RE: Font info disappears from x-ref format
In the FM documents (FM-9) of a customer a special symbol inside an x-ref format loses its font information - only from time to time, but quite frequently. The symbol is then displayed as 2 rather than the page-symbol. Refreshing the screen with CTRL+l does not help. The only bypass is to save the document, close it and open it again. It happens on XP as well as on W7. The x-ref format: X:CrossRef$paranum,\ U:SpecialSymbolsU:Black2Default ¶ FontX:CrossRef\ $chapnum- $pagenumDefault ¶ Font The character formats are: X:CrossRef Color blue, Pair Kern U:SpecialSymbols Wingdings, 9.0pt, others: as-is U:BlackColor black, Pair Kern Could the reason be in the accumulation of character formats? Yes, FrameMaker has never been able to nest character tags. As soon as you apply the second tag, the first is seen as an override. You'll have to combine U:SpecialSymbols and U:Black into one new tag. Harro de Jong Triview ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: OT: Image Manipuation Help
Hi Rick, I would use Photoshop. I've used both the color replacement tool and my method below. My method is not as fast as Stuart's suggestion of the replacement tool, but a complex subject may benefit from more tweaking than that tool provides. Both old and new images should be the same mode (RGB, etc.). Presuming the new images also use clipping paths or their subjects can be cleanly outlined using selection and/or masking tools: 1. Duplicate one of the old images, remove the subject and use cloning/patching/healing to fill in the background if needed. Make this the base layer of the new image. 2. Looking at an existing and new image side-by-side, use adjustment tools (levels, curves, etc.) to tweak the new subject into a comparable color range. 3. Select the adjusted new image subject and import (on its own layer) into the modified background. HTH, Karen At Wed, 30 Oct 2013 07:47:40 -0400, Rick Quatro wrote: I have a series of images that are color photos of a three-dimensional, cream colored object. The objects have clipping paths around them and sit on a dark background. I have some new images that I need to incorporate into the layout, but their color is a different cast, more gray than the other cream images. I would like to apply the original color to the new images. It would be best if this could be done in the InDesign document, but if necessary, I can do it in Photoshop. I just need to know the best approach. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
RE: OT: Image Manipuation Help
Hi, Thanks to all that offered excellent suggestions. The best one I tried was the Match Colors command. My client was just looking for recommendations, so I am not sure what they will choose. But they usually come to me for non-FrameMaker help like this, because I usually come up with some suggestions. They probably don't know that I get my suggestions from the great people on this list :-). Rick At Wed, 30 Oct 2013 07:47:40 -0400, Rick Quatro wrote: I have a series of images that are color photos of a three-dimensional, cream colored object. The objects have clipping paths around them and sit on a dark background. I have some new images that I need to incorporate into the layout, but their color is a different cast, more gray than the other cream images. I would like to apply the original color to the new images. It would be best if this could be done in the InDesign document, but if necessary, I can do it in Photoshop. I just need to know the best approach. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
So Long and Thanks for the Fish -- Migrating from FrameMaker to Flare
While others have answered your question I too would add: FrameMaker used to have all these interfaces that you would open to perform work of various kinds, running as separate programs, kind of. TeX and friends do that too. In that sense, you can use whatever text editor/interface you prefer. There are commercial authoring tools available, such as Scientific Word and I prefer TeXShop on the Mac (it does all the things that Syed mentioned). For the two main platforms, MiKTeX is included for Windows and MacTeX for the Mac. The directory tree is almost identical but programs/binaries are compiled for each system. Some programs are available for several platforms, such as TeXWorks (an editor/interface) and all the core programs for parsing TeX files and generating (mainly) pdf's. There are also some different programs available for each platform for handling tasks like bibliography management. As Syed mentioned, TeXLive has become the most widely used distribution but that is because it provides a consistent directory structure and rules for management that are enforced by the team of volunteers who look after it. There are also a number of forks for more specific applications (such as automated print functions and print on demand). Alan On 30/10/13 8:46 PM, Shmuel Wolfson wrote: > Are you saying that TeXLive is sort of a flavor of LaTex, not an > editor like TeXstudio? > Is it compatible with TeXstudio? > Do you use an authoring tool with TeXLive other that a simple text > editor? > > Regards, > Shmuel Wolfson > Technical Writer > 052-763-7133 > > On 29-Oct-13 8:15 PM, Alan Litchfield wrote: >> Hiya, >> >> TeXLive is a distribution of the TeX, LaTeX, XeTeX, LuaTeX, etc. >> typesetting systems. It is multiplatform (that is, it can be used on >> vertualy