Re: Frame 7.1 and SVG graphic format

[Peter Gold <peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I believe that the advantage of SVG is its ability to perform interactively
when tickled by a user's pointer, even perform different actions when
tickled in different places. However, unlike animated GIFs, SVG (Scalable
Vector Graphic) files can be enlarged or reduced without losing quality.

SVG may not deliver the best quality in press reproduction and in some
situations may not do well at all, as Dov notes. Probably the best argument
for SVG in FrameMaker documents is in single-source workflows, where the
same graphic can be used for different outputs, including those which
support SVG's interactive features.

The advantage of FM 7.1 for SVG is that it retains the vector-drawing
feature of resizability without degradation, unlike FM 7, which converted
SVG to raster (dots) which degrades when enlarged.

HTH

Regards,

Peter Gold
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On 2/11/04 3:42 PM, "Dov Isaacs" <isaacs@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> SVG will not produce any better results than EPS or PDF. In some
> respects, it is a subset of the capabilities of those formats.
> For "hi-res PDF for the printshop" I would stay with EPS from
> FrameMaker, no "ifs", "ands", or "buts" about it UNLESS you had
> an authoring tool for which SVG was its one and only or best
> output format.
> 
>       - Dov
> 
> 
> 
> At 2/11/2004 12:53 PM, Martinek, Carla M wrote:
>> Win2K, FM7.0p578, Acro 5.05
>> 
>> I haven't seen FM 7.1 yet, but one of the new features listed is:
>> 
>>      "Direct integration of SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics)
>>       for full-fidelity vector graphics in Web, print, and PDF."
>> 
>> The FAQ for 7.1 says that
>> 
>>      "Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) files are rendered as
>>       vector-based graphics in print and PDF.  In FM7.0, SVG files
>>       were rasterized in print and PDF."
>> 
>> Will SVG, rendered properly, give us a better graphic appearance than other
>> graphic formats?  We produce a hi-res PDF for the printshop, and also supply
>> a PDF of the document on the product CD.  We've had issues with various
>> formats (looks good on the screen, looks terrible in print, and vice versa.)
>> We're trying various formats, but still haven't found that perfect graphic
>> setting and format.
>> 
>> *************************
>> Carla Martinek, Translation Coordinator/Editor


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