[graphics-issues] [Issue 4499] Export to bitmap file has f ixed DPI (resolution)

2010-10-21 Thread sj
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--- Additional comments from s...@openoffice.org Thu Oct 21 08:42:43 + 
2010 ---
@crxssi there is no longer a limit of 2000...
pixels... I know that filter formats may have its own limit..

for sure, I will implement the max pixels resolution for each 
filter, so long you can enter each resolution, but if your
entered resolution is bigger as the destination file format allows,
then you will get something special... This is something the 
new export dialog doesn't care atm.

Somebody needs to write a ne Issue giving the correct
maximum pixel count for each filter... But I think the change we made
is reasonable for most users... also for lo users..

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[graphics-issues] [Issue 4499] Export to bitmap file has f ixed DPI (resolution)

2010-09-02 Thread wg
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--- Additional comments from w...@openoffice.org Thu Sep  2 08:01:36 + 
2010 ---
Verified in CWS.

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[graphics-issues] [Issue 4499] Export to bitmap file has f ixed DPI (resolution)

2010-06-17 Thread sj
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--- Additional comments from s...@openoffice.org Thu Jun 17 13:13:51 + 
2010 ---
This is a long task, and it is difficult to take care of each proposal.

So I took the EnhancedDialogExtension from cl as basis to redesign a new dialog
that is used for each filter now, so the export resolution can be set for each
bitmap filter. 

This dialog is now also used for each vector filter and it is possible to set
the logical size for each vector export.

Having only one dialog for each filter is a good start for further improvements.
Two examples of the new dialog are attached.

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[graphics-issues] [Issue 4499] Export to bitmap file has f ixed DPI (resolution)

2010-06-17 Thread sj
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--- Additional comments from s...@openoffice.org Thu Jun 17 13:15:38 + 
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Created an attachment (id=70053)
png export example


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[graphics-issues] [Issue 4499] Export to bitmap file has f ixed DPI (resolution)

2010-06-17 Thread sj
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--- Additional comments from s...@openoffice.org Thu Jun 17 13:16:32 + 
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Created an attachment (id=70055)
eps export example


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[graphics-issues] [Issue 4499] Export to bitmap file has f ixed DPI (resolution)

2010-06-17 Thread sj
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--- Additional comments from s...@openoffice.org Thu Jun 17 13:18:23 + 
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sj-wg: this issue is ready to be verified in cws[impress186]

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[graphics-issues] [Issue 4499] Export to bitmap file has f ixed DPI (resolution)

2010-06-17 Thread sj
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Target milestone|OOo 3.3   |OOo 3.4





--- Additional comments from s...@openoffice.org Thu Jun 17 13:53:58 + 
2010 ---
changed target, as wg told me it is too late for OOo3.3.

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[graphics-issues] [Issue 4499] Export to bitmap file has f ixed DPI (resolution)

2010-06-17 Thread crxssi
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--- Additional comments from crx...@openoffice.org Thu Jun 17 21:41:11 
+ 2010 ---
@sj: sample dialog looks great!  It is exactly what I had in mind!  The memory
usage and output file size is an excellent bonus.  I have not tried the
extension so I have to ask:  I assume that the aspect ratio is locked so if you
change the width it will recalculate the height or vice-versa.  And the
resolution (ppi/dpi) is relative to the width/height, so if you change the
width/height, it will update the ppi, or if you change the ppi it will update
the width/height.  (Correct me if I am wrong)

Hopefully the coming changes will also remove the rather low fixed maximum
resolution.  Last I checked, the maximum resolution you can export in Draw is
2250x2048 pixels, which is just not large enough if you need a high-resolution
raster export of a large vector diagram.  I didn't see any followup on that
aspect from my posting on Nov 26, 2007...

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[graphics-issues] [Issue 4499] Export to bitmap file has f ixed DPI (resolution)

2010-02-15 Thread cl
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--- Additional comments from c...@openoffice.org Mon Feb 15 12:50:15 + 
2010 ---
cl-sj: thanks for taking over

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[graphics-issues] [Issue 4499] Export to bitmap file has f ixed DPI (resolution)

2009-11-08 Thread pmike
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[graphics-issues] [Issue 4499] Export to bitmap file has f ixed DPI (resolution)

2009-09-08 Thread cl
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Target milestone|OOo 3.2   |OOo 3.3





--- Additional comments from c...@openoffice.org Tue Sep  8 11:13:28 + 
2009 ---
had no time for this issue, retarget

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[graphics-issues] [Issue 4499] Export to bitmap file has f ixed DPI (resolution)

2009-08-15 Thread irneb
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[graphics-issues] [Issue 4499] Export to bitmap file has f ixed DPI (resolution)

2009-06-11 Thread ercling
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--- Additional comments from ercl...@openoffice.org Thu Jun 11 13:22:06 
+ 2009 ---
Beside the export to PNG, JPG or GIF, as supported by version a
http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=4499#desc1050.0.2-rc-1/a of
the very much appreciated plug-in from cl, the possibility to export to TIFF as
well as to set the colour depth is also needed. See a
http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/project/EnhancedGraphicExportDialogs#comment-1433http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/project/EnhancedGraphicExportDialogs#comment-1433/a

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[graphics-issues] [Issue 4499] Export to bitmap file has f ixed DPI (resolution)

2009-05-27 Thread zmogas
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[graphics-issues] [Issue 4499] Export to bitmap file has f ixed DPI (resolution)

2009-02-21 Thread kpalagin
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--- Additional comments from kpala...@openoffice.org Sat Feb 21 15:52:56 
+ 2009 ---
Are we on track for 3.2 with this issue?
WBR,
KP.

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[graphics-issues] [Issue 4499] Export to bitmap file has f ixed DPI (resolution)

2009-01-27 Thread odalman
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[graphics-issues] [Issue 4499] Export to bitmap file has f ixed DPI (resolution)

2009-01-27 Thread norbert2
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--- Additional comments from norbe...@openoffice.org Tue Jan 27 13:38:52 
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Why an extension? This is a basic function that each vector drawing program
(except OOo Draw at the moment) offers.

Please include it directly into the OOo builds!

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[graphics-issues] [Issue 4499] Export to bitmap file has f ixed DPI (resolution)

2009-01-27 Thread irneb
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--- Additional comments from ir...@openoffice.org Tue Jan 27 13:50:58 + 
2009 ---
I suppose as soon as the extension works correctly it'll be incorporated. Many a
new feature (not just in OOo) happened in this way. Take for example the
Lightning add-on for Thunderbird ... it's now going to be incorporated into TB3.

But you're correct, if OOo Draw wants to be a decent alternative to other vector
packages, this is a must (not an option)!

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[graphics-issues] [Issue 4499] Export to bitmap file has f ixed DPI (resolution)

2009-01-24 Thread regina
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--- Additional comments from reg...@openoffice.org Sat Jan 24 21:07:33 
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*** Issue 98436 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue. ***

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[graphics-issues] [Issue 4499] Export to bitmap file has f ixed DPI (resolution)

2009-01-08 Thread cl
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--- Additional comments from c...@openoffice.org Thu Jan  8 15:25:23 + 
2009 ---
FYI, I uploaded my extension to the OpenOffice.org extension repository for
better visibility.

Check it out at 

http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/project/EnhancedGraphicExportDialogs

Its the same version as linked here, I just fixed the strings for the JPG
compression.

Hopefully for 9.2 this will be part of the default install

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[graphics-issues] [Issue 4499] Export to bitmap file has f ixed DPI (resolution)

2009-01-07 Thread sj
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--- Additional comments from s...@openoffice.org Wed Jan  7 13:47:41 + 
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*** Issue 96097 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue. ***

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[graphics-issues] [Issue 4499] Export to bitmap file has f ixed DPI (resolution)

2008-09-24 Thread norbert2
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[graphics-issues] [Issue 4499] Export to bitmap file has f ixed DPI (resolution)

2008-08-02 Thread regina
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[graphics-issues] [Issue 4499] Export to bitmap file has f ixed DPI (resolution)

2008-07-24 Thread irneb
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--- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Jul 24 15:14:01 + 
2008 ---
Obviously transparency needs to be added as soon as the actual filters allow for
this. Does anyone know what time this could be expected? In particular 32bit 
PNG?

Would it also be possible to incorporate this
(http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=18674) into the dialog. Much
like Corel Draw / Photo Shop has a check-box for applying colour correction into
the exported image and a combo box for selecting the output profile. E.g.:
  (x) Use colour matching  [sRGB Profile ^]

Maybe even go further with TIFF / JPG by adding a secondary option, i.e.:
  ( ) Embed colour profile

As to the DPI, LPI, SPI, PPI scenario. That's probably just semantics for this
particular problem. Usually the user simply wants to export at a resolution
high enough not to start pixelating the image when imported into another prog.
So (whatever you call it DPI, PPI, etc.) give some defaults (e.g. 96, 100, 150,
200, 300, etc.) but allow for custom as well. Never force your opinion onto the
user - give her the power to decide but also make it easier (therefore defaults
with a custom option for those techy types). The current dialog only has the
custom option - could this be changed to a combo-box with the defaults as stated
previously but allow the user to enter a different value as per now?

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[graphics-issues] [Issue 4499] Export to bitmap file has f ixed DPI (resolution)

2008-04-29 Thread cl
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--- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Apr 29 20:28:17 + 
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I uploaded a new version of my extension to

http://lippka.com/EnhancedGraphicExportDialogs.oxt

As always, in OpenOffice.org go to Tools/Extension Manager... and click on
Add. Select the downloaded extension and close the dialog. If you want to de
install this extension you can also do this later with the extension manager.

If you installed my previous version, I recommend that you remove it first. I
hope the next version will have online update working.

Again this extension replaces This extensions replaces the export dialogs for
the filters png, jpeg and gif in impress and draw.

All filter settings in the dialog should now be applied to the export, including
the color mode for jpeg. The chosen dpi is now also remembered.

Still no slider since this control is not yet available for extensions, but I
resized the scroll bar and changed the spin field to an edit. I think this is
not so bad already.

Reworked error handling when inputing invalid values for width, height and dpi.

Estimated file size still not working. I hoped I could figure out some factors
to calculate it from the image size in memory but it depends to much on the
contents of the exported image. So I have to create a temporary export (of a
probably smaller version to speed it up) to figure out the estimated file size.

The next version should have localized strings. I'm able to do this for English
and German. If someone likes to help me translate to another language please
send me an email.