all computer platforms). The main installation schemes are >> for Windows and Mac but many others also exist for various linux >> flavours. >> >> It is free and can be installed from the net, by downloading the iso >> and making a dvd or mounting and installing from there, or by joining >> TUG and getting a free DVD with your membership. >> >> Regular/constant updates are obtained from a range of ctan mirror >> sites around the globe. >> >> The LaTeX, etc. typesetting systems are really a composition of >> macros (packages) and various supporting binaries built upon the TeX >> typesetting system. The packages are binaries are all supported by >> and army of volunteers and there is a mechanism for additional >> packages to be contributed. That means if you area having issues with >> a package you can often email the maintainer direct or you can open >> it in a text editor and fix it yourself if you are skilled. >> >> Traditionally, TeX has used the ASCII character set but more modern >> systems now use all available font systems, for example LuaTeX and >> XeTeX are designed to use OpenType fonts. >> >> Other packages allow for output to multimedia players too. >> >> Alan >> >> >> On 29/10/13 9:54 PM, Shmuel Wolfson wrote: >>> What exactly is TeXLiv? They don't explain it very well on the site. >>> >>> Regards, >>> Shmuel Wolfson >>> 052-763-7133 >>> >>> On 28-Oct-13 8:48 PM, Alan Litchfield wrote: Interestingly, Syed's comments mirror my own trajectory but I have been using LaTeX et al for as long as I have been using FrameMaker. I doubt I will be moving past version 10 unless my clients continue to request I upgrade (to match compatibility with their software). I doubt I will be taking any short term licensing options because files are not created for short term use. Importantly for me, TeXLive is free and has a strong and vibrant user base. Alan On 29/10/13 7:22 AM, Syed Zaeem Hosain (Syed.Hosain at aeris.net) wrote: > > Hi, Joseph. > > You are not the only one who is abandoning FrameMaker ? if you > look at my posts in the past months, I have done the same although > I have been using it since 1988 off and on. I am still on the list > for old times sake, though. J > > Please do send me your detailed reasons in an off-list e-mail ? > would like to know /your/ decision trigger! For me, it was the (a) > recent over-pricing for some version upgrades that should have > been done as free bug fixes, (b) the Adobe trend (albeit not yet > announced for FrameMaker) to SAAS as the only licensing mechanism, > and (c) their abandonment of small users (i.e., number of > licenses) from their multi-year update licensing system. > > Today, *all* my new documents are no longer in FrameMaker. I am > /only/ using it for maintaining and changing old documents, and if > the change is large enough, I move it off FrameMaker. That takes a > couple of days ? even for the large documents ? and then I am fine > for the future! In time, all my old documents will be moved
Font info disappears from x-ref format
> In the FM documents (FM-9) of a customer a special symbol inside an x-ref > format loses its font information - only from time to time, but quite > frequently. > The symbol is then displayed as 2 rather than the page-symbol. Refreshing the > screen with CTRL+l does not help. The only bypass is to save the document, > close it and open it again. It happens on XP as well as on W7. > > The x-ref format: > <$paranum>,\ 2 Font>\ <$chapnum>- <$pagenum> > > The character formats are: > X:CrossRef Color blue, Pair Kern > U:SpecialSymbols Wingdings, 9.0pt, others: as-is > U:BlackColor black, Pair Kern > > Could the reason be in the accumulation of character formats? Yes, FrameMaker has never been able to nest character tags. As soon as you apply the second tag, the first is seen as an override. You'll have to combine U:SpecialSymbols and U:Black into one new tag. Harro de Jong Triview
OT: Image Manipuation Help
Hi Rick, I would use Photoshop. I've used both the color replacement tool and my method below. My method is not as fast as Stuart's suggestion of the replacement tool, but a complex subject may benefit from more tweaking than that tool provides. Both old and new images should be the same mode (RGB, etc.). Presuming the new images also use clipping paths or their subjects can be cleanly outlined using selection and/or masking tools: 1. Duplicate one of the old images, remove the subject and use cloning/patching/healing to fill in the background if needed. Make this the base layer of the new image. 2. Looking at an existing and new image side-by-side, use adjustment tools (levels, curves, etc.) to tweak the new subject into a comparable color range. 3. Select the adjusted new image subject and import (on its own layer) into the modified background. HTH, Karen At Wed, 30 Oct 2013 07:47:40 -0400, Rick Quatro wrote: >I have a series of images that are color photos of a three-dimensional, >cream colored object. The objects have clipping paths around them and sit on >a dark background. I have some new images that I need to incorporate into >the layout, but their color is a different "cast", more gray than the other >cream images. > >I would like to apply the original color to the new images. It would be best >if this could be done in the InDesign document, but if necessary, I can do >it in Photoshop. I just need to know the best approach. Any help would be >appreciated. Thanks.
