[poppler] Fwd: Re: PDF rendering with Poppler

[Leonard Rosenthol]

At 04:55 AM 12/23/2005, Brad Hards wrote:
>* regular masked images (image dicts with a /Mask entry)

         That has been implemented in Xpdf for YEARS.  I'd like to 
see a failing example of this.


>* softmasks on Images (image dicts with a /SMask entry)

         That is part of the latest patches that you have from Xpdf.


>* constant alpha in the graphics state

         That's implemented for Splash, but may not be for other backends.


>* ShadingType 4 shading dictionaries

         I believe that is in the latest patches from Xpdf.


>* softmasks in the graphics state
>* shading dictionaries as softmasks in the graphics state

         Neither of these are supported in Xpdf at this time - they 
are MAJOR pieces of work that Derek hasn't undertaken yet.


Leonard

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