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[graphics-issues] [Issue 4499] Export to bitmap file has f ixed DPI (resolution)

2008-04-03 Thread discoleo
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--- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Apr  3 20:28:07 + 
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Just tested the OOo-Export extension that enables the users to set the PPI-value
for the exported bitmap. The extension can be downloaded from:
http://lippka.com/EnhancedGraphicExportDialogs.oxt

Be aware, this is a very first prototype and many features are unavailable and
others may be buggy. Read the full details here:
http://ux.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=discussmsgNo=1559

Now, as said this is an initial testing version, but there are some potential
glitches/problems that I spotted while testing the extension.

1.) the color-export mode does not get set
(it is actually specified in the release-mail)

Unfortunately, I am now stuck at exporting gray-scale images only.
[I previously tested issue 87410,
http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=87410, and after installing the
extension, there is no possibility to set a different color mode - it does not
have any effect.]

2.) more RAM needed than actually predicted

I exported a  x  pixel jpg-image.
(see the attachemnet: BE AWARE: IF YOU DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH MEMORY, IT MIGHT CRASH
YOUR COMPUTER!!!)

My memory-load jumped from:
   429,688 MB to 1,209,980 MB
   this is an increase of almost 800 MB RAM,
   much more than the 286 MB anticipated for this image

NOTA BENE: when opening the image in IrfanView, the memory-load jumped to:
   1,581,180 MB, that is an increase of over 1 GB RAM for decoding!!!

3.) Trying to resave the image a second time does NOT work.

Strangely, although I do have enough RAM to export this big image once, and the
memory-load does get back to ~405 MB after export, and I do have enough RAM for
even bigger images, I get reproducible always:
  - the 2nd export does NOT work
  - error message: Graphics filter not found.
when I click OK, a 2nd Error-dialog appears
[... Write Error. ...]

After restarting the computer, I am able to export again only once, then the
export fails the second time.

4.) exported image has 9998 x 9998 pixels

Instead of 999_9_ pixels, I reproducible get 999_8_ pixels. Rounding-Error? I
though pixels are used directly for export.

Well, I think I covered mostly the small glitches. The dialog looks otherwise
quite fine.

A last note:
THE ATTACHED IMAGE IS REALLY HUGE AND MOST COMPUTERS WILL FAIL TO OPEN IT AND
MAY EVEN CRASH

EVEN THOUGH THE FILE SIZE ON DISK IS VERY SMALL (ONLY KB !!!), THE SIZE IN RAM
IS ENORMOUS!!! (NEED 1 GB RAM TO OPEN IN IRFANVIEW)
PLEASE SAVE ANY UNSAVED WORK/DOCUMENTS BEFORE ATTEMPTING TO OPEN THAT FILE.

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[graphics-issues] [Issue 4499] Export to bitmap file has f ixed DPI (resolution)

2008-04-03 Thread discoleo
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Created an attachment (id=52515)
PICTURE IS HUGE.  MIGHT CRASH YOUR COMPUTER. DO !!!NOT!!! OPEN IF UNSURE.


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[graphics-issues] [Issue 4499] Export to bitmap file has f ixed DPI (resolution)

2008-03-18 Thread smerkley
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Created an attachment (id=52192)
Corel Draw Convert to Bitmap Dialog


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[graphics-issues] [Issue 4499] Export to bitmap file has f ixed DPI (resolution)

2008-03-18 Thread smerkley
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--- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Mar 18 13:54:25 + 
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  I've been watching this issue for a long time now and I find it almost
laughable the way it's being debated so heatedly now.  But I just had to put in
my two bits.
  My take on the matter is why limit the functionality?  If even some people
want to be able to set the DPI, put in a place to do it, and why limit it? 
Obviously there has to be some limit, but why not make it absurdly high?
(discoleo mentioned Corel Draw, it allows the user to select up to 10,000 DPI,
as well as your choice of measure measurements and why not? See last
Attachment.)  Chances are there won't be anyone wanting that high of a
resolution, but that means that hopefully no one will wish it had more.  If
there is a need to educate people on what settings should normally be used,
add a nice help page to go along with it indicating typical setting for various
cases.
  I personally have worked with people that have to send graphics to be printed
as well as use them on the web.  DPI is a big deal.  (By the way there are Ink
Jet Printers out there that boast a 2400 DPI resolution, perhaps this is not
realistic, I don't pretend to know, but I can assure you there are users out
there that will want there image to have that high of a resolution as well)
  So all I'm saying is leave options.  I'm not a serious user myself, and I will
typically only play with export setting a little, but I hate being restricted to
the normal settings, it makes me feel like I'm using a restricted or cheap
program.
  Open Office is used by a lot of people for a lot of things, and right now Draw
 is one of the most disappointing parts of it in my opinion.  And frankly this
issue is one of the bigger problems.  So lets get it fixed and please don't
limit it to normal settings, there is no reason for it.  People like to have
control.

  I also REALLY like the idea of being able to export selected I use it all
the time in Corel Draw.  It's a very handy feature that saves a lot of time.

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[graphics-issues] [Issue 4499] Export to bitmap file has f ixed DPI (resolution)

2008-03-18 Thread cl
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smerkley  I also REALLY like the idea of being able to export selected I use
it all the time in Corel Draw.  It's a very handy feature that saves a lot of 
time.

Just select something, choose file/export and you have the selection checkmark
enable. all there

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[graphics-issues] [Issue 4499] Export to bitmap file has f ixed DPI (resolution)

2008-03-18 Thread discoleo
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--- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Mar 18 20:48:26 + 
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 My laptop has 110 dpi.

ME: LAUGHING ALL OVER

I say it again and again (see my previous posts):
 Additionally, every user uses different monitor settings,
 and the PPI will vary greatly from 800*600 to 1600*1200 resolutions.
 So, my recommendation: just ignore the PPI whenever the work is intended
 solely for onscreen viewing.

I cannot overemphasise the previous advice. To better illustrate this point, see
the next table. I see my monitor easily beats your 110 DPI LCD! ;-)

MONITORS DPI
*APPARENT* resolution of different size CRT monitor screens
Screen Size   | 14 inch  15 inch  17 inch  19 inch  21 inch
 [Pixels]   monitor  monitor  monitor  monitor  monitor  

 640 x  480   |  66 dpi   60 dpi   51 dpi   44 dpi   40 dpi
 800 x  600   |  82 dpi   75 dpi   64 dpi   56 dpi   50 dpi
1024 x  768   | 106 dpi   97 dpi   82 dpi   71 dpi   64 dpi
1280 x 1024   | 132 dpi  121 dpi  102 dpi   89 dpi   80 dpi
1600 x 1200   | 165 dpi  151 dpi  128 dpi  111 dpi  101 dpi
[from http://www.scantips.com/no72dpi.html]

The explanation is just wonderful, and I am too lazy to explain it myself, so
please read this excerpt:

 The numbers 72 and 96 dpi do sort of exist (in their imaginary way)
 in computer operating systems. This existence does seriously confuse
 people who imagine these numbers might be about showing images, but
 these numbers never affect any image in any way. These numbers are
 only used to compute Text Size on the screen. The reason is because
 text font size in Points is dimensioned in inches (designed for paper),
 but screens are only dimensioned in pixels. The definition of a Point is
 1/72 inch - there are 72 points per real inch on paper. A 12 Point font
 is 12/72 inch height printed on paper (inches exist on paper, and paper
 is dimensioned in inches, and fonts are dimensioned in inches).
...
 But not to worry, the operating system simply dreams up and uses some
 fake 72 and 96 dpi numbers to compute text size on the screen.
[see http://www.scantips.com/no72dpi.html]

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[graphics-issues] [Issue 4499] Export to bitmap file has f ixed DPI (resolution)

2008-03-18 Thread nmailhot
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--- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Mar 18 21:02:23 + 
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 The explanation is just wonderful, and I am too lazy to explain it myself, so
 please read this excerpt:

It's also totally clueless. There is a concept of DPI in video and computer
programs do care (as the long list of user problem reports every time the
computer gets its internal DPI wrong shows).


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[graphics-issues] [Issue 4499] Export to bitmap file has f ixed DPI (resolution)

2008-03-18 Thread discoleo
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--- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Mar 18 21:22:33 + 
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 By the way there are Ink Jet Printers out there that
 boast a 2400 DPI resolution

Only that the printer can print only a dot of a single color:
 - either cyan, magenta, yellow or black
 - to print a different color (including shades of gray), it will use
   many of these dots to emulate a single picture pixel
 - for 101 shades of gray, it needs 100 dots (a grid of 10 x 10 dots)
 = real resolution: 2400 / 10 = 240 pixels per inch with 101 shades of gray
 [this explanation is slightly inaccurate, because Inkjets use a different
  error diffusion dithering technology than Laserjets]

Bear in mind, that even this Agfa (which is an industry standard Imagesetter,
see http://www.c-doc.com/agfa_avantra_series.htm) does print only 300 pixels per
inch (so called LPI). [Its max LPI is between 400-500, but it usually prints at
300 LPI.]

So what chances do you believe exist, that an office printer matches the
resolution of the Imagestter?

I would clearly answer NIL!

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[graphics-issues] [Issue 4499] Export to bitmap file has f ixed DPI (resolution)

2008-03-18 Thread smerkley
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--- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Mar 18 21:26:04 + 
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  For anyone that has tried to open my Corel Draw Export Dialog.jpg attachment
I don't know why it doesn't work properly, (at least it didn't for me), but it
did open just fine when I downloaded the link target.  So the file is intact,
but there must be something irregular about it making it so it isn't displayed
on the website.  If anyone knows how to fix it, I certainly wouldn't mind it
being done.


  Oh, and thanks to cl for pointing out that Draw already has the export
selected feature.  Tells you how little I've bothered to use it.

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[graphics-issues] [Issue 4499] Export to bitmap file has f ixed DPI (resolution)

2008-03-18 Thread smerkley
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I can see your point, however I did a little looking and Canon has this printer
http://www.usa.canon.com/consumer/controller?act=ModelInfoActfcategoryid=182modelid=12892#ModelTechSpecsAct
that retails for $500.  It was a maximum DPI of 4800x2400.
  Now I don't want to go so much into the nitty-gritty details, I think it's
beside the point.  However I do want to point out that printers are getting
better and as they do the user will want higher resolutions.  Why not just set
it up so they can pick whatever they want.  (Then write that help page I
mentioned before to teach people all this stuff about how your resolution
doesn't have to be so high.)
  I have to admit that I did have some misconceptions, and I'm sure now that
discoleo knows more about this stuff than I do.  But at the same time I'm a
believer in over engineering.  That way 5 years down the road hopefully it will
still be adequate.

