<snip> Change your 8-bit PNGs to 24-bit. (There's surprisingly little increase in size, in my experience.) </snip>
I did some testing once and created two documents, where the only difference was one doc had an 8-bit png inported by reference and the other had a 16-bit png imported by reference. When I generated PDFs, the PDF with the 8-bit png was actually bigger. Mike -----Original Message----- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Combs, Richard Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2009 1:24 PM To: jdeland1 at comcast.net; framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: Reduce Number of Color Definitions? Fred Ridder wrote: > Jack DeLand wrote: > > I have inherited some docs that have a huge number (dozens) of color > > definitions, all in RGB values. I want to edit these down to about 10 > > entries that I actually need. Is there a fast and easy way to do this? > > If these are colors with names something like "RGB256,256,256", they > are likely to be artifacts from inserting graphics (I think it was only one > particular file format and had something to do with the color depth, but > that doesn't really matter in this context), and the easiest way to get > rid of them is to use the MIF filters to "wash" the document. Use Save As > to save the file in MIF format, then open the MIF file and use Save As to > re-save it in .fm format. Or if you have a lot of files to clean, you might > want to download and install the demo version of Mif2Go and use the > "Wash Via MIF" command that the tool adds to FrameMaker's File menu. The source of these is 256-color (8-bit) PNGs. FM adds each of the colors defined in such a PNG's color palette to its color definitions list. As I was writing this, Art responded. No, full-color (24-bit) PNGs _can't_ cause this problem -- they don't _contain_ a list of color definitions. In 24-bit graphics, each pixel can have any RGB value (8 bits each for R, G, and B equals 24 bits), so there is no limited universe of pre-defined colors. _Only_ the 256-color (8-bit) PNGs cause the problem. With only 8 bits per pixel, these graphics can't use just any combination of R, G, and B -- they're limited to a palette of 256 defined colors. It's these RGB-value specifications that you see in FM. Art is correct that you have to remove the offending graphics to eliminate the problem, but you need to do the _reverse_ of what he said. Change your 8-bit PNGs to 24-bit. (There's surprisingly little increase in size, in my experience.) Once the 8-bit graphics are gone, Fred's suggestion of a MIF wash should remove the RGB color definitions. HTH! Richard Richard G. Combs Senior Technical Writer Polycom, Inc. richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom 303-223-5111 ------ rgcombs AT gmailDOTcom 303-777-0436 ------ _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to Framers as mike.feimster at acstechnologies.com. Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/mike.feimster%40acst echnologies.com Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.