Ahh, I thought a bcc to Dov might elicit a response! Thx Dov, for clarifying!
-Matt Matt Sullivan technical communication | online training | eLearning twitter: @mattrsullivan phone: 714 960-6840 On Mar 13, 2013, at 3:29 PM, Dov Isaacs <isaacs at adobe.com> wrote: > EPS, AI, and PDF are all essentially the same file with different options ? > not really! > > Illustrator files input into FrameMaker depend on the Illustrator file being > saved with PDF compatibility. It is the PDF that FrameMaker really deals with > in that file, not the actual private Illustrator information. > > For PDF files (and thus Illustrator files) imported into a FrameMaker > document, the PDF content is converted internally into EPS and a high > resolution ?preview? is created from the PDF. > > If importing EPS worked, but importing PDF didn?t and the original artwork > contained live transparency (as in drop shadows, etc.), then the difference > would be that when creating EPS from Illustrator, transparency is flattened > immediately since PostScript doesn?t support live transparency at all! The > PDF probably still had the live transparency which should have been properly > flattened when the PDF was imported and internal EPS was created. If this > happened with the current FrameMaker release and you are able to (1) repeat > the problem and (2) share the files with Adobe, I would advise you to report > this as a serious bug. > > - Dov > > <image001.png> > Dov Isaacs > Principal Scientist > Adobe Systems Incorporated > +1 408.536.2896 (tel) > +1 408.242.5161 (cell) > isaacs at adobe.com > 345 Park Avenue > San Jose, CA 95110-2704 USA > http://www.adobe.com > > > Feel free to print this e-mail if your needs dictate hard copy. > There is no need to feel guilty about printing! > Paper is renewable and recyclable. > > ISAACS-OFFICE.corp.adobe.com > > > > From: Matt Sullivan [mailto:matt at mattrsullivan.com] > Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2013 8:04 AM > To: Steve Rickaby > Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com > Subject: Re: FrameMaker-specific preflight problem: update > > First off, I'm glad you found a workaround. > > EPS, AI, and PDF are all essentially the same file with different options, so > I still wonder what the main issue is. > > > -Matt > > Matt Sullivan > technical communication | online training | eLearning > > twitter: @mattrsullivan > phone: 714 960-6840 > > On Mar 13, 2013, at 3:57 AM, Steve Rickaby <srickaby at > wordmongers.demon.co.uk> wrote: > > > I tried ensuring that the drop shadow was created by a filer rather than an > effect, and imported the illustration as a PDF. The problem remained. > > I then tried importing as an .eps: problem fixed. > > So it seems to be specific to an interaction between Illustrator drop > shadows, FrameMaker's importing of PDF files, and FrameMaker's subsequent PDF > generation. > > Thanks to everyone who responded to this. > -- > Steve > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20130313/c0176b76/attachment.html>
