2 b/w printer does not show them (yet). there is always the "print as image" option which generally leads to better results anyway > > rgb, cmyk and gray scales are supported; i will also provide massive > > transparencies (apart from color) and more optimizes state restoring (pdf > > lacks a reset). > >Hm, what about ICC profiles? i never looked into that (don't even know what they are) Hans ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE | pragma@wxs.nl Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: +31 (0)38 477 53 69 | fax: +31 (0)38 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------