Re: [artworks] Sprite masks and hidden sprites
- From: Tim Powys-Lybbe <tim@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: artworks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 12 May 2008 21:18:40 +0100
In message of 12 May, Martin Wuerthner <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> In message <cfdb649e4f.tim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Tim Powys-Lybbe <tim@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
<snip plus a few more later on>
> Here, you mentioned printing whereas further down you referred to PDF
> export. You probably want to use PDF export in this case, which
> handles masked sprites fine. However, if you were to print a sprite
> with a mask then please bear in mind that the RISC OS PostScript
> printer driver ignores the mask! This is one of the things that a
> PostScript 3 driver would finally cope with.
>
> > I have now found that GView gets the image right - so I can rely on PDF
> > export.
>
> Yes, definitely. Apart from a few exotic things PDF export handles
> everything ArtWorks supports.
And I later exported the PDF output to a Mac and printed via its drivers
totally satisfactorily, to the same networked printer.
If the RISC OS Postscript 3 driver eventually sees the light of day,
there will be much rejoicing here.
> > Does anyone know of an easier way to update sprites in the sprite
> > pool?
>
> Unfortunately not. This is one of the things on the wish list.
Many thanks for the above elucidation and helpful comments. Again I
would be most grateful if the above modifications happen.
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Tim Powys-Lybbe tim@xxxxxxxxx
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