Do you have transparency? Paulo
----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter van Raamsdonk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, March 17, 2007 10:11 AM Subject: [iText-questions] Color looks different after drawing particularimage types > Hi, > > I don't know if this is itext related or simple in the pdf. > > I use the pdfgraphics2d and paint images loaded by ImageIO. If I fill a > simple rectangle with an color the color 'visually' changes (darkens) in > the pdf when I draw an image with a different colormodel like in gif or > png. In fact all colors change but in images the change is harder to > notice compared to a solid color. If I draw a jpg or bmp or don't draw an > image, the colors stays correct (or the same compared to the color (RGB) > in html). > > If tried resetting the color, background and composite to the start values > but still the same result. There are no layers painted over each other > mixing the colors. No blending involved. > > If I look at the color, the color stays exactly the same and the > colormodel too, yet visually it is not the same. I use itext 1.3.0. It > happens with both Acrobat reader 7 and 8. > > I wonder if anybody noticed this too and where the problem may lie. > > If I print the pdf the color is printed in the darkened form (this could > be printer related). If I use the same color in html it is shown in a > lightened form. > > Basically nothing changes but is shown otherwise, > > Color me crazy but it is true, > > Peter > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Live Search, for accurate results! Click here -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share > your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > _______________________________________________ > iText-questions mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions > Buy the iText book: http://itext.ugent.be/itext-in-action/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ iText-questions mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions Buy the iText book: http://itext.ugent.be/itext-in-action/