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[graphics-issues] [Issue 4499] Export to bitmap file has f ixed DPI (resolution)

2008-03-18 Thread cl
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--- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Mar 18 22:26:56 + 
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Please all be aware that the discussion about the maximum dpi/ppi/lpi is
starting to just spam this issue. If this continues I'm going to close this
issue and reopen another one. If you like to just discuss things please use the
mailing list. 

I will implement the valid range from a minimum of 1 dpi to a maximum of 65535
dpi. And I have choosen this values for no particular reasons.



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[graphics-issues] [Issue 4499] Export to bitmap file has f ixed DPI (resolution)

2008-03-17 Thread nmailhot
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--- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Mar 17 06:33:51 + 
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 However, I would
 suggest that the screen vs print resolution could be collapsed into just
 one dropdown to make the interface simpler.

It offends my engineering sensitivities too since it's really the same thing in
both cases however discoleo is right in that some users have no clue and need
tight guidance. For that reason other software (visio 2003) make this
distinction in their bitmap export UI.

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[graphics-issues] [Issue 4499] Export to bitmap file has f ixed DPI (resolution)

2008-03-17 Thread stuartprescott
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--- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Mar 17 10:09:53 + 
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Perhaps for screen vs print, the pixel/length selection could offer a
description of the quality of the export as well as the absolute number of
pixels per unit length. It could something like the following, thus giving the
best of both worlds:

 ( ) Use resolution:
 Resolution value dropdown
 72 pixel/inch (screen)
 75 pixel/inch
 96 pixel/inch
 100 pixel/inch (typical LCD)
 125 pixel/inch
 150 pixel/inch (low quality print)
 300 pixel/inch 
 600 pixel/inch (high quality print)

As discoleo pointed out, 600 pixel/inch is probably actually an unachievable
resolution, but I don't think that should stop it from being included (600 dpi
is the standard resolution for BW printing by publishers IME).

I would expect to be able to type into the box to choose my own resolution too
if I had a particular requirement. (Combobox is the name that I know for such
a widget, but I don't know what other names it goes by: a hybrid
textbox/dropdown). A dropdown does seem more sensible for this than a set of
radio buttons with a final option saying custom with a text box next to it.

I would also expect that if I changed an option as to what units I wanted to
work in, that each of the above values would be recalculated into the new units
(i.e. the dialogue would show 28.3 pixel/cm where it used to show 72
pixel/inch). I would hope that the control of the units was actually on that
dialogue box (as it is in Gimp, for example) to make it easy for me to switch
between them, since all my drawings are done in metric and any web work is done
in pixel/mm but printing work invariably involves dpi and requires that instead.

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[graphics-issues] [Issue 4499] Export to bitmap file has f ixed DPI (resolution)

2008-03-17 Thread discoleo
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--- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Mar 17 23:12:21 + 
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 In the context of a bitmap export (what this issue is about)
 dpi as printer resolution makes no sense.
[and]
 Again DPI/PPI is used to scale between pixel-space and physical unit space.
 Correct DPI is what will make your bitmap file to have the right size when
 inserted in another Office document.
 ...

I don't get it. To quote the woodcutter in Rashomon: I just don't understand.

IF this whole issue is not about monitor resolutions (which, by the OOo default
value of 96 PPI is way above most users monitors), and not about professional
printing (max 300 PPI) then what it is about?

I proposed a simple and comprehensive and correct solution. Now, I would like to
add some further comments on this, but first I will start with a motto:
  Langsam's ornithological axiom:
  It's hard to soar with the Eagles when you work with Turkeys.

Before we discuss anything further, I invite you to watch a tutorial for 
Adobe Illustrator CS3:
http://www.adobe.com//designcenter/video_workshop/index.html?id=vid0284

Now, if OOo Draw wants to become competitive, it should compare itself 
with the de facto standards. For vector graphics, these are Adobe 
Illustrator and CorelDraw. [I appologise to Corel users because I stick to Adobe
products, but - although I did have a valid, licensed Corel version in 1995, it
never caught me up.]

The complete discussion is posted on the UX-mailing list, please see:
http://ux.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=discussmsgNo=1452

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[graphics-issues] [Issue 4499] Export to bitmap file has f ixed DPI (resolution)

2008-03-17 Thread stuartprescott
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--- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Mar 17 23:47:56 + 
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I'm glad to see that people are thinking a lot about this issue.

@discoleo:

 In the meantime I strongly oppose DPI.

As I said, I don't care about the semantics of this. Since pixel/length is what
people normally are actually wanting, that is probably what should be actually
used here (pixel/cm or pixel/inch).

 In Adobe Illustrator CS3, everything has been moved to the document
 creation dialog. 

Yuck. As someone who uses OOo Draw, this is the worst place to put it. This is
an export setting not a document creation setting.

 Why implement something in 20+ dialogs, when one can have everything put
 logically in one place and control the whole document-creation process
 in a unitary way?

Why does this have to be in 20+ dialogues? There is only one raster export
dialogue and this is the only place it needs to be.

 As mentioned previously, CS3 seems to limit the PPI to only 3 values:
  - screen: 72 PPI
  - medium: 150 PPI
  - high: 300 PPI

Again yuck. That is a complete pain in the backside and provides me with yet
another reason not to use CS3. 

Please go back and read *carefully* the two use cases I posted earlier. You may
not think they are valid because you do not work that way. The fact is that
others do and so the interface should allow them to do so. Your interface
suggestion would require me to export from OOo Draw at the highest possible
resolution and then resize the image in some other drawing tool such as the
gimp, or use some other intermediate file format as the conversion tool (e.g.
odg = pdf = png). These extra steps are what we are trying to remove here.

 I bet 99% will watch at approx. 72 PPI. [And don't come with LCD
 monitors. These are a travesty as every professional user can witness.]

My laptop has 110 dpi. I have not even seen a computer with less than 96dpi for
a very long time, even on CRTs. LCDs are a reality and remember that OOo Draw is
there to be used by mum and dad making graphics for their website as well as a
professional user.

 As said, a 600 DPI Laser Printer actually prints at some 60-85 PPI (or
[..]
You have made your point. Please stop banging on about it. It's completely
orthogonal to the question of being able to export the vector graphic at
arbitrary resolutions. The feature request is not please allow me to export the
graphic at resolutions for printing it is please allow me to export the
graphic at arbitrary resolution.

 D.) COLOUR-SPACE

This is also completely irrelevant to the current discussion. If you want colour
space management in OOo Draw, then open a separate issue for it rather than
confusing this one any further.

 And I can only urge you to watch again the Adobe Illustrator tutorial.

I did and it confirmed why I don't like it and why OOo Draw can be a much better
program.

 Now, I hope that everyone will understand why I insist on my previous
 solution. It is in the best interest of OOo and its users.

I wholeheartedly disagree. Your suggestions are fantastic for some use cases --
in particular the ones that *you* use. At the same time, they are horrible for
many other users and from seeing how drawing programs are used widely by
non-professionals this is a real use case. Please do not tell other people that
they way they work is wrong and that they need to be protected from themselves.
Please at least do us the courtesy of trying to understand what we are asking
for and work others' requirements into your schemes rather than just declaring
that you are an expert in the field and that only your ideas matter. Your
experience and expertise is valuable to the discussion; so is the experience
usage patterns of other users. 

If you look carefully at the other suggestions that have been made for how to
provide this feature, you will see that their suggestions will allow you to do
you work and also allow me to do mine. That's whole lot more powerful than
something that satisfies only you.

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[graphics-issues] [Issue 4499] Export to bitmap file has f ixed DPI (resolution)

2008-03-16 Thread nmailhot
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@discoleo

1.) DPI and LPI are printer measures

I strongly disagree with this statement in the context of a bitmap export. You
have a print-oriented view, but this bug is not about printing it's about
exporting to a file so the target are other computer programs not just printers.

For a computer program DPI (as used both by proprietary programs such as Visio
and FLOSS programs such as the Gimp) is the ratio between the image dimension in
pixels (pixel being the basic bitmap unit) and the image dimension in inches
(physical unit, used to measure other parts of the document). Without 

LPI does not exist in this context. It may be relevant for printers but not at
the computer stage.

So when you resize a bitmap or export to a bitmap file, you need to display
three sets of values

1. the image size in pixels
2. the image size in physical units (inches or millimeters depending on the 
locale)
3. their ratio in DPI

Changing 1. changes 2., changing 2. changes 1., changing 3. changes 2.

The user can follow several strategies to select the DPI value:
1. size the image as on-screen, using the DPI ratio of his current screen
(Current OO.o strategy. Unsuitable for many usages but valid in some contexts
2. size the image for a generic streen target, using common screen DPI values
such as 75, 96 or 100 dpi
2. size the image with a print target in mind, using common print DPI values
(150, 300, 600)
3. just cram the maximum number of pixels into a specific physical size, avoid
any dithering in the current program to preserve pixel info, rework the bitmap
in something else. This will result in very strange one-of-a-kind DPI values but
is a valid use-case newertheless

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[graphics-issues] [Issue 4499] Export to bitmap file has f ixed DPI (resolution)

2008-03-16 Thread nmailhot
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--- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun Mar 16 09:51:22 + 
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@discoleo

1.) DPI and LPI are printer measures

I strongly disagree with this statement in the context of a bitmap export. You
have a print-oriented view, but this bug is not about printing it's about
exporting to a file so the target are other computer programs not just printers.

For a computer program DPI (as used both by proprietary programs such as Visio
and FLOSS programs such as the Gimp) is the ratio between the image dimension in
pixels (pixel being the basic bitmap unit) and the image dimension in inches
(physical unit, used to measure other parts of the document). If you don't
associate the correct DPI info to an image file conversion to a pixel oriented
space (vector export to bitmap) or to a physical unit oriented space (bitmap
insertion in Office document, printing a bitmap file) will give unexpected 
results.

LPI does not exist in this context. It may be relevant for printers but not at
the computer bitmap export stage.

So when you resize a bitmap or export to a bitmap file, you need to expose three
sets of values

1. the image size in pixels
2. the image size in physical units (inches or millimeters depending on the 
locale)
3. their ratio in DPI

Changing 1. changes 2., changing 2. changes 1., changing 3. changes 2.

