Re: [Swftools-common] PDF converts backwards

[Jeff Seibert]

Thanks, Matthias! Glad to hear I am not going crazy ;)

Jeff

On Dec 18, 2008, at 12:45 PM, Matthias Kramm wrote:

> On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 09:54:55AM -0800, Jeff Seibert <address@hidden 
> > wrote:
> > I am having an issue where one of my PDFs is converting backwards -
> > that is, shapes in the background of the PDF appear in the foreground
> > of the resulting SWF.
> >
> > I have posted the (very simple) PDF here:
> >
> > http://www.ariossoftware.com/pub/backwards.pdf
> >
> > You will notice when opening the pdf that the shape is generally  
> > green-
> > colored. When I convert it with this command:
> >
> > ./swftools-2008-11-19-1013/src/pdf2swf --flashversion=9 -s  
> > scale=100 -
> > o logoobject2As.swf logoobject2As.pdf
> >
> > I get a SWF that where the shape is generally yellow-colored. This is
> > not a color issue but instead a reversal: the yellow shapes are
> > supposed to be underneath the green ones.
>
> Very interesting problem- thank you for the file.
>
> It's a fill mode issue. It might take a while until this is fixed- in
> the meantime, you should get the file to convert correctly by using  
> the
> "-s poly2bitmap" option.
>
> Greetings
>
> Matthias