Ok, thanks for your help. I will have a look at StreamLine. Do you know if it is available for Java ? Thanks
Pascal > Pascal, > > I'm sorry. Streamline is an Adobe product that converts > bitmap files to vector files. I'm sure there are other > products that do the same thing, I'm just familiar with > Streamline. > > You and I are in the same boat as far as not knowing > much about SVG. I understand the concept behind it, but > never really dig into the nuts and bolts of the xml > behind it. I use the new Illustrator(10) to do all of > the dirty work. Because FOP doesn't support EPS (yet), > the best way for designers to use sharp images in their > pdfs is to use SVG and creating them in Illustrator > suites me. > > I'm looking for cheaper solutions, if anyone knows of > any, please let me know. > > Thanks, > John > Atlanta > > http://www.marymakes.com >> Hi John, >> >> I don't know much about SVG. What exactly do you mean by using >> StreamLine ? Is it a process to turn a bitmap into vector based >> graphics ? >> Can you give me more details about the solution you used ? >> >> Thanks >> >> Pascal >> >> >> > Pascal, >> > >> > I had a problem similar to this. I scanned in a >> > person's signature and opened it in Illustrator, then >> > saved it as SVG. Viewing the SVG file in IE and in >> > Illustrator it looked fine, but in my pdf it was too >> > large. I then decided to convert the bitmap to a vector >> > image using Streamline. After the conversion, I saved >> > it again in Illustrator as an SVG. After this, it >> > looked fine. >> > >> > I know this isn't the most technically satisfying >> > answer, but it may temporarily solve your problem. >> > >> > Hope this helps, >> > John Fox >> > Atlanta >> > >> > http://www.marymakes.com >> >> Hi all, >> >> >> >> I am trying to fit a barcode image into a FOP 0.20.3 document >> >> (PDF). The image is much bigger in the PDF (screen or printed) than >> >> when i view it into an imaging tool. >> >> I have a constraint on the barcode image that make it impossible >> >> for the width to be less than about 250 pixels (I need to put 17 >> >> characters on this barcode). I can decrease this value a bit but >> >> not much. >> >> By reading the resources pages, I figured out that FOP was running >> >> at a fixed 'dots per inch' value (Actually 72 dpi). >> >> I looked at the source code and found >> >> org.apache.fop.svg.PdfTranscoder and org.apache.fop.svg.SVGElement >> >> seem to handle this issue. >> >> I have tried to hack these values using the following formula: >> >> >> >> value = 1/dpi-value*2.54. >> >> >> >> But it does not scale down. In fact, I am wondering if SVG is >> >> really involved in scaling the image (I use an >> >> fo:external-graphic). I also tried setting content-width and >> >> content-height to 50% but then FOP complains that "No conversion is >> >> defined". Seems to be it won't get the % character. >> >> Can anyone with similar experience help ? >> >> >> >> Thanks in advance >> >> >> >> Pascal >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>