The user can follow several strategies to select the DPI value:
1a. size the image as on-screen, using the DPI ratio of his current screen
(Current OO.o strategy. Unsuitable for many usages but valid in some contexts
1b. size the image for a generic streen target, using common screen DPI values
such as 75, 96 or 100 dpi
2. size the image with a print target in mind, using common print DPI values
(150, 300, 600). (2400 in this context is totally insane, you don't map a pixel
to a print point, what printers do is take the bitmap file DPI value to compute
it's expected print size, and then interpolate pixels in print points to respect
this size)
3. just cram the maximum number of pixels into a specific physical size, avoid
any interpolation in the current program to preserve pixel info, rework the
bitmap in somewhere else. This will result in very strange one-of-a-kind DPI
values but is a valid use-case newertheless

Therefore a good bitmap export dialog (not a print dialog disguised into bitmap
export) would look like this

Export
 ( ) Selected (o) Visible area ( ) Whole page¹

 ¹ Usually one does not want to export huge bands of nothing around a drawing

Image size
 (o) Custom
 Width  [   ]
 Height [   ] [link¹] Unit dropdown²

¹ linking locks the ratio means changing width also changes height to
preserve their ratio
² with pixel as default, physical units as alternatives. Changing the unit
converts the Width/Height values to the new unit

 ( ) Scale to standard paper size
Size A0,A4... dropdown
Margins¹
  Top [ ] Bottom [ ] Left [ ] Right [ ] ²

¹ When you target a paper format, you need margins
² In locale-dependant physical units, since standard formats use physical 
units

Resolution
 ( ) Custom
 X Resolution [  ]
 Y Resolution [  ]¹ [link²] unit³

 ¹ Yes it is valid to have different values for X and Y in this context
 ² Linking forces the same value on the other dimension when one is modified
 ³ Unit being pixel/inches by default (what is commonly called dpi) with
pixel/mm… as alternatives. Changing the unit changes the value of X/Y (converts
them to the new unit)

 ( ) Use screen/web-oriented resolution
 dpi value dropdown¹
  
 ¹ Default value: current screen settings
   Alternates: usual screen DPI values (72dpi, 75dpi, 96dpi, 100dpi, 125dpi)
   If scale to standard size was not selected before changing a value
there does not change the image size in pixels but the image size in physical 
units.

 ( ) Use print-oriented resolution¹
 Resolution dpi value dropdown²

 ¹ Auto-selected if Scale to standard paper size is selected before
 ² Default value: last selected one, 150dpi initially otherwise
   Alternates: usual print DPI values (300, 600, etc)
   If scale to standard size was not selected before changing a value
there does not change the image size in pixels but the image size in physical 
units.

And then you have the usual transparency/interpolation algorithm options this
bug is not concerned with

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[graphics-issues] [Issue 4499] Export to bitmap file has f ixed DPI (resolution)

2008-03-16 Thread discoleo
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--- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun Mar 16 17:01:16 + 
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 ... DPI [...] is the ratio between the image dimension in pixels [...]
 and the image dimension in inches

This is mostly nonsense. DPI was and is *dots per inch* defining the
characteristics of an output device (more correctly DPI is used for printers,
PPI for monitors and SPI for scanners).

DPI is the measure of how many dots of ink or toner a printer can place within
an inch (or centimeter), and not pixels per inch. [A printer dot is not a pixel,
see the explanatory section at the end.]

It never defines a picture characteristic. [If you wish, you can view it
somewhat the other way round: the image dimension in inches when printed is the
ratio between the image resolution in pixels and the LPI for that printer, where
LPI is usually much smaller than DPI, and only for pure black-and-white lineart,
LPI = DPI. Unfortunately, LPI does not accurately reflect inkjets, because these
machines use a different error diffusion dithering technology.]

DPI is a *hardware* characteristic of the output device (more precisely of the
printers halftone grid for laserjet printers). It is a physical characteristic
of the printer.

What you are referring to is probably more closely related to PPI: pixels per
inch. IF people are more comfortable with PPI, than lets use PPI instea of DPI.
[The printing-industries term for resolution is LPI, lines per inch. I opt for
PPI however, because it is likely that LPI will increase the misunderstanding.
Even Adobe chooses PPI in its products. Though, please remember that PPD printer
descriptor files contain the LPI values.]

HOWEVER:
 - PPI is very different from DPI
 - PPI requirements are much smaller than the hardware DPI of the output device
  [they are very distinct measures, so it makes little sense to compare
   them, BUT if you want to print in colour on a 600 DPI printer,
   it will suffice to have a 60-100 PPI image]

Even IF you consider editing the image in an external application prior to
printing, it is enough to add only a 50% to 100% overhead over the capabilities
of the output device. Therefore, IF you plan to print on an 100 LPI printer,
then 150-200 PPI will suffice most of the time, and 300 PPI will almost certain
be overkill. [Please  ignore anything that sounds bigger than 400 because any
search for such a printer or output device will fail.]

Just as a real example: high quality art books and glossy magazines are usually
printed at 200 LPI. IF for reasons of prepress editing you add some buffer
pixels (50%), you will end with 200 + 100 = 300 PPI images. Therefore, eveything
that is above 300 PPI (LPI) is just a colossal waste of time and resources for
over 99.99% of users.

[Higher SPIs are needed for the scanner, especially if the original image gets
resized, but this is a different story.]

=

The next section tries to explain the vast difference between DPI and LPI.

RATIONALE:
==
Now, unfortunately, printers can print only a dot of a single color, be it black
(BW printers), or either one of black, cyan, magenta or yellow dots. They can
not print any other colour (including gray colors). So, you can not print
directly any of the 16.8 million colours in the RGB colourspace, but just some 4
colours (on some printers 6 colours).

To actually achieve any of the many other colours, the printers will print a
grid of dots consisting of these fundamental colors. Therefore, for every pixel
in the original image, the printer will need to print up to 100 dots (and even
more) to get a similar colour to the original colour.
 For example, some grid sizes for a 600 dpi printer are:
  1x1 shows 2 shades (black or white, 600 dpi Line art) **
** 1x1 is not halftones, it is simply called line art mode.
  6x6 shows 37 shades of gray, reducing image resolution to 600/6 = 100 lpi
  7x7 shows 50 shades of gray, reducing image resolution to 600/7 = 85 lpi
  8x8 shows 65 shades of gray, reducing image resolution to 600/8 = 75 lpi
  10x10 shows 101 shades of gray, reducing image resolution to 600/10 = 60 lpi
[This applies also after editing a low-colour image, because most editing
effects will introduce new colours - so you can't print in lineart anymore.]

Also, newer printers advertising resolutions of 1,200 DPI and higher, while
partially correct, are highly misleading. They are still bound to 300 (360) LPI,
therefore diverting the usefulness of DPI values.

For further details, see also:
http://www.scantips.com/basics03.html
http://desktoppub.about.com/cs/intermediate/a/measure_lpi.htm
http://desktoppub.about.com/cs/intermediate/a/measure_dpi.htm
http://www.scantips.com/basics3b.html
[Note: imagesetters mentioned in the articles are very different machines!]

This is why I strongly advocate the use of pragmatic values:

 - Let user 

[graphics-issues] [Issue 4499] Export to bitmap file has f ixed DPI (resolution)

2008-03-16 Thread nmailhot
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--- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun Mar 16 17:23:41 + 
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 ... DPI [...] is the ratio between the image dimension in pixels [...]
 and the image dimension in inches

 This is mostly nonsense. DPI was and is *dots per inch* defining the
 characteristics of an output device

Your forget that for a computer program a screen is an output device and the
dots of this output device are pixels.

For a computer screen ppi = dpi

Microsoft (Windows, Office) X.org (X Window) GNOME (The Gimp) Mozilla Foundation
(Firefox) all use dpi for what you call ppi. 

In the context of a bitmap export (what this issue is about) dpi as printer
resolution makes no sense. Bitmap export is about dpi as ppi (if you prefer the
term). Bitmap image formats label dpi what you call ppi. I'm 99% sure the
original reporter would be very surprised to see you misinterpret his dpi
request as dpi as printer resolution.

I personally prefer the programs that display it as a pixel/inch value instead
of using user confusing dpi/ppi abbreviations but I've seen enough of them to
recognize what dpi in bitmap export context means.

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[graphics-issues] [Issue 4499] Export to bitmap file has f ixed DPI (resolution)

2008-03-16 Thread discoleo
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--- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun Mar 16 17:44:13 + 
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Users unfortunately do not know much of preprint and printing. And if they know
something, they most likely misunderstand it. Therefore, while it is sometimes
useful to allow users finely control all parameters, I suggest a more pragmatic
approach to let users (force them ;-) ) use the desirable parameters.

This will ultimately enhance their productivity and create higher quality
products (in the end making the end users more happy).

In general, when I (or a user) create a work, I will have to decide beforehand,
what is the purpose of this work:
A.) Display it on screen
B.) Print it

After deciding this, one can establish the target LPI (or PPI): 72 PPI vs
75-150-200 LPI (for pure BW lineart, one could indeed choose 600 LPI).

Then I decide the dimension of the work (in cm, or in inch, or any valid 
measure).

Having both PPI and dimensions, will automatically result in the pixels needed
in the raster image. I wouldn't go the other way round: deciding on PPI and/or
image size based on pixels.

Because Draw is a vector-graphics processing program, pixels don't make much
sense either.

So, while it is useful to display the dimension of the resulting raster image in
MB, and sometimes also the size in pixels, I won't bother much in putting great
emphasis in finely controlling these values. The user should be educated in the
proper way of creating high quality work. [Pixels are really useful only when
displaying on screen, so this is probably another useful option to choose from
at the beginning: onscreen vs printed work. When onscreen is selected, then
instead of size or PPI use resolution in pixels.]

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[graphics-issues] [Issue 4499] Export to bitmap file has f ixed DPI (resolution)

2008-03-16 Thread nmailhot
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--- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun Mar 16 18:18:50 + 
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I'm afraid you display a distinct lack of understanding of what an Office suite
is used for. Sure an office suite user print documents. But that's far from the
only or even principal use. Most office documents will never see preprint or
even be printed at all (in the impress case). So over-specializing the bitmap
export for print-oriented people like you is a bad idea.

 I suggest a more pragmatic approach to let users (force them ;-) ) 
 use the desirable parameters.

That's not a pragmatic approach that's making impossible the use-cases you may
not care about but other OO.o do need.

 In general, when I (or a user) create a work, I will have to decide
 beforehand, what is the purpose of this work:
 A.) Display it on screen
 B.) Print it

This is explicit in my proposal

 After deciding this, one can establish the target LPI (or PPI): 72 PPI vs
 75-150-200 LPI (for pure BW lineart, one could indeed choose 600 LPI).

This is also taken care of in my proposal

 Then I decide the dimension of the work (in cm, or in inch, or any valid
 measure).

This is also possible in my proposal, except it considers pixels a valid
dimension unit, because that's the unit most bitmap image users care about (or
they wouldn't be using a bitmap format)

 Having both PPI and dimensions, will automatically result in the pixels needed
 in the raster image.

This will work in my proposal

 I wouldn't go the other way round: deciding on PPI and/or
 image size based on pixels.

