Error exporting XARA file to PDF with Layers

[capellan]

Hi all,

Please, help me to test this XARA feature
of exporting a PDF with layers.

Download the file: _Peppers.xar
and export it as a PDF version 1.5
or higher where each Xara Layer is
exported as a Pdf layer.
Post your results in this message
thread.

In my side, when I export to a Pdf with
layers, the result is that all layers are
stacked in the correct order, with the
Stained glass transparency applied correctly,
BUT I could not HIDE or SHOW the individual
layers. It's like the Pdf file do not have
multiple layers, just one. The effect that
I look for is to demostrate how every CMYK
primary color overlays the others to print the
color image.

You could download all individual grayscale TIF
images, inside the ZIP file attached to this message.

This image named "Pepper" is part of the
collection of Miscellaneous Test images
from:
http://sipi.usc.edu/database/databas...olume=misc#top

Thanks in advance for your help!

Alejandro

[James Allen]

Hi Alejandro,

It worked okay for me. Once into the PDF file, click the layers icon on left, and then click the options icon (cogs) and click ‘expand all’.

[capellan]

No, it does not works in my side.

Could you compress the Pdf file
and post here or in some free file
sharing webhost (MU, RS, Etc.)?

Thanks in advance, James!

Al

[James Allen]

The zip file only reduced it by a few bytes, so I'll just post the PDF file.

[capellan]

Layer display in this Pdf is exactly
what I am looking for! :-D
But where are the CMYK colors?
Are not visible in the Xara file?

After I imported the grayscale
images, they were given a Primary
color (Black, Cyan, Magenta or Yellow)
in their Dark Contone setting:
http://www.talkgraphics.com/showthre...e-to-Two-Color

Then, I applied a Stained glass transparency
to each one. In this way, the four images
superimposed would recreate a Full color image.

This works really nice inside Xara.

If that works the same in the Pdf,
showing and hiding their layer, you could
verify how the Primary CMYK colors add up
to display the image.

Could you add the correct dark contone color
to the grayscale images and then apply
the Stained glass transparency?

Then save as a pdf with layers and
repost your results.

Many thanks again for your time
to test this!

Al

[James Allen]

Hi capellan,

The images in your zip file above were all grayscale images. Did you make them into the contones you speak of?

[capellan]

Yes, in the Xara file these grayscale images
are colored in Cyan, Magenta, Yellow
and Black.

Look at the jpeg attached to this message.

Did you test the Xara file? Does it look different than
this jpeg file when you open it?

Al

[James Allen]

When I open the xara file all the tifs are grayscale. I can add the cmyk colours but the end result is still way too dark. I guess this has something to do with the version I'm using, but normally files that open for me open properly. Perhaps someone would like to try this with DP6.

[capellan]

Now I am worried. This file was created in
Xara Xtreme 3.2.3.2317 CD Jul 13 2007

Why this Xara file loses their CMYK colors
when opened in other application version?

Al

[handrawn]

Hi

your coloured bitmaps are coloured in version 2 but the colour is lost in DP6
I think it has to do with the change in the way bitmaps are now handled in the program
In version 2, and presumably 3, you simply right clicked on the colour to achieve the effect you have - in later versions there is a popup menu and you need to contone dark or light colour to achieve this effect - so it has been lost