Thanks Leonard.
What if all I'm doing is a few color replacements? Could I just find
something like 0 0 0 1 k in the stream (assuming that's there) and then
replace it with 4 numbers for my predetermined CMYK values or are there
other intricacies that would cause issues?
On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 1:59 AM, Leonard Rosenthol <lrose...@adobe.com>wrote:
> Can you do this with iText? Yes. HOWEVER it is going to require you to
> have a VERY DEEP understanding of PDF and Color Management/Science.
>
> Leonard
>
> From: Jon Wu <j...@wuservices.com>
> Reply-To: Post here <itext-questions@lists.sourceforge.net>
> Date: Wednesday, January 15, 2014 10:24 AM
> To: Post here <itext-questions@lists.sourceforge.net>
> Subject: [iText-questions] Changing colors of graphics and text in
> imported PDFs
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to find a way to manipulate the colors in existing PDFs. I
> saw some similar questions asked 6 or more years ago and I'm not sure if
> things have changed.
>
> Imagine I have a design that started in Adobe Illustrator with text and
> graphics and there are 5 distinct colors used in the design such as a color
> palette like ones you see on https://kuler.adobe.com/. The goal is to be
> able to identify the 5 colors in the PDF and replace with with entirely new
> CMYK colors as if I can just change the palette of the design on the fly
> from code. If it helps, I could make all 5 of the initial colors anything
> such as a named spot color.
>
> Can I (or do I want to) do this with iText?
>
> If not, what about string manipulation / search and replace?
>
> Or I see in past posts there was some mention of other programs to do
> this but some examples would be helpful is iText isn't the right tool for
> this purpose.
>
> Thanks!
>
>
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