You wouldn't but others would wich is why it needs to work too

 Because Draw is a vector-graphics processing program, pixels don't make much
 sense either.

When you export to bitmap, pixels are everything. If you don't care about them
you don't need to do a bitmap export.



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[graphics-issues] [Issue 4499] Export to bitmap file has f ixed DPI (resolution)

2008-03-16 Thread discoleo
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--- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun Mar 16 19:19:31 + 
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 I'm afraid you display a distinct lack of understanding of what
 an Office suite is used for. Sure an office suite user print documents.
 But that's far from the only or even principal use.
 Most office documents will never see preprint or even be printed at all
 (in the impress case). So over-specializing the bitmap export for
 print-oriented people like you is a bad idea.

I have created lots of presentations myself and seen well over thousand during
my life (though most in a competitor's program). ;-)

A.) IF you don't print the document, why do you need PPI (or LPI or DPI)?

It amazes me how users make simple things look complicated. IF the only thing
the user does is to view the image onscreen, then pixels is everything he ever
wanted (and color depth - much neglected, but even more important than 
resolution).

This is the reason why I wrote (in brackets, its true) that the first step is to
decide if the work is for print or onscreen viewing. Becuase for onscreen
viewing we don't need dimension in inches (or mm, or something else) and we
don't need PPIs either. So lets make it simple: give only resolution in pixels.

On the other hand, IF the user decides that the work will be printed, than 2
completely different parameters become relevant: dimension in length-units (mm
or inches, ...) and the targeted output resolution (LPI). This becomes a
different story.

B.) DPI for monitors
 You forget that for a computer program a screen is an output device
 and the dots of this output device are pixels.

 For a computer screen ppi = dpi

While dpi is sometimes misused for monitors, you can't set a monitor DPI for
your image, because for every monitor and monitor resolution, this is a
different value. So, how do you assign a range of values to something. Indeed,
what a complex question.

I can view an image in 1024*768 and using your definition will get a specific
value for DPI, then change my graphics card resolution to 1200*1024, and
voila, for the same image and monitor I get a different DPI. ;-)

[Just to confuse matters further, there are 0.25 mm dots pitch monitors, but
this varies between 0.24 mm in very good monitors to 0.27 mm in poorer ones.
Additionally, every user uses different monitor settings, and the PPI will
vary greatly from 800*600 to 1600*1200 resolutions. So, my recommendation: just
ignore the PPI whenever the work is intended solely for onscreen viewing.]

C.) Just a short comment on color-depth: this much neglected feature is more
important than resolution itself. This is why an image displayed on a 72 PPI
monitor looks so much better than even if printed on a 1.200 DPI printer.

In the RGB colorspace are some 16.8 million colours. Arguably, even a good
monitor is not able to display all these colours (but neither the human eye can
discern them all), but a printer's CMYK colorspace is greatly diminished in
comparison even with a monitor.

This issue becomes also important when editing images using various software.
The Gimp was mentioned previously, unfortunately, it can handle only 24
bit-colors. This is relevant when performing image-processing in hingh end
settings, where 8bit/channel does not suffice: 12 and 16-bit per channel is much
better, because intermediate calculations might use values that exceed the
possibilities of an 8 bit number. This is especially tragic with Gimp, because
some years back, someone (or a corporation ? - forgot it) provided some patches
to extend Gimps capabilities (I think to 16 bits per channel), but in one of the
greatest shortsightednesses, the developers refused to implement them.

So, when exporting a rasterised graphic, at least as important as the spatial
resolution is also the colour resolution. When I teach image processing, I do
some little experiments with students: take an image and reduce the spatial
resolution vs reduce the colour resolution. You may see yourself what dramatic
effects colour resolution has.

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[graphics-issues] [Issue 4499] Export to bitmap file has f ixed DPI (resolution)

2008-03-16 Thread nmailhot
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--- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun Mar 16 19:52:43 + 
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 A.) IF you don't print the document, why do you need PPI (or LPI or DPI)?

Again DPI/PPI is used to scale between pixel-space and physical unit space.
Correct DPI is what will make your bitmap file to have the right size when
inserted in another Office document.

Also it's customary to have strict DPI value rules when creating a set of
materials. These rules can be print-oriented, web oriented or something else
entirely and letting the user choose the exact DPI he needs is a requirement of
any serious bitmap-producing graphic application.

 While dpi is sometimes misused for monitors, you can't set a monitor DPI for
 your image, because for every monitor and monitor resolution, this is a
 different value.

You're lacking imagination, labs of screens with the same characteristics are
not that uncommon. Also it's not unheard-of to prepare material for the system
currently been used. In this case the exact dpi value is well known.

 C.) Just a short comment on color-depth: this much neglected feature is more
 important than resolution itself.

Feel free to open a separate issue. In crappy hardware corp-land, your colours
will suck whatever color-depth is chosen. The Gimp will be fixed way before this
situation changes, since calibrating screens/printers is on no one's radar yet
(and in fact the hardware is getting worse in this respect).

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[graphics-issues] [Issue 4499] Export to bitmap file has f ixed DPI (resolution)

2008-03-16 Thread stuartprescott
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--- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun Mar 16 23:55:24 + 
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One thing that seems to have been missed in all this is that images in Draw
fundamentally do have a size and it is measured in cm or inches as shown on the
ruler that surrounds the image. All we are asking for is the ability to select
how many pixels per unit length are saved into the raster image on export.

Now, I quite like nmailhot's suggestions here as I think they encompass a few
different use cases that I have personally seen and they don't seem to be well
enunciated here yet:

(1) A user has drawn a diagram in Draw. A publisher specifies that the diagram
must be 8.25cm wide so the drawing is this size. The publisher then says that
they would really rather a TIFF than any other form of diagram so please provide
the diagram at 300dpi meaning 974px wide. (discoleo: I'm not making this up...
you may have more experience of preprint stuff than others here, but these are
instructions to authors from publishers)

(2) The user then wants to put this same diagram on their web page. They know
that the rest of their graphics and their web page layout are set up for 400px
wide so they then want to export a graphic at that size. 

Please note that I have been able to talk about these things without mentioning
loaded terms such as resolution or dpi. As a user, I truly don't care about
whether you call them lpi dpi ppi or anything else you may care to mention. In
fact, I'd probably prefer that you scrapped all of those terms and gave me the
option to specify how the export was performed in pixel/inch, pixel/cm and
perhaps throw in some others that might be useful such as pixel/mm and pixel/pt.
(since the experts apparently can't agree on what terms like dpi means and
some experts here are arguing that the rest of the world's current usage is
wrong and that they are right...)

Thinking through the different suggestions that have been offered here, I have
tried to distil what, in my mind at least, is the difference between the ideas
that I like and those that I dislike. One thing that jumped out at me was that
discoleo's mockup and suggestions are heavily influenced by what he declares to
be his workflow: 

 In general, when I (or a user) create a work, I will have to 
 decide beforehand, what is the purpose of this work:
 A.) Display it on screen
 B.) Print it

This workflow is the opposite of what normally happens in my experience. You end
up using the same graphic or perhaps a derived graphic in both print and on
screen and you need to be able to export an image from Draw at any stage.
Throwing words around like pragmatic and telling us that users need to be
protected from themselves doesn't help here. Providing a user interface that is
sufficiently flexible to fit the user's preferred workflow does help.

I'm almost feeling that the more discoleo argues about this bug, the more he is
arguing against this feature even been useful, which to me means that he doesn't
understand the use cases for it. In particular, the insistence on using
pragmatic pixel/inch values is problematic as it makes use case 2 impossible
to fulfil.

On the other hand, the interface suggested by nmailhot allows the user to choose
how the export should be performed in a variety of different ways. The user can
choose either the size in pixels or the pixels/cm (or inch etc) which gives us
the ability to pass use cases 1 and 2 that I have highlighted. However, I would
suggest that the screen vs print resolution could be collapsed into just one
dropdown to make the interface simpler. Additionally, the ability to export at
different page sizes seems orthogonal to the raster export and instead a feature
that should be on a vector export dialogue box.

Final comments -- nmailhot suggested this little gem in the export interface:

   ( ) Selected (o) Visible area ( ) Whole page

YES PLEASE!! That would be fantastic. I spend too much time resizing the page
down to the graphic size (often by trial and error) so that I can export to PDF
only the image and not the surrounding whitespace. (These PDFs are usually fed
into pdflatex as graphics).

Also, just to pick nits... discoleo wrote However, pixels have NO dimension.
That is true up to the point where a resolution header is inserted in the
image and is quite common in many raster image formats. I struggle to see how
this comment (along with much of discoleo's lecture series on printers and dots)
has anything to do with how to allow the user to change the number of pixels
exported by Draw.



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[graphics-issues] [Issue 4499] Export to bitmap file has f ixed DPI (resolution)

2008-03-15 Thread discoleo
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Unfortunately, there are many misunderstandings regarding image resolution and
DPI/LPI/PPI/(SPI).

I therefore need to clarify some aspects. Also, many things do NOT look like
they are (or, are NOT perceived as they are). Hopefully, some aspects will be
clarified after reading this post.

I will attach later on some screenshots from Adobe Illustrator to emphasise
these points.

1.) DPI and LPI are printer measures:
  - DPI is the maximum number of dots a printer can access per inch
-- DPI points are just printer ink present or absent
-- a DPI dot can NOT show various nuances of a colour
  - LPI is lines per inch, lines made up of the smaller dots from DPI
to create the various colours we see in an image
-- an LPI dot can be made of many dozen DPI dots
-- more DPI dots will more accurately recreate the original colour,
   so smaller LPI is not necessarily worse
[LPI is the printer equivalent of the monitor pixel, of what we see.]

2.) Images are stored as pixels (lets ignore for the beginning vector graphics
for the sake of clarity). However, pixels have NO dimension.
  - a 100 x 50 px image could be 10 x 5 inch, or 2 x 1 inch, or 50 x 25 inch

3.) There is NO relationship between pixels and DPI/LPI
  - pixels just tell us what information is stored (actual information in
digital pictures)
  - therefore, changing the DPI won't modify the quality of a non-vector image,
just the size of the printed output
[we will see a benefit only for vector images - arguably, this is
 why this feature will impact Draw export as we work with vector images]


CRUCIAL VARIABLE

LPI is the important measure, but it is little known by ordinary people. Most
importantly, it is usually not provided with the printer documentation (see 
later).

I therefore would have preferred initially to specify the DPI for the target
output. It is known for a specific printer and people have heard of it (though
many will misunderstand it).

