Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ Distortion of included pdf images in Mac Preview only?

[michaeltmccarthy]

Dear Latex Community,

I'm having a problem with including pdf images in pdf latex documents.

I've made several images using Inkscape svg, and saved them in pdf format. Theses pdf images display perfectly well on Adobe Reader, and Mac Preview in pdf format.

When I compile the document using TeXShop on a Mac, the images in the resulting pdf are distorted, for example, with missing gradients, empty shapes, and solid transparencies.

But they only look distorted in Mac Preview (and the TeXShop pdf viewer), and look fine in Adobe Reader. I don't think the problem is with the pdf image files, as these are displayed normally in Mac Preview outside the latex document. The problem only appears in the TeXShop created pdf file.

I've made a minimal working example below, including the .tex file, the .cls file and a sample pdf image.

I'd appreciate any suggestions!!

Thanks,
Michael

[localghost]

I'm not sure if I can comprehend the problem because I use another PDF viewer (Okular) and you did not attach a screen capture of the output. I used this example code.

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\documentclass[11pt]{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{graphicx}

\begin{document}
  \includegraphics[scale=0.5]{cartoon}
\end{document}

The resulting output is attached and seems to be as desired. Please compare with the view of the original "cartoon.pdf" on your machine. I uploaded the file to writeLaTeX and got the same output.


Thorsten

[michaeltmccarthy]

Hi Thorsten,

Thanks for your answer. It seems that it's working alright for you then.
When I run the same code, and look at the pdf output in Adobe reader, I get:

20130620 adobe reader.png (166.97 KiB) Viewed 16950 times

And in Mac Preview, I get:

20130620 osx Preview.png (222.57 KiB) Viewed 16950 times

But again, the original pdf of the image exported from Inkscape looks fine on both viewers.

If you have any suggestions as to the cause, it would be great!

Thanks,
Michael

[localghost]

[…] If you have any suggestions as to the cause, it would be great! […]

As I already mentioned, I use completely different software. So I can't diagnose the problem. But it seems as if Preview has a bug.

[michaeltmccarthy]

I think you're probably right!
Thanks again,
Michael