PDF gradient alpha & disable PDF page thumbnail

[ono]

Hello,

I have two feature requests:

(1) PL18 supports alpha for solid colors from PDF 1.4, but it does not support alpha in gradients, while it is absolutely possible to have alpha.
Update: 18.40b9 supports semitransparent PDF gradients.

See attached PDF files and SVG source, one made with Inkscape other with PhotoLine:

AlphaInkscape.png

AlphaPL1840b6.png

Seems the trick is:

Code: Alles auswählen

   /Group <<
      /Type /Group
      /S /Transparency
      /I true
      /CS /DeviceRGB
   >>

However I tried to modify PL PDF adding this prop, but it does not work, maybe gradient color coords need alpha too.


(2) PL always embed JPG page thumbnail, please ad an option to NOT embed it, this is useless when producing inline images and assets, just bumps file size.

[ono]

FYI, 18.40b9 now correctly exports PDF semi transparent gradients!

Kudos Martin!