Set SMaskInData to 1 for PDFs with alpha #7316
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Helps #7312
Pillow can convert a PNG with transparency to PDF
However, what does transparency mean exactly in PDF? There is debate about this in #7312, and various image viewers are discussed, so I'll try and keep it simple here by saving it that if I convert the PDF back to PNG with ImageMagick,
convert transparent.pdf out.png
, at the moment, I get a black background instead of transparency.In https://opensource.adobe.com/dc-acrobat-sdk-docs/pdfstandards/PDF32000_2008.pdf, under 7.4.9 'JPXDecode Filter', it states
If I set
SMaskInData
to 1 when saving the PDF, the roundtripped PNG keeps its transparency.