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I would
suggest that you use the free utility Irfanview to convert BMP to JPG – www.irfanview.com The filesize will be hugely
smaller (many times). Or, if
you’re using Windows XP, you should have already installed the Microsoft
utility “Windows Picture and Fax Viewer” – to see, browse
with Windows Explorer to a folder that has images (.gif, .jpg, .bmp – any
of these filetypes), click on one image file, then right-click and choose the Open
With menu. If it’s installed, you’ll see the Viewer listed on its
sub-menu. The diskette icon at the bottom allows you to save as a small range
of different file formats. IL Thomas From:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of adam Canfield Hi,
I've been working around this problem for a few years now and I thought I might
ask to see if I might be able to simplify my life a bit. For
most of my maps we take and put them into a desktop publishing
program (Quark). The problem I have is that they only turn out good if
they are bitmaps and if the dpi are at least 300. So when I create a
layout and 'save window as'>bitmap the map is usually about 25mgb, which
most programs don't like picture files that big. It bogs everything
down. I downloaded a patch for file bloating a few years ago, but as I
understand it that really isn't the problem (and it didn't help).
I have tried just about everything that I know how, different dpi, file formats
ect and I still end up with a rather large file which other programs don't like
to work with. Most of our books have at least 30 of these picture if not 70. So
the desktop publishing program has a hard time with the entire file size, not
the least to say turning 1000+ mgb file into a pdf.
Any advice would be greatly apprectiated. Adam Canfield Prairie Mapping Owner/Manager 701-776-6407 |
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