There are however some problems with DPI that made me revise my initial opinion:
 - newer printers have stated DPIs of 1,200 and higher dots per inch values
 - this higher DPIs don't scale linearly with LPI values
 - actually, a 2,400 DPI office/home user printer will fare only slightly
   better than a 600 DPI ordinary printer (2,400 DPI is in this respect
   completely misleading)

Even professional printing requires at most a picture scaled for 200-300 LPI 
output.

A.) PRAGMTIC APPROACH
=
This is why I favour a pragmatic approach:
 - Let user choose between 3 predefined OPTIONS:
   -- screen: 72 PPI (or LPI; for screens, PPI is the more accurate term)
   -- medium: 150 LPI (pixel equivalent, or PPI)
   -- high: 300 LPI (pixel equivalent, or PPI)

This is exactly what Adobe Illustrator Dialog Document Raster Effects Settings
offers, too (see the first screenshot).

B.) ADVANCED APPROACH
=
The advanced approach will display both the LPI and DPI options for that
particular printer. This is also available in Adobe Illustrator, see the 2nd
screenshot. Unfortunately, the translation of DPI to LPI:
 - isn't straightforward,
 - is printer dependent (and also on page type)
 - I do not know reliable informations for such translations
 - Adobe offers so called PPD-files containing such information for
   a particular printer (but I do not know if such information is opensource)

  EXAMPLE OF PPD FILE-INFO:
Modified PPD (postscript printer description) file for Agfa Avantra 25 
year 2002, postscript level 2).
  Defined paper formats:
* A0 to A10,
* B0 to B10,
* USLetter and USLegal,
* user defined formats.

  Defined resolutions:
* 600 dpi – 40 lpi,
* 846 dpi – 85 lpi,
* 900 dpi – 60 lpi,
* 1016 dpi – 70 lpi, 80 lpi,
* 1200 dpi – 65 lpi, 75 lpi, 85 lpi, 100 lpi, 110 lpi, 120 lpi,
  133 lpi, 140 lpi, 150 lpi,
* 1270 dpi – 65 lpi, 75 lpi, 80 lpi, 90 lpi, 100 lpi,
* 1693 dpi – 80 lpi, 100 lpi, 133 lpi,
* 1800 dpi – 112 lpi, 133 lpi, 150 lpi,
* 2032 dpi – 85 lpi, 110 lpi, 133 lpi,
* 2400 dpi – 85 lpi, 100 lpi, 110 lpi, 120 lpi, 133 lpi, 140 lpi,
  150 lpi, 160 lpi, 175 lpi, 200 lpi,
* 2540 dpi – 100 lpi, 110 lpi, 120 lpi, 133 lpi, 138 lpi, 150 lpi,
  175 lpi,
* 3200 dpi – 200 lpi,
* 3386 dpi – 100 lpi, 120 lpi, 133 lpi, 175 lpi, 200 lpi,
* 3600 dpi – 133 lpi, 140 lpi, 150 lpi, 175 lpi, 200 lpi, 225 lpi,
  250 lpi, 300 lpi,
* 4800 dpi – 300 lpi.

From the previous example, see that even a 4,800 DPI printer outputs actually
only 300 LPI. So, e.g. for a 10 x 5 inch image, the resolution suffices to be
3,000 x 1,500 pixels.

Hope this removes some of the misunderstanding and also will foster the
implementation of a 

[graphics-issues] [Issue 4499] Export to bitmap file has f ixed DPI (resolution)

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Adobe Illustrator Dialog: Document Raster Effect Settings used to set the 
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[graphics-issues] [Issue 4499] Export to bitmap file has f ixed DPI (resolution)

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[graphics-issues] [Issue 4499] Export to bitmap file has f ixed DPI (resolution)

2008-03-15 Thread discoleo
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Basic Mockup for this feature (not yet thought out in full detail - just a 
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[graphics-issues] [Issue 4499] Export to bitmap file has f ixed DPI (resolution)

2008-03-15 Thread crxssi
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We just need to have variable raster export resolution control and have
something higher than OO's fixed max, which is currently about 2048x2048. 
Personally, I don't care what it is called (res, dpi, lpi, ppi), as long as it
rasterizes at something the user specifies.  It does seem that ppi is the most
logical name, however.  To me, an export is printer-irrelevent.  If I wanted to
print it from OpenOffice, I would use the print function.  Shouldn't matter
which printers I have defined or available in OO for the export function.

I think in total resolution of my output, so for me, I want to know I am getting
1600x1200 or 3200x2400 or whatever.  When exporting, DPI/PPI/LPI really means
that if I am exporting at 600DPI, for example, then my 8x10 page (from page
format in OO Draw) will result in a 4800x6000 jpg or png (or whatever), which is
not currently possible.

The mockup is OK, and placing it in page format kinda makes sense (as long as
the export filters honor it).  Only thing I would change is to rename it from
resolution to export resolution, because it might otherwise confuse people.
 It doesn't change anything when printing or viewing or saving or anything else
except for rasterized export.

I don't know where the rasterization occurs.  Does the export filter do it?  Or
is it done by OO internally and the result is passed to the filter for
post-processing?  I suspect it is internal to OO, because that is why we are
hitting a consistent upper size limit.  If this is the case, then there is a
single, internal rasterization routine that will need to be modified to allow it
to become much bigger when necessary (warning: this could eat up a LOT of RAM...
might be a good idea to have it also honor some max RAM setting in 
Tools-Options).

If one challenge is the necessity to modify all the filters- I would suggest
concentrating first (or even only) on the only two that will matter the most to
most people- jpg and png, and worry about the others later.  

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[graphics-issues] [Issue 4499] Export to bitmap file has f ixed DPI (resolution)

2008-03-14 Thread vtdiy
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--- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri Mar 14 20:17:27 + 
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I have been trying to come up with workarounds. 

This morning I worked on ghostscript command lines for conversion of an OODraw
.pdf file to a bitmap format at specified resolutions. The following ghostscript
command line example will do the conversion of a .pdf file to a .png file with
16 million colors at 600 dpi. The nice thing is you don't have to specify the
page size output since the .pdf file already has this information, you just set
the horizontal and vertical resolution (DPI, or ppi).

Code:
 gs -sDEVICE=png16m -sOutputFile=test1.png -r600x600 test2.pdf 

After that however I found an even simpler way -- direct importation into Gimp.
I was unaware Gimp could directly import .pdf files. This dimmediately solves
the problem of needing to transfer high resolution drawings from Draw to a
bitmap editor. Files can also be saved in any bitmap format from Gimp.
Apparently a lot of other people are unaware that this is possible, since so
many have tried workarounds.

While this may make the ghostscript code above irrelevant, perhaps it may be
useful for someone needing to do batch exports from Draw (or other) .pdfs.

Hope this helps others. I would still naturally hope OODraw will upgrade it's
bitmap exports, but this does now make it less pressing an issue, since there is
a ready way to get hi-res drawings out.  

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[graphics-issues] [Issue 4499] Export to bitmap file has f ixed DPI (resolution)

2008-03-13 Thread cl
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--- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Mar 13 09:13:17 + 
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Hi all, this issue has 45 votes and a bunch of cc people. Yet less than 5 people
help with the feature specification on the ux discuss list.

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[graphics-issues] [Issue 4499] Export to bitmap file has f ixed DPI (resolution)

2008-03-13 Thread vtdiy
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The location for the current discussion is:

http://ux.openoffice.org/servlets/BrowseList?listName=discussby=date

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[graphics-issues] [Issue 4499] Export to bitmap file has f ixed DPI (resolution)

2008-03-10 Thread bryancole
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I share vtdiy's view on this so I wont restate what he's just said. 

I will point out that an intermediate solution would be to make an OOo Extension
for this. With the functionality already in the OOo API, this is a relatively
straightforward task of defining an export dialog in the Dialog editor and
hooking it up to the high-resolution-export Basic macro, then adding a
toolbar/menu item to activate it. The OOo integration with the Extensions
repository makes is fairly easy to find and install enxtensions, so this is a
much better solution than saying hey, edit and run this macro, and no
specification is required.

Previously when I've attempted to make extensions, I've always failed when I
tried to package it up (figuring out the addons.xcu file is hard), however there
is now an Addons Builder extension which should simplify this. Next time I'm
in the mood, I may try this (but don't hold your breath as I've many other
things higher up on my todo list!)

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[graphics-issues] [Issue 4499] Export to bitmap file has f ixed DPI (resolution)

2008-03-10 Thread cl
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--- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Mar 10 13:40:43 + 
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As a developer I like to further emphasis e that any help from none developers
is welcome. You do not need to be a developer to do a specification. A formal
specification using the templates already mention would be best. But you could
also draw a dialog on a sheet of paper using a pencil, scan it and post it for
discussion.
Please do not respond by but it is so clear what the requirements are, I do not
see why I have to write a specification. Reading the latest comments it looks
to me that there is still room for discussion what different people expect from
this feature.
For me as a developer, if I have a specification that clearly tells me what is
wanted where I do not need to spend additional time to gather the requirements
myself is something that is more likely to be implemented than an issue without
a specification. There is still time to do this for OOo 3.0 with an extension,
so any work from your side is welcome and may speed things up.

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[graphics-issues] [Issue 4499] Export to bitmap file has f ixed DPI (resolution)

2008-03-10 Thread vtdiy
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I have written a specification and contacted the ux mailing list. Haven't heard
anything back yet, but perhaps it is the time difference.

I'm not sure where to put the specification or how to upload it.

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[graphics-issues] [Issue 4499] Export to bitmap file has f ixed DPI (resolution)

2008-03-09 Thread regina
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You can start with the template
http://specs.openoffice.org/collaterals/template/2.0/OpenOffice-org-Specification-Template.ott
(see http://specs.openoffice.org/)

You need not worry about developers and so on, but fill in your proposals and
leave blank the rest. Then you contact the mailing list
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (see http://ux.openoffice.org/). You will get advise
what to do next. I think your proposals will likely be discussed there directly
otherwise you will be point to an appropriate place.

