(For the record on the list, I attach a small res screenshot to illustrate the matter, description below; My apologies for any inconvenience.) On Aug 30, 2021, at 09:36, Benjamin Buchmuller wrote: Sorry, I've been probably a bit unclear. The file to look at is "test.pdf" (first and second page). This is a screenshot of what I see (attached): * in the embedded png (as reference for how the original pdf looks like) the gradients are (no surprise) visible. Green to read for the ellipse and in the rod using a white-to-gray gradient. * in the embedded pdf (what I would like to do eventually) both gradients disappear. However, when I use \startTEXpage ... \stopTEXpage around the \externalfigure, everything looks and prints fine.

On Aug 30, 2021, at 08:54, Hans Hagen wrote:

On 8/30/2021 7:03 AM, Benjamin Buchmuller via ntg-context wrote:

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Hello list, I have noticed that some gradients get lost when embedding an external figure from a pdf (Preview and Acrobat DC and in printer), although the original pdf works fine for me.

you have to be a bit more precise in desribing what you expect because i don't see it ... there's a pdf and lowres png .. these are different anyway, the low res png has some anti aliasing

Hans

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