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vector objects get rasterised if transparency gradient is applied


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First I recognised that IDMLs which contain a rectangle with applied transparency gradient do not get imported properly.

Maybe this is because AfPub misses the options in the layers effects panel:

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This is a IDML pictureframe with placed .ai vector graphic.
I converted it with Designer so that there would be less problems, but still...

 

Then I try to reconstruct this "vanishing effect" with the transparency tool.

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But this does not work on the IDML pictureframe, I have to select the placed vector graphic instead and hope to get the start and end right.

 

If I export this, I get an rasterised vector pattern, which is not acceptable.

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  • Main machine: iMac 2019 (21,5-inch 4k, 6core), 64GB RAM, 1TB nvme + 2TB ssd, running on Mac OS 13;
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I understand that some effects, which distort objects on a pixel level would lead to rasterised output.

But my example only has a "luminosity mask". As you see in the last of my screenshots, a 12 year old version of Indesign is able to output a vector-clean pdf.

 

Another, simple, one:
I called it "strangefish")

I attached all files

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After IDML-import I had to recreate the lost transparency gradient with the transparency tool.

Now, on export it suggests "some parts will be rasterised". (PDF attached)

Then I checked "rasterise none" (2nd PDF attached) which looks like it would be OK but I can't be sure.

 

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  • Main machine: iMac 2019 (21,5-inch 4k, 6core), 64GB RAM, 1TB nvme + 2TB ssd, running on Mac OS 13;
  • Display setup: 28" 5k Display (primary) + 21,5" iMac4k-Display for studio panels (secondary);
  • Keyboard layout: german apple extended keyboard (aluminium);

 

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