[OS X TeX] PDFs with gradient mesh applied don't appear

[Herbert Schulz]

On Nov 16, 2012, at 4:52 PM, Ross Moore <ross.moore at mq.edu.au> wrote:

> Hi Gary,
> 
> On 17/11/2012, at 9:26 AM, Gary L. Gray wrote:
> 
>> I am hoping an expert with knowledge of Illustrator and pdflatex can help me with this.
>> 
>> I just created a figure in Illustrator that uses the mesh tool to create a custom gradient. What the figure is supposed to look like can be seen in the attached file named C10S3Fig-EulerAngles-1.pdf. What I see when I include it in a pdflatex document is what you see in PastedGraphic-3.png. Interestingly, if I use TeXShop's Selection tool to grab the image from the preview, I see what you see in PastedGraphic-2.pdf. One more thing, when I view the PDF in Acrobat, it looks fine.
> 
> I don't get these issues, using TeXshop v2.31.
> (see attached image)
> 
> <Screen shot 2012-11-17 at 9.48.20 AM.png>
> 
>> 
>> Can anyone give me any insight into what is going on here?
> 
> Originally I was thinking:
> 
> It may be that you can only get the correct view, with smooth
> gradients, when using Adobe software for the viewing.
> When you use an Apple-based tool, e.g. for selection in TeXshop,
> then you get rectangles with no gradient effects, as the Apple 
> software cannot yet cope with these properly.
> 
> 
> But after doing the inclusion myself, I really do not know
> what is happening. It may be a regression from you using
> later software versions than what I do.
> 
>> 
>> Thank you.
>> 
>> Gary
> 
> 
> Best of luck,
> 
> 	Ross


Howdy,

This is what I'm seeing using TeXShop 3.11, OS X 10.8.2 and a fully updated TeX Live 2012.



Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest dot com)



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