pdf export on 3.2

**riburton** · 23 October 2007, 07:49 PM

I upgraded to Xara 3.24 and now when I export a pdf I lose my transparencies. I'm sure this is simple as usual, so what am I doing wrong. Thanks for your help.

**Egg Bramhill** · 23 October 2007, 10:26 PM

Hi riburton,

I don't think PDF files like transparencies. Do a search on PDF + Transparency, you might get the idea.

**riburton** · 23 October 2007, 11:16 PM

I absolutely know that before I upgraded to 3.2 I could export my pdfs with transparencies because I was doing it all the time. I went to the help section of Xara (duh) and found this:

"The General Options tab in the PDF Export Filter provides a range of settings that can be configured to specify PDF document attributes including version compatibility, how content is encoded and which pages are to be rendered.

PDF Version compatibility
The PDF Export Filter supports versions 1.3, 1.4, 1.5 and 1.6 of the PDF format to ensure compatibility with a wide range of applications. Unless PDF version 1.3 compatibility is required, select PDF version 1.4 or greater as the output format as this will provide support for transparency."
I thought I had it but I exported with versions 1.4, 1.5 and 1.6 and still got the same results, no transparency.

For some reason, Quark Express will not import the pdf made from version 1.6. I need help.

**riburton** · 24 October 2007, 04:10 AM

I still have my old version of Xara Extreme on my machine and I brought it up and exported my file to a pdf and it worked just as it always has. The transparency came out ok in the pdf. Why does it not work in 3.24?

**Tao jones** · 24 October 2007, 06:46 AM

I just tried it and it worked with these settings custom, Adobe 7 1.6, untick for fast web, bitmap compression to none, opened in AI fine...tao

EJ · 24 October 2007, 11:26 AM

Same here. I tried old and new XXtremes and both exported transparency in pdf.
Erik

**Albacore** · 24 October 2007, 01:14 PM

Please remember that it is better to export transparencies in CMYK doc. as PDF X-1a and that it will be rendered as a bitmap on output. It works no problem other than what I stated.

**riburton** · 25 October 2007, 08:37 PM

Well I don't know what it is with my version. I have tried it every way and still cannot export a pdf with the transparency. Now my old version does not do it either. It always comes up with the white background showing on the pdf. I'm stumped. I have to export as a tiff to go to print.