OT: Image Manipuation Help
Hi, Thanks to all that offered excellent suggestions. The best one I tried was the "Match Colors" command. My client was just looking for recommendations, so I am not sure what they will choose. But they usually come to me for non-FrameMaker help like this, because I usually come up with some suggestions. They probably don't know that I get my suggestions from the great people on this list :-). Rick At Wed, 30 Oct 2013 07:47:40 -0400, Rick Quatro wrote: >I have a series of images that are color photos of a three-dimensional, >cream colored object. The objects have clipping paths around them and >sit on a dark background. I have some new images that I need to >incorporate into the layout, but their color is a different "cast", >more gray than the other cream images. > >I would like to apply the original color to the new images. It would be >best if this could be done in the InDesign document, but if necessary, >I can do it in Photoshop. I just need to know the best approach. Any >help would be appreciated. Thanks.
Structured FrameMaker 11 Windows 7 Font Issues
In my office we are upgrading from Structured FrameMaker 8 in a Windows XP environment to Structured FrameMaker 11 in a Windows 7 environment. I am currently performance testing the tasks that I need to perform. Part of the tasks involve importing XML feeds into Structured FrameMaker 11 using an automated process. After the XML has been imported, it is fully formatted in FrameMaker. I am noticing that most of the xml imports are throwing a font issue message. Refer to the attachment image named "font_issue_message" for an example of this message. Please note that I during this testing period, we upgraded two font families that are used: Imago Book Bembo These were upgraded to: Imago BQ Bembo STD This upgrade involved reinstalling the fonts on the test computer. This is when I started to notice these font related error messages. I updated the FrameMaker templates and the EDD with the new fonts. The attached image named "font_issue_message" displays an font issue message that I am receiving. The font Bembo is the old font that has been replaced by Bembo STD. I'm also noticing Times is displaying in the error message. When the new fonts were installed this appears to have been replaced with Times New Roman. I'm also encountering a FrameMaker console message with one set of xml feeds that are imported into a specific template. Please refer to the attached text file named "FrameMaker_Console_xml_importing_error_message". This is occurring because there are some xml tags that need to be unwrapped via the Read/Write Rules before being imported into the FrameMaker template. I think that this is why this error message is occurring. I was able to fix this in other FrameMaker templates by removing the unwrapping command in the Read/Write Rules. In order to maintain the structure for this template I need to maintain this unwrapping feature in this template. When I validate the imported FrameMaker file using the FrameMaker validation tool, these FrameMaker files are valid and are formatted correctly. The problem is when I create pdfs, the font Imago BQ Bold is not embedding in the pdf. It is being substituted with Imago BQ BoldItalic. I have attached a screen capture named "Imago BQ Bold not embedding" of the Adobe Acrobat Pro Document Properties/Fonts box that displays the embedded fonts for the problem pdfs. This font embedding issue is not occurring with the other FrameMaker files that use other templates. I ran a test in which I eliminated the xml code that was causing the FrameMaker console error message. When I imported the xml feed into the FrameMaker 11 template, the imported xml feed did not throw an error message. I generated a pdf for this FrameMaker file and the pdf is still substituting Imago BQ Bold with Imago BQ BoldItalic and is not embedding Imago BQ Bold font into the pdf, so I do not think that there is a correlation between the FrameMaker console error message that I am getting and the issue concerning the PDF font substitution issue. The version of Adobe Acrobat that I am using is Adobe Acrobat X Pro. Any help that you can provide to me will be appreciated. Thanks. Brenda George Unless notified to the contrary by the sender, the recipient should consider the contents of this message including any attachments to be confidential. If you are not the intended recipient and have received this message in error, please contact Federated Investors immediately by forwarding this email to notify at federatedinv.com and then delete this message from your system. Saving, copying or disseminating an inadvertently received email could violate state and Federal privacy laws. All emails received by or sent from Federated may be provided to regulators or law enforcement agencies, or used for other purposes consistent with Federated's business interests. Thank you for your cooperation. -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20131031/b04e0ca3/attachment.html> -- next part -- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: font_issue_message.png Type: image/png Size: 14142 bytes Desc: font_issue_message.png URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20131031/b04e0ca3/attachment.png> -- next part -- An embedded and charset-unspecified text was scrubbed... Name: FrameMaker_Console_xml_importing_error_message.txt URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20131031/b04e0ca3/attachment.txt> -- next part -- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Imago BQ Bold not embedding.png Type: image/png Size: 17351 bytes Desc: Imago BQ Bold not embedding.png URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20131031/b04e0ca3/attachment-0001.png>
FW: Structured FrameMaker 11 Windows 7 Font Issues
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