If you want all PSTricks code to be imported from within the TeX main input file, then it will be better using xelatex than using pdflatex +auto-pst-pdf. There are many limitations of using pdflatex + auto-pst-pdf. I will list the details in the next edit.
If you want some PSTricks code to be imported in the TeX main input file and the remaining PSTricks code to be converted to PDF images, then use xelatex + preview package.
If your PSTricks code
makes use of \label as in the following example:
\begin{equation}\label{eq:Einstein}
\rnode{A}{E}=mc^\rnode{B}{2}
\ncbar[angle=90]{A}{B}
\end{equation}
or imports an image of type PNG, PDF, JPG as in the following example:
\newsavebox\IBox
\savebox\IBox{\includegraphics{image.jpg}}
\pspicture(\wd\IBox,\ht\IBox)
\rput[bl](0,0){\usebox\IBox}
\endpspicture
or works together with animate package as in the following example:
\animateinline[palindrome,autoplay]{10}
\multiframe{11}{r=1+-0.1}{%
\pspicture(2,2)
\pscircle*[linecolor=red,opacity=0.5](1,1){\r}
\endpspicture}
\endanimateinline
then pdflatex -enable-write18 + auto-pst-pdf cannot be used to produce the correct result.
The solution: use xelatex instead but it runs very very slowly if you compile the whole input files. To speed up the compilation, you should divide the your input file into several sub-files. Put each of "independent" PSTricks fragment into a separate input file and compile it to produce a single PDF output.
Note: An independent PSTricks fragment is a PSTricks code that does not
belong to the 3 cases mentioned above.
An example of an "independent" PSTricks fragment:
% frame.tex
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{pstricks}
% preview must come after any pstricks package!
\usepackage[active,tightpage]{preview}
\PreviewBorder=0pt\relax
% Either
\PreviewEnvironment{pspicture}
% or
%\PreviewEnvironment{pspicture*}
\begin{document}
\begin{pspicture}(1,1)
\psframe(1,1)
\end{pspicture}
\end{document}
Compile it with xelatex (slower than the snail) or latex-dvips-ps2pdf (faster than the light) and you will get frame.pdf.
Later, you can import the frame.pdf from within your main input file as follows:
% main.tex
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\begin{document}
\includegraphics{frame.pdf}\newpage
\animateinline[palindrome,autoplay]{10}
\multiframe{11}{r=1+-0.1}{%
\pspicture(2,2)
\pscircle*[linecolor=red,opacity=0.5](1,1){\r}
\endpspicture}
\endanimateinline
\end{document}
Once again, compile the main input file using xelatex only. But compilation becomes faster! Note: latex-dvips-ps2pdf cannot import PDF images, that is why you have to use xelatex only!
NOTE: The main input file must NOT load preview package if you load
animate package. Practically, you never need to load preview in
the main input file, only sub-files need preview.
I have no problem with
\documentclass[10pt]{article}
\usepackage{pst-all}
\usepackage[pspdf={-dNOSAFER -dALLOWPSTRANSPARENCY}]{auto-pst-pdf}
\begin{document}
\includegraphics[height=3.5cm]{tiger.pdf}
\begin{pspicture}(0,0)(18,10)
\pspolygon[fillstyle=solid,fillcolor=lightgray,linewidth=0](0,3)(0,0)(3,0)(3,3)
\end{pspicture}
\end{document}
However, running it with lualatex (needs an up-do-date TeX distribution) makes life easier ....
\RequirePackage{pdfmanagement-testphase}% needed for transparency
\DeclareDocumentMetadata{}
\documentclass[10pt]{article}
\usepackage{pst-all,graphicx}
\begin{document}
\includegraphics[height=3.5cm]{tiger.pdf}
\begin{pspicture}(0,0)(3,3)
\pspolygon[fillstyle=solid,fillcolor=lightgray,linewidth=0](0,3)(0,0)(3,0)(3,3)
\end{pspicture}
\end{document}
Best Answer
the documentclass
standalonecannot work together with theauto-pst-pdfpackage and the[pstricks]option forstandalone. UseHowever, it makes no sense to use
standaloneandauto-pst-pdftogether.