In article <rVWgM7AcflcMFweV@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, David Pilling <flist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > In message <514b235b15dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Dave Symes > <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes > >With regard to level 3 PS, not a subject I know much about... Aside from > >knowing if you have the latest versions of some expensive Adobe software > >installed, they will be PS3. > The thing about PostScript level 3 is that it supports transparency. If > I had your problem, I would set up Ovation Pro for Windows to do direct > PostScript (level 3), print to a PostScript printer driver, and then use > GhostScript/gsview to convert it to PDF. This I expect would get me > transparent images with no messing about. > There are free packaged up versions of this process - cutepdf?, because > the above is a bit tedious to keep doing. Well... Thanks for that bit 'O info Mr P. On the advice of one of Fay's USA friends I did download the latest version of CutePDF early Sunday AM and install it, unfortunately it didn't make any difference, after creating the PDF the transparency was still black. :-( Dave -- Dave Triffid To unsubscribe or subscribe goto: //www.freelists.org/list/davidpilling