RE: Problem importing wmf files

[Dennis Hays <dhays@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yes.

Some Visio WMF files create 0px-width lines (or real close to 
it) that some printers and image setters can't resolve. 

A while back I consulted with a book publisher and trade press 
about this very issue. The Press was unable to get decent plates 
for printing from the WMF files. I had to provide Illustrator AI 
and EPS files--hours of conversion and testing.

Dennis

Quoting Jim Stauffer <JStauffer@BeamReachNetworks.com>:

> I've always exported Visio drawings as WMF or EMF, then
> imported into Frame. These meta file formats are quasi-vector
> so they scale OK, and they can be re-imported back into Visio.
> This has worked well for both viewing and printing PDFs. Are
> there any known drawbacks with these formats?
> 
> Jim Stauffer
> Sr. Technical Writer
> BeamReachNetworks
> Sunnyvale, CA
> www.BeamReachNetworks.com
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Dov Isaacs [mailto:isaacs@Adobe.COM]
> > Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2003 11:25 AM
> > To: Gresham, Kathleen 000
> > Cc: framers@frameusers.com; framers@omsys.com
> > Subject: RE: Problem importing wmf files
> > 
> > 
> > GIF files are typically low resolution raster images
> limited
> > to 256 distinct colors. They may display well in FrameMaker
> > and maybe even on screen in a PDF. But with any scaling
> and/or
> > rotation and in many cases for printing, GIF images look
> > lousy, especially for any objects in same that were
> originally
> > text or vector graphics.
> > 
> > The extra work, as ugly as it may be, is well worth it.
> > When they work, live OLE links may also be used.
> > 
> >         - Dov
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > At 5/27/2003 10:43 AM, Gresham, Kathleen 000 wrote:
> > >Dov & everyone
> > >
> > >I have always just saved Visio drawings as Graphic 
> > Interchange Format (.GIF) files. I have never had a problem
> 
> > importing them into FrameMaker and later saving the FM doc
> as 
> > a PDF file. 
> > >
> > >My preference would be just to do all the drawings in 
> > FrameMaker, so they remain editable, but I often work with 
> > people who have only Visio.
> > >
> > >GIF files are small, and they seem to reproduce well. I 
> > guess I'm missing something here. Why would you go through 
> > all those extra steps (saving to PDF, converting to EPS, 
> > etc.) when you can just save the Visio file as a GIF (or 
> > JPEG, in certain circumstances...or PNG)? 
> > >
> > >Thanks
> > >
> > >Kathleen Gresham
> > >Technical Publishing Consultant
> > >Comsys
> > 
> > 
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