: virginia.mor...@takesolutions.com
To: jsgamm...@imprivata.com; gr...@hedgewizard.net
Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2012 09:37:01 -0500
Subject: RE: Recommended graphic file format for single-sourcing from Frame to
Robohelp?
CC: framers@lists.frameusers.com
Thanks to all of you who responded for your input
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Sent: Monday, January 16, 2012 10:04 PM
To: Virginia Morgan; John Sgammato; 'gr...@hedgewizard.net'
Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com
Subject: RE: Recommended graphic file format for single-sourcing from Frame to
Robohelp?
Virginia Morgan wrote:
Any other experience/advice
Why is SVG better than WMF or EMF? I don't like embedding Visio files,
so I save as WMF and insert the WMF. It seems to work fine and keeps the
lines perfectly sharp (since WMF is partially a vector format.)
Is there a good reason to switch to SVG?
Regards,
Shmuel Wolfson
Technical Writer
John Sgammato wrote:
With all due respect to my colleagues on this forum, IMO the line
between JPG and other formats is no longer as neat as it once was. Many
screenshots in Win 7 require gradients that JPG handles well. IMO
anything that a photo can handle might not be so far removed as you
Shmuel Wolfson wrote:
Why is SVG better than WMF or EMF? I don't like embedding Visio files,
so I save as WMF and insert the WMF. It seems to work fine and keeps
the
lines perfectly sharp (since WMF is partially a vector format.)
Is there a good reason to switch to SVG?
WMF (Windows
The cloudy artifacts that JPG puts around text may not be noticeable if
you save the JPG at highest quality, but the more compression you use,
the more annoyingly obvious it becomes. I believe the original poster in
this thread said that the document was intended for the Web, and since
it is
Hogarth
Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2012 7:01 PM
To: Virginia Morgan
Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Re: Recommended graphic file format for single-sourcing from
Frame to Robohelp?
I always vote for PNG. The files may not be the smallest, but I've
never had anything in the past decade
Sgammato [mailto:jsgamm...@imprivata.com]
Sent: Sunday, January 15, 2012 9:48 PM
To: 'gr...@hedgewizard.net'; Virginia Morgan
Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com
Subject: RE: Recommended graphic file format for single-sourcing from Frame to
Robohelp?
With all due respect to my colleagues
It was the 8-bit (256 color) PNG files that were a problem in FrameMaker.
They would add all 256 colors to the document color palette, which could be
annoying. It seems as though most graphics programs no longer have an 8-bit
option when saving png, 24-bit only these days, which do not mess with
Virginia Morgan wrote:
Any other experience/advice is appreciated. My recent graphic design
experience has also led me to conclude that .jpgs work well for much
more than photos, but the main reason we didn't use them in old
versions of FrameMaker (6.0 and before) even with photos was that
PNGs are small files too. What's not to like? For screenshots, the quality
difference between a jpeg and a png is really obvious. Jpeg just isn't designed
for sharp boundaries.
If you've got a heap of legacy files, you need a batch conversion tool. There
may be great free ones out there, but
I always vote for PNG. The files may not be the smallest, but I've
never had anything in the past decade choke on them (not display/corrupt
display (either unreadable or artifacts)/Fail (as in crash)).
JPEG is fine for Photos, and SVG for line graphics. PS is fine if
you've got the time to
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[mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Grant Hogarth
Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2012 7:01 PM
To: Virginia Morgan
Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Re: Recommended graphic file format for single-sourcing from Frame to
Robohelp?
I
Virginia, I don't use RH, but I author DITA in FM and create PDFs from FM, and
PDFs and online help with WebWorks ePublisher. However, I'm guessing that
whatever file format you use is will depend on what best creates the image. I
use jpg and gif most of the time.
It might also depend on
I have been searching the web for a few days and can't seem to find
any information on this particular aspect of single-sourcing using the
new TCS3. Does it not matter, i.e., does one just set up Robohelp
templates to convert .tifs to .jpgs or similar?
If, as you say, your content contains
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Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2012 2:17:55 PM
Subject: Re: Recommended graphic file format for single-sourcing from Frame to
Robohelp?
I have been searching the web for a few days and can’t seem to find any
information on this particular aspect of single-sourcing using the new
: Recommended graphic file format for single-sourcing from Frame to
Robohelp?
I have been searching the web for a few days and can't seem to find any
information on this particular aspect of single-sourcing using the new TCS3.
Does it not matter, i.e., does one just set up Robohelp templates
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