Re: Exporting embedded graphics

[jeremy@xxxxxxxxx (Jeremy H. Griffith)]

On Tue, 18 Apr 2000 17:56:08 GMT, yasko_mizuno@lionbridge.com wrote:

>I'm wondering if anybody knows of a way to export/save embedded graphics in
>their original formats.

Yes, as a matter of fact Mif2Go does that.  It's intended to make the
original graphics available to third-party programs for touchup, but
it works well for your purpose.

>I am working in a file set, in which all graphics were imported without
>reference. We need to update the manual so that all graphics are linked, but we
>no longer have the source graphics. 

You are wise to make this change, for many reasons... especially since
without the originals you will have no recourse if your copied graphics
all turn to gray boxes one day.

>Bitmap files do not pose any problems
>because you can copy and paste bmp's from FrameMaker. 

True, but your copy/paste are at screen resolution, so you lose quality
there too (if the originals were at higher res, such as 300dpi).  You
can't do this with the FDK using Frame's export filters either, for the
same reason; they re-render, rather than export existing images.

>The problem is with
>line-based or postscript arts, as copy and paste converts them also to bitmap,
>resulting in substantial quality loss.

Mif2Go also exports the FrameMaker vector graphics themselves, as WMFs,
if you want to work with them in some application outside of FrameMaker.
Mif2Go, at $295 for a single-seat license, may seem pricey for this
simple task, but compared to the alternative of custom C/C++ programming
(not just FDK), the only alternative we can think of, it's a bargain.
And you get the very best HTML and RTF output, including *all* forms of 
Help, as a bonus... something the bundled WWP with FM6 does *not* include.

-- Jeremy H. Griffith, at Omni Systems Inc.
  (jeremy@omsys.com)  http://www.omsys.com/

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