Hi Peter, I brought this up because this requirement was present in the previous version of the Contributor's Guide. When I first read the guide and then started my first chapter update, I created some new images and saved them in an ODG file. Later on I tried to figure out where to upload the ODG file into NextCloud by looking for other ODG files, but found none.
Now, my opinion is that saving ODG files is only useful if the figure has lots of annotations (arrows, callouts, etc). In such cases, reviewers can edit the image and update annotations. In cases where the images are simply a screenshot of a dialog without any annotation, then it's not really necessary to upload the image to NextCloud because it would be very simple to take a new screenshot if necessary. As for the use of ODG by translators, maybe these files are not very helpful to them. Consider a case where there is a dialog screenshot (the dialog is in English) and lots of annotations in English too. A translator will have to take a new screenshot and change the annotations manually. Hence, the existence of an ODG file wouldn't be very helpful. We could ask their opinion on this matter. I think we have two possible paths: 1) We can drop this requirement from the Contributor's guide; 2) We could improve this procedure to provide more directions on how to handle images. For example, for each chapter ODT file there could be an ODG file with the same name containing all the images prepared for the chapter. We could also highlight that this should be done only for images that have annotations. What path do you think is best? Regards, Rafael Lima On Tue, Dec 15, 2020 at 10:16 AM Peter Schofield <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Dan > > There is no need to create a bitmap. You can export illustrations with or > without text directly from Draw into PNG format. Just use the default > settings in the export dialog for PNG. > Regards > Peter Schofield > Sent from my iPad Mini > > > On 15 Dec 2020, at 13:46, Dan Lewis <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > What I do is use Draw to combine text and a screenshot. Next group the > two. With a right click, this can be converted to bitmap. Next save as an > image (PNG). > > > > Dan > > > >> On 12/15/20 06:14, Peter Schofield wrote: > >> Hello > >> > >> A review comment raised by Rafael about illustrations. > >> > >> Are we going to store all the illustrations used in user guide chapters > in NextCloud? > >> This could create storage space problems on NextCloud as illustrations > do take a lot of storage space. > >> > >> If we are storing illustrations in NextCloud, do we store PNG and ODG > format? PNG format is the best to use, but ODG format is needed if text has > been added to a screenshot. > >> > >> Would appreciate a prompt answer so I make changes to Chapter 2 > Producing LO Guides. > >> > >> Regards > >> Peter Schofield > >> [email protected] > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe e-mail to: > [email protected] > > Problems? > https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > > Posting guidelines + more: > https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > > List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/ > > Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy > > -- > To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] > Problems? > https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/ > Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy > -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