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[graphics-issues] [Issue 4499] Export to bitmap file has f ixed DPI (resolution)

2008-03-09 Thread crxssi
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--- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun Mar  9 15:27:19 + 
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Vtdiy, I would not recommend putting such a setting in Format.  To me, the
most logical place to ask about export resolution is when you export, which
would be in the export dialog.  If you do write up something, see my previous
posting- there are at least four things that need to be addressed:

1) The DPI setting has no effect when exporting
2) The maximum resolution for raster exporting is too low
3) There is no user choice in export resolution
4) There is no user feedback for actual resolution during an export

Just asking the user for (an honoring) a resolution is only 2 of the 4 issues. 
I would also caution against only using the term DPI, since exporting really
has nothing to do with Dots Per Inch... that is only meaningful when printing. 
It is better to relay resolution in total pixels (like 1650x1275) or show both
(like 150DPI 1650x1275).  For the ultimate in convenience, show and let the
user set any of DPI, resolution, and Megapixels (150 DPI 1650x1275 2.1 MP),
then the user wouldn't have to do any math :)

I could see adding a 5, to the above, also:

5) There is no place to set the default export resolution

Which would probably be in Tools-Options

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[graphics-issues] [Issue 4499] Export to bitmap file has f ixed DPI (resolution)

2008-03-09 Thread vtdiy
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--- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun Mar  9 18:21:10 + 
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Thank you Regina, I'll do that.

Thank you crxssi, I believe the place to address additional proposals would be
in the discussion of a proposed specification.

However, before you oppose what I'm suggesting, I hope you'll help. Let me ask
you to consider the following:

Issues surrounding the topic of low export resolution (96 DPI) have languished
for 6 years now apparently because of the complexity of attempting to write
specifications for each of the user filter dialogs. It has also been complicated
by lumping together (if there are indeed 4 separate issues here) different user
feature requests under one blanket issue number.

That makes it extremely hard (if not impossible) to resolve or even describe.
You can't pleas all of the people all of the time. If that make-it-do-everything
approach is continued we may never see any change simply because other issues
are more clearly defined and simpler to solve. First rule of support
prioritizing -- knock the easy ones off the list first.

Yes there are a lot of things on the wishlist. But frankly, I would be happy if
I could simply export my drawings in a single bitmap file format at a reasonable
resolution. ANYTHING to get a drawing into another program, like GIMP for
processing with non-vector tools (airbrush, etc) would be fine by me.

Such a clear and simple goal seems achievable IF we stop demanding a wedding
cake and realize we can at least have a muffin. We've got nothing right now. 96
DPI is it. We're starving. 

Let's work together to get a preliminary simple decent quality export function
going, and then add refinements later. At least then we can do real work in the
program instead of waiting an unspecified number of years to use OODraw for
anything but screen graphics and .pdf's. 

To me, OODraw and an export to a bitmap editor would represent the ideal in
combined flexibility. The vector program allows the development and maintenance
of the primary image in unlimited resolution quality; the bitmap editor, the
ability to work with an instance of the image to do final hand airbrush level
alterations to shading etc that are not possible in the vector program. These
two kinds of programs should be able to work together. Neither is sufficient
unto itself. We need both.

I think if we insist on having every file filter dialog altered to include
resolution, we'll never see it accomplished. New file filters are published or
modified every year, the requests for additional filter input variables will be
encouraged by doing it that way, and frankly the limitations on manpower
probably can not be distracted in this vector graphics program to continual work
on individual bitmap filter requirements.

A global export resolution setting variable in a convenient place (NOT Options)
for rapid alteration as needed would serve to greatly increase the utility of
this program. 

And yes DPI is useful. Yes it is print oriented. That's what we're talking about
here, print quality graphics -- the program already outputs screen quality
graphics at 96DPI. All printers use this convention for resolution. And so do
all bitmap editors. 

Since the document size is set in Open office it is perfectly straightforward to
derrive total number of pixels from resolution and physical document size if it
is important to you. Most people do not need it (except for screen graphics),
but do understand, conceptually and visually, what resolution is, what the
physical size of a document or image is and what they want to see for quality in
that image. In fact a pixel is non-dimensional and by itself meaningless -- how
big are 200 pixels and how fine a resolution is it?

Anyway, if the developers want they can include both total pixel and DPI (or
DPcm) in any way, just as long as I can create images which are exported at 600
dpi or better. That alone would vastly improve what can be done with Draw, 
agreed?

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[graphics-issues] [Issue 4499] Export to bitmap file has f ixed DPI (resolution)

2008-03-09 Thread vtdiy
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Thank you Regina, I'll do that.

Thank you crxssi, I believe the place to address additional proposals would be
in the discussion of a proposed specification.

However, before you oppose what I'm suggesting, I hope you'll help. Let me ask
you to consider the following:

Issues surrounding the topic of low export resolution (96 DPI) have languished
for 6 years now apparently because of the complexity of attempting to write
specifications for each of the user filter dialogs. It has also been complicated
by lumping together (if there are indeed 4 separate issues here) different user
feature requests under one blanket issue number.

That makes it extremely hard (if not impossible) to resolve or even describe.
You can't pleas all of the people all of the time. If that make-it-do-everything
approach is continued we may never see any change simply because other issues
are more clearly defined and simpler to solve. First rule of support
prioritizing -- knock the easy ones off the list first.

Yes there are a lot of things on the wishlist. But frankly, I would be happy if
I could simply export my drawings in a single bitmap file format at a reasonable
resolution. ANYTHING to get a drawing into another program, like GIMP for
processing with non-vector tools (airbrush, etc) would be fine by me.

Such a clear and simple goal seems achievable IF we stop demanding a wedding
cake and realize we can at least have a muffin. We've got nothing right now. 96
DPI is it. We're starving. 

Let's work together to get a preliminary simple decent quality export function
going, and then add refinements later. At least then we can do real work in the
program instead of waiting an unspecified number of years to use OODraw for
anything but screen graphics and .pdf's. 

To me, OODraw and an export to a bitmap editor would represent the ideal in
combined flexibility. The vector program allows the development and maintenance
of the primary image in unlimited resolution quality; the bitmap editor, the
ability to work with an instance of the image to do final hand airbrush level
alterations to shading etc that are not possible in the vector program. These
two kinds of programs should be able to work together. Neither is sufficient
unto itself. We need both.

I think if we insist on having every file filter dialog altered to include
resolution, we'll never see it accomplished. New file filters are published or
modified every year, the requests for additional filter input variables will be
encouraged by doing it that way, and frankly the limitations on manpower
probably can not be distracted in this vector graphics program to continual work
on individual bitmap filter requirements.

A global export resolution setting variable in a convenient place (NOT Options)
for rapid alteration as needed would serve to greatly increase the utility of
this program. 

And yes DPI is useful. Yes it is print oriented. That's what we're talking about
here, print quality graphics -- the program already outputs screen quality
graphics at 96DPI. All printers use this convention for resolution. And so do
all bitmap editors. 

Since the document size is set in Open office it is perfectly straightforward to
derrive total number of pixels from resolution and physical document size if it
is important to you. Most people do not need it (except for screen graphics),
but do understand, conceptually and visually, what resolution is, what the
physical size of a document or image is and what they want to see for quality in
that image. In fact a pixel is non-dimensional and by itself meaningless -- how
big are 200 pixels and how fine a resolution is it? There is no answer to that.

Of course it can be DPcm or whatever instead of DPI, as long as it's a ratio
specifying resolution, and we can go at least as high as 600 DPI on a letter
size document, I'll be happy. I realize that isn't photo editing quality, but
there are plenty of photo editors out there, and no point in bitmap editing
photos in a vector drawing program. There is however a critical need for
exporting drawings created in a vector program into a bitmap editor for
specialized processing unavailable in vector systems.

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[graphics-issues] [Issue 4499] Export to bitmap file has f ixed DPI (resolution)

2008-03-09 Thread vtdiy
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--- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun Mar  9 18:36:24 + 
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sorry about the double post, the browser hung on contacting OOorg and I
refreshed and sent again.

apologies

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[graphics-issues] [Issue 4499] Export to bitmap file has f ixed DPI (resolution)

2008-03-08 Thread vtdiy
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--- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sat Mar  8 18:57:31 + 
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So, it's now retargeted from some future version 3.0 to 3.1.

6 years since this was first brought up in version 1.0. 

What does the word targeted actually mean in a case like this? 



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[graphics-issues] [Issue 4499] Export to bitmap file has f ixed DPI (resolution)

2008-03-08 Thread crxssi
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--- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sat Mar  8 19:50:29 + 
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It means they don't expect it to be fixed for the next release.  It is much
better than marking it WON'T FIX or INVALID like what happens with some
problems.  Having an actual target listed, rather than just a generic OOLATER
is also a good sign.  Targets are just guesses as to which release a fix might
be made, not promises.

Bug fixes, where something is actually broken, take priority over enhancements,
like this one.  At some point they have to stop making changes in order to push
out a new release.  Then the cycle begins again.

I don't know exactly how enhancements are prioritized, but those with more votes
are likely to end up nearer the top of the list.

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[graphics-issues] [Issue 4499] Export to bitmap file has f ixed DPI (resolution)

2008-03-08 Thread vtdiy
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--- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sat Mar  8 20:52:49 + 
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Thank you for the clarification.
Re. votes: This specific issue has 45 votes, however other issues have been
closed as duplicates of this one for example, issues number:

13396
17678
12881
9192
10662
32216
51421
25536
29471
63082
66029
27919

It is hard to imagine that for 6 years and innumerable OO versions, requests
across multiple issues regarding this problem have not resulted in a change,
unless there is a specific reason or policy at work. If so, it would be helpful
to understand what that is -- at the very least it would stop wasting the time
of those who continually attempt to describe and log it. 

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[graphics-issues] [Issue 4499] Export to bitmap file has f ixed DPI (resolution)

2008-03-08 Thread regina
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--- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sat Mar  8 21:29:57 + 
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Please look again what sj has said(desc 37, 2005-11-01), especially,Anybody can
help by providing proposals or by working out the full specification, which is
half of the work. You will find a template for a specification in
http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Specification_Template

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[graphics-issues] [Issue 4499] Export to bitmap file has f ixed DPI (resolution)

2008-03-08 Thread vtdiy
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--- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun Mar  9 03:55:57 + 
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Thank you regina, that is a very positive suggestion.

I looked at the macro, but don't understand it well enough to know whether it is
something I as a user could use to provide a workaround for obtaining higher
resolutions than 96 dpi on bitmap file exports. Or how to implement it if it is
useful.

I also looked at the specification requirements, and it seems to say that I
would need to have lined up a developer and QA person. Since I'm not a part of
the OO organization, I don't know how to do that, but am willing to do whatever
is needed.

You also mentioned a proposal -- is there a link to a similar form or a
description of what format that would take?

I have thought carefully about how to simplify implementing the minimum
necessary to increase resolution beyond the present 96 DPI.

At present, there is a user workaround in OODraw which involves specifying an
abnormally large page size, in order to increase the drawing resolution
artificially before saving it.

Since that method works the same in all filter types, its action is global.
A software solution which essentially does the same thing under cover, except
that the user interface now does the multiplication internally and correctly via
a DPI (or DPmm) input field would seem to work across all filter types as 
well.

