RE: Importing graphics - need tips

[Jim Stauffer <jstauffer@xxxxxxx>]

Just to put in my 2 cents... When using PDF as a medium, I've always opted
for saving graphic in the metafile formats - EMF (preferably) or WMF - both
of which Paint Shop Pro supports. And I reduce the colors down to 16-bit.
The resulting graphics look fine and are half the size of GIF/TIFF/BMP
bitmap formats. 

For sizing, I use trial&error. Sometimes scaling in the grapics app works
best; sometines scaling in FM works best (as Adobe-Dov recommends). It seems
to depend on which set of tools you're using.

Jim Stauffer
Senior Technical Writer
Pacific Broadband Communications 
3103 North First Street 
San Jose, CA 95134 USA 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sharron Fox [mailto:sharron.fox@inet.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2001 2:13 PM
> To: Free Framers
> Subject: Re: Importing graphics - need tips
> 
> 
> Thanks for all the info, Thomas and a nice explanation of the 
> DPI usage in
> Frame. I produce documentation for a DOS product that has yet 
> to migrate to
> Windows so I don't use many GIFs and the ones we do use I 
> thought might be
> suspect. I did add a caveat to my reply message that I 
> thought the creation
> process could be the culprit..."However, our issue could be 
> related to the
> manner of creation".
> 
> Best regards,
> Sharron Fox
> 
> Thomas Michanek wrote:
> The original image format used in the FM file has nothing to 
> do with the
> result in PDF. The distilling process knows *nothing* about 
> the original
> format. If your GIF images appear bad, they are either 
> created badly in
> the first place, or you use graphics not suited for the GIF format.
> Since GIF only supports 256 colors, that could be one reason.
> 
> Thomas Michanek wrote:
> 
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> > From: "julia leach" <jleach@wencomine.com>
> > > I just started using Jasc Paint Shop Pro and saving and
> > > importing my images as .gif. When I import the image, if it
> > > shows up larger/smaller than I want can I resize it then?
> >
> > Of course, but you should avoid trying to resize it 
> manually by using
> > the handles. The appearance of a graphic on-screen and in 
> print depends
> > primarily on the DPI value associated with the image 
> (select Graphics >
> > Object Properties > Set DPI). If your prime concern is 
> printed output,
> > you must select a DPI divisible by your printer's 
> resolution. That is,
> > for a 600 dpi printer, you would choose 75, 100, 120, 150 
> or 300 dpi.
> > For on-screen appearance in FM, the dpi to use depends on computer
> > platform, monitor size setting and scale setting in FM. For 
> on-screen
> > appearance in FM, the end result depends primarily on the 
> scale setting
> > used in Acrobat Reader and whether the smoothing setting is 
> turned on.
> >
> > > Also, is .gif the best format? We distribute our docs 
> primarily by PDF.
> >
> > Best format for what? Screendumps or photographs or 
> drawings? Black & white,
> > 256 colors or more? GIF is an image format intended for articifical
> > (non-photographic) bitmap graphics of max 256 colors.
> >
> > From: "Sharron Fox" <sharron.fox@inet.com>
> > > It's been my experience that GIFs don't display well in PDF files.
> >
> > The original image format used in the FM file has nothing 
> to do with the
> > result in PDF. The distilling process knows *nothing* about 
> the original
> > format. If your GIF images appear bad, they are either 
> created badly in
> > the first place, or you use graphics not suited for the GIF format.
> > Since GIF only supports 256 colors, that could be one reason.
> >
> > The whole issue of image formats and image scaling depend 
> on many factors,
> > including subjective appearance. You should experiment on your own,
> > since your situation and preferences may be unique, and 
> other people's
> > advice may not apply.
> >
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