Debenu Quick PDF Library - PDF SDK Community Forum : Using masks for image transparency http://www.quickpdf.org/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Mon, 27 Jul 2026 11:55:46 +0000 Tue, 24 Jan 2006 23:40:17 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 11.01 360 www.quickpdf.org/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=279 <![CDATA[Debenu Quick PDF Library - PDF SDK Community Forum]]> http://www.quickpdf.org/forum/forum_images/QPDF_Forum_Title.png http://www.quickpdf.org/forum/ <![CDATA[Using masks for image transparency : This is encouraging from the PDF...]]> http://www.quickpdf.org/forum/using-masks-for-image-transparency_topic279_post1150.html#1150 Author: mrickan
Subject: 279
Posted: 24 Jan 06 at 11:40PM

This is encouraging from the PDF generation side at least.

Have you had any success using the masking features for this purpose? I've been able to set the transparent colour for an image using SetImageMask but it's not clear to me the order of operations to do the same using SetImageMaskfromImage.

]]> Tue, 24 Jan 2006 23:40:17 +0000 http://www.quickpdf.org/forum/using-masks-for-image-transparency_topic279_post1150.html#1150 <![CDATA[Using masks for image transparency : The use of transparencies in PDFs...]]> http://www.quickpdf.org/forum/using-masks-for-image-transparency_topic279_post1149.html#1149 Author: Michel_K17
Subject: 279
Posted: 24 Jan 06 at 10:56PM

The use of transparencies in PDFs is an interesting subject. Transparencies are indeed supported since specification v1.3 (Acrobat v5) but it is not supported by the Postscript Printer language. Therefore, a transparent object in a program such as MS Word will not look "right" in the PDF, and will usually be a simulated transparency (a bitmap with holes).

With respect to the quickpdf library, I have good news and bad news: you can insert transparent GIF files, and they seem to be handled properly and will even display properly in the PDF Reader. However, the bad news, if you also decide to use QuickPDF to display a PDF by generating an image of a page of a PDF will convert the transparent GIF into garbage (all garbled).

Therefore, if you plan to use quickPDF to render, then you will hit that limitation. Otherwise, you should be OK.]]> Tue, 24 Jan 2006 22:56:04 +0000 http://www.quickpdf.org/forum/using-masks-for-image-transparency_topic279_post1149.html#1149 <![CDATA[Using masks for image transparency : Hi everyone, I&#039;m just new...]]> http://www.quickpdf.org/forum/using-masks-for-image-transparency_topic279_post1117.html#1117 Author: mrickan
Subject: 279
Posted: 22 Jan 06 at 11:44PM

Hi everyone,

I'm just new to the QuickPDF library and I was wondering if someone had a small example of how to set a mask to preserve the transparency in a GIF or PNG image in the outgoing PDF.

I've checked the bug list and I'm assuming that this works as expected.

Mark

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