The place to input this DPI/DPmm field might well be in the Format toolbar
dropdown list, with an entry for Export Resolution. It is a format variable,
after all, for the document, This would mean that the individual filter dialogs
would not have to be re-written. The user merely changes the resolution figure
as a document format.

I would be happy to write this up wherever appropriate -- I'm just not sure
where or how to do his.

Thank you for suggesting this way of dealing with this issue.



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[graphics-issues] [Issue 4499] Export to bitmap file has f ixed DPI (resolution)

2008-03-06 Thread cl
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What|Old value |New value

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--- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Mar  6 12:29:45 + 
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retarget

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[graphics-issues] [Issue 4499] Export to bitmap file has f ixed DPI (resolution)

2008-02-06 Thread vtdiy
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--- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Feb  7 06:07:48 + 
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Discovering the poor export resolution was a major disappointment after putting
about 50 hours into a drawing. For that I got a 96 dpi tiff file -- same thing
in a png file, and a gif file. Obviously I spent some time trying to figure out
how to fanagle even a draft quality resolution of 300 dpi.

This makes the application suitable for exporting web graphics only. It is not
suitable for generating exports of bitmap print graphics. Yes, you can print
directly or pdf a file with cleaner output, but you can't export to a print
quality bitmap format.

This is a critical issue for a graphics program -- all the feature bells and
whistles are pointless if you don't have a usable output. Draw is basically a
screen etch-a-sketch as it stands now since it lacks normal graphics export
functions. Sure a lot of file formats are supported. But anywhere off a monitor,
the files themselves look like a 1980 dot matrix printout. 

I guess Draw is useful for making screen presentations (Impress), web page
graphics, and screen icons, but it's not the *document* level graphics program
it ought to be. You can pretty much do screen resolution graphics in any bit
painter, including old MSPaint. Why bother with vectors at 96 dpi?

Fix this one issue and you have a fine document graphics suite. Without it,
you're painting with your elbows.

This ought to be priority one. 

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[graphics-issues] [Issue 4499] Export to bitmap file has f ixed DPI (resolution)

2008-01-19 Thread dma2002
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--- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sat Jan 19 09:10:29 + 
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Dear developers,
please change OS to All. And one more question: is it an ENHANCEMENT, but not
a DEFECT?

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[graphics-issues] [Issue 4499] Export to bitmap file has f ixed DPI (resolution)

2008-01-19 Thread dma2002
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[graphics-issues] [Issue 4499] Export to bitmap file has f ixed DPI (resolution)

2008-01-19 Thread markellse
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--- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sat Jan 19 09:35:54 + 
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Great to hear it's been fixed. It would be even greater to know how it had been
fixed. Is it by the availability macros. In which case it needs signposting and
explaining? A little guidance would be greatly appreciated.

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[graphics-issues] [Issue 4499] Export to bitmap file has f ixed DPI (resolution)

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--- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sat Jan 19 15:23:08 + 
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Markellse, why do you think this issue has been fixed?  I have seen no
indication that there has been any fix on this six-year-old issue.  You are
right that sometimes things are fixed and we don't know about it, because the
issues aren't marked that way until much later.  And often things are fixed or
enhanced and not even mentioned in the release notes.

For example, when 2.3.0 came out, OO *finally* had the ability to use a page
size greater than 48 or whatever the max used to be.  But I ran across it
completely by accident- this major new ability was not mentioned anywhere.

In any case, I have 2.3.1 installed and no, it is not fixed.  When I export to a
jpeg (or other raster format), I am not asked what resolution I want, it doesn't
tell me how big the raster file will be (in pixels), the export resolution is
mysteriously based on page size, and the maximum rasterized output resolution
was 2250x2048.  Nothing has changed.

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[graphics-issues] [Issue 4499] Export to bitmap file has f ixed DPI (resolution)

2008-01-19 Thread kpalagin
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--- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sat Jan 19 16:13:10 + 
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*** Issue 27919 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue. ***

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[graphics-issues] [Issue 4499] Export to bitmap file has f ixed DPI (resolution)

2008-01-19 Thread caelum
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[graphics-issues] [Issue 4499] Export to bitmap file has f ixed DPI (resolution)

2007-11-26 Thread zmogas
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Created an attachment (id=49920)
ImgeExportAtCustomDPI


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[graphics-issues] [Issue 4499] Export to bitmap file has f ixed DPI (resolution)

2007-11-26 Thread zmogas
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--- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Nov 26 20:28:08 + 
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 Custom DPI choise at export will be great.

 I want share macro image_export.bas (based on bryancole example) that i write
to solve this issue for my. Macro exports whole page or selection to current
document directory with name as current document name with changed extension.
Before exporting dialog shows exporting info. Image type and DPI can be set in
macro source.

P.S. Sorry for my terrible English 

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[graphics-issues] [Issue 4499] Export to bitmap file has f ixed DPI (resolution)

2007-11-26 Thread crxssi
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--- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Nov 26 23:27:11 + 
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This is not new information, but I haven't seen it posted anywhere on this
issue.  It might actually constitute sever issues.

The maximum resolution you can export in Draw is 2048x2048.  It is impossible to
export a PNG or JPEG of any greater resolution.  If you are looking for a
high-quality rasterized output for printing, the printed result is only 3.4
wide at 600dpi or 1.7 wide at 1200dpi.  Even at a very low 300dpi, it is only
7 wide, not enough to fill a typical letter sized paper.  And to get the
maximum 2048 wide export, you have to lie about the paper size, choosing a huge
30+ paper size and resizing your graphics to fit the page, prior to exporting.

This [artifically low] resolution limit severely cripples Draw for any serious
graphics work.  For example, I might want to make a collage of a few dozen
photographs and then save it as a JPEG to be sent to a photo developer for a
large print.  Right now, we can only export a 3 megapixel output!  Another
example- I have a complex network diagram, I want to export it so I can send it
to a printing business to blow up onto a 4 foot wide poster.  They don't accept
ODF or any of the few vector formats supported in OO.  I have to use JPEG.  The
result- a printed diagram that can't be read due to low resolution.

Note that DPI really is just a hint in a graphics file, it really doesn't mean
anything until it is time to display or print it.  It would exceptionally useful
if the export dialog asked the user the desired resolution and told the user the
actual number of pixels wide by pixels high.

In summary:

1) The DPI setting has no effect when exporting
2) The maximum resolution for raster exporting is too low
3) There is no user choice in export resolution
4) There is no user feedback for actual resolution during an export

(Please note that someone should change the platform setting on this issue, it
is not MS-Windows XP specific, it affects all platforms.)

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[graphics-issues] [Issue 4499] Export to bitmap file has f ixed DPI (resolution)

2007-02-26 Thread cl
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What|Old value |New value

 Assigned to|bh|cl

  Status|STARTED   |NEW

Target milestone|OOo Later |OOo 3.0





--- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Feb 26 08:40:05 + 
2007 ---
I think this is important. No promises but I try to do something for 2.3 here

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[graphics-issues] [Issue 4499] Export to bitmap file has f ixed DPI (resolution)

2007-02-23 Thread jbarwick
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--- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri Feb 23 09:15:27 + 
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The export filters (Graphics export) are not saving the DPI setting in the final
image file header.

PLEASE HELP!  Although I am using ImageMagik to fix the resolution setting in
the image, I want to be able to do this from my macro.

(Please note...All my graphics are the same size...so this macro works)

This is an export from Draw

Macro:
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   Dim aFilterData (10) as new com.sun.star.beans.PropertyValue

   aFilterData(0).Name  = PixelWidth
   aFilterData(0).Value = 3307
   
   aFilterData(1).Name  = PixelHeight
   aFilterData(1).Value = 2336
   
   aFilterData(2).Name  = LogicalWidth
   aFilterData(2).Value = 140
   
   aFilterData(3).Name  = LogicalHeight
   aFilterData(3).Value = 98.89
   
   aFilterData(4).Name  = Quality
   aFilterData(4).Value = 80
   
   aFilterData(5).Name  = ColorMode
   aFilterData(5).Value = 0
   
   aFilterData(6).Name  = ExportMode
   aFilterData(6).Value = 1
   
   aFilterData(7).Name  = Resolution
   aFilterData(7).Value = 600

   xDoc = thiscomponent
   xView = xDoc.currentController
   xSelection = xView.selection
   
   If isEmpty( xSelection ) then
   xObj = xView.currentPage
   else
   xObj = xSelection
   End If
   xExporter = createUnoService( com.sun.star.drawing.GraphicExportFilter )
   xExporter.SetSourceDocument( xObject )

   Dim aArgs (2) as new com.sun.star.beans.PropertyValue
   Dim aURL as new com.sun.star.util.URL

   aURL.complete = 'myfile.jpg'
  
   aArgs(0).Name  = MediaType
   aArgs(0).Value = image/jpeg
   aArgs(1).Name  = URL
   aArgs(1).Value = sFileUrl
   aArgs(2).Name  = FilterData
   aArgs(2).Value = aFilterData
   
   xExporter.filter( aArgs() )

--
Macro ends.

This macro produces the image in the correct size, but the DPI is wrong.  

The lines

   aFilterData(7).Name  = Resolution
   aFilterData(7).Value = 600

Should be telling the export filter to set the DPI setting in the image header.
 But it is not. 

This appears in OpenOffice 2.0 and 2.1.  And seems to be common in all the Image
export filters (not just jpeg).

Is this going to be fixed?

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[graphics-issues] [Issue 4499] Export to bitmap file has f ixed DPI (resolution)

2007-02-15 Thread schaber
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  CC|'cmc,joergwartenberg,manes|'cmc,joergwartenberg,manes
|chi,maxweber,moellney,nmai|chi,maxweber,moellney,nmai
|lhot,robertf,smerkley,toom|lhot,robertf,schaber,smerk
|,vq'  |ley,toom,vq'





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[graphics-issues] [Issue 4499] Export to bitmap file has f ixed DPI (resolution)

2007-01-17 Thread markellse
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--- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Jan 17 04:58:23 -0800 
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Interoperability with other programs and other users is important. Therefore
bitmap export is very important. For instance, I use OOo Draw for company logos.
Frequently a printer needs a bitmap version of the logo. The ability to export a
good quality bitmap is really absolutely essential. We do need this facility.

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[graphics-issues] [Issue 4499] Export to bitmap file has f ixed DPI (resolution)

2006-07-06 Thread schaber
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--- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Jul  6 03:32:18 -0700 
2006 ---
Please make the export make work as one would expect intuitively. Just setting
DPI without scaling the image is not enough. Anti-aliasing would also be great,
although this could be simulated by exporting a drawing with a high DPI setting
and bicubic downscaling with another software.

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