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IDProjectCategoryView StatusLast Update
0017703ScribusPDFpublic2025-12-05 18:23
ReporterFrederickYocum Assigned To 
PrioritynormalSeveritymajorReproducibilityalways
Status newResolutionopen 
Product Version1.6.4 
Summary0017703: Transparency fails on import of Scribus generated PDF
DescriptionIn an effort to create four-up artwork for printing, I generated a PDF from a Scribus document which had drop shadows on a number of the text objects and placed it in a Scribus document. The transparency failed with whatever combination of PDF setting I tried.
Steps To ReproduceGenerate a PDF in Scribus. Import it into Scribus. Generate print ready PDF.
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ale

2025-12-05 18:23

manager   ~0053342

Here is a PDF generated by Scribus from a text frame with a drop shadow and the result
2-del-drop-shadow.pdf (28,237 bytes)
2-del-drop-shadow.png (18,257 bytes)   
2-del-drop-shadow.png (18,257 bytes)   

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2025-12-04 22:44 FrederickYocum New Issue
2025-12-05 18:23 ale Note Added: 0053342
2025-12-05 18:23 ale File Added: 2-del-drop-shadow.pdf
2025-12-05 18:23 ale File Added: 2-del-drop-shadow.png