Hello Jakob, Your best bet is probably going to be to optimize the PDF before the PDF2SWF conversion. If possible try to save the PDF as a version 1.3 PDF (aka Acrobat 4.0) This will automatically flatten the PDF's transparent and other complex graphics giving a simpler file for PDF2SWF to work with.
If you do not have access to the original file (Indesign, Illustrator, Word, etc.) then if you have Acrobat Pro you can use the Save As>Optimized PDF function to re-bake the PDF. You can also save the PDF to a postscript file (ps) and then back to PDF which will give the same flattening effect. If you have already tried the poly2bitmap/bitmap options without any luck, then modifying the PDF beforehand is probably the best solution. Good Luck. JL -----Original Message----- From: swftools-common-bounces+imuserpol+swftools=gmail....@nongnu.org [mailto:swftools-common-bounces+imuserpol+swftools=gmail....@nongnu.org] On Behalf Of Jakob Hohlfeld Sent: Monday, December 17, 2012 7:55 AM To: swftools-common@nongnu.org Subject: [Swftools-common] Internal error: badly balanced softmasks/transparency groups Hi to all, I am using swftools-0.9.2 on an Ubuntu 12-04 machine. I want to convert a PDF to SWF. The PDF document is rich in graphics, transparancies and general design. I don't know much about how the PDF was created, but running pdf2swf gives me this error: > $ pdf2swf InputFile.pdf -o OutputFile.swf > FATAL: Internal error: badly balanced softmasks/transparency groups I searched the web and found a workaround: render graphics as bitmaps $ pdf2swf -s poly2bitmap InputFile.pdf -o OutputFile.swf Though this runs smoothly, the result is an SWF document that is missing some graphics at all. Distinguishing from the contents of the original document, there might be an alpha mask involved in the breaking of the transformation, as it was tried in the first place. Could anyone give a hint about what to do about the softmasks/transparency error - at least beyond completely opting-out of vector graphics? Thanks for your advice Jakob -- Jakob Hohlfeld IT-Consultant / Software Engineer PRODYNA AG Heinrich-Nordhof-Straße 101 38440 Wolfsburg Telefon +49 5361 463256-0 Telefax +49 69 78 70 34-11 Mobil +49 171 867 69 07 jakob.hohlf...@prodyna.com www.prodyna.com --------------- SWFTools-common is a self-managed list. To subscribe/unsubscribe, or amend an existing subscription, please kindly point your favourite web browser at:<http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/swftools-common> --------------- SWFTools-common is a self-managed list. To subscribe/unsubscribe, or amend an existing subscription, please kindly point your favourite web browser at:<http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/swftools-common>
