And we all know how well it works when you leave runarounds turned on. Berny Gagne Lead Writer Husky Injection Molding Systems Ltd. Bolton, Ontario, Canada
-----Original Message----- From: framers-bounces+bgagne=husky...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces+bgagne=husky.ca at lists.frameusers.com] Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2007 11:15 AM To: mathieu jacquet Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: Background with JPEG Well, No, FM doesn't support transparency. However, you might run into a disagreement on whether it's broken or not. As whoever you quoted mentioned, the tradeoff seems to be support for runarounds or transparency, and they picked runarounds. Art On 3/20/07, mathieu jacquet <bobitch at hotmail.com> wrote: > I come back to what you both said about transparency after reading > this technical note by Adobe : > > " Transparent Color in Images Is White in FrameMaker > > Adobe FrameMaker doesn't support transparency in image files (for > example, EPS, TIFF, GIF, or JPEG). When you import an image, > FrameMaker maps any transparent pixels to white to enable irregular > text runarounds. If FrameMaker did not map transparent areas of images > to white, text runarounds would not work correctly with the image" > > (http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=317850) > > So, does FrameMaker support transparency at all or not ? Apparently, > versions affected by this technical note are 5.0 to 7.0...WAs it fixed > with the 7.2 version ? > > Thank you for you help, > > Mathieu. > > > >From: "Sean Pollock" <spolloc1 at hotmail.com> > >To: art.campbell at gmail.com, bobitch at hotmail.com > >CC: framers at lists.frameusers.com > >Subject: Re: Background with JPEG > >Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2007 13:18:06 +0000 > > > > > > > >EPS with transparency applied always works well if you don't mind the > >larger file size. > > > >--Sean Pollock > >UGS Corp. > > > > > > > > > >From: "Art Campbell" <art.campbell at gmail.com> > >To: "mathieu jacquet" <bobitch at hotmail.com> > >CC: framers at lists.frameusers.com > >Subject: Re: Background with JPEG > >Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2007 06:50:31 -0500 > > >The short answer is "no," because (besides being a poor choice for > > >any publishing use other than www) transparency isn't supported. > > > > > >If you have Photoshop or a similar program, you can isolate the > > >background from your subject and set it to white and still use .jpg. > > > > > >If you want true transparency, you need to pick a graphic file > > >format that supports it: Photoshop's own format, GIF, or another... > > > > > >Art > > > > > >On 2/27/07, jacquet <bobitch at hotmail.com> wrote: > > >>Hi > >all, > > >> > > >>when you import jpeg images (pictures of spare parts), is it > > >>possible not to have a white or greyish square background appear ? > > >> > > >>Do you import in another format or is there a trick to have the > > >>background disappear ? > > >> > > >>Thank you all, > > >> > > >>Mathieu. > > >> > > >>_________________________________________________________________ > > >>Personnalisez votre Messenger avec Live.com > > >>http://www.windowslive.fr/livecom/ > > >> > > >>_______________________________________________ > > >> > > >> > > > > > > > > >-- > > >Art > >Campbell >art.campbell at gmail.com > > > "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 > > >Vincent > > > and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson > > > No disclaimers > >apply. > > > DoD 358 > > >_______________________________________________ > > > > > > > > >You are currently subscribed to Framers as spolloc1 at hotmail.com. > > > > > >Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > > > > >To unsubscribe send a blank email to > > >framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > > >or visit > > >http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/spolloc1%40hotm > > >ail.com > > > > > >Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > > >http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Personnalisez votre Messenger avec Live.com > http://www.windowslive.fr/livecom/ > > -- Art Campbell art.campbell at gmail.com "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson No disclaimers apply. DoD 358 _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to Framers as bgagne at husky.ca. Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/bgagne%40husky.ca Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
