Re: FW: Troubles with JPGs and Frame file size

[Dov Isaacs <isaacs@xxxxxxxxx>]

Actually, TIFF format scales no better or no worse than JPEG. The
difference between the formats is strictly the format and possibly
the compression used on the underlying raster data. (Actually, it
is possible to have JPEG-compressed raster data in a TIFF file. That
is a little-used option within Photoshop. It is not recommended since
so few applications would know what to do with it!)

And there is no reason to "adjust" a JPEG image to "final size"
any more or less than for a TIFF image!

But we do agree violently with regards to the fact that graphics should
be imported by reference, not imported and embedded or pasted from outside.

        - Dov



At 8/15/2003 03:53 PM, Owen, Clint wrote:
>From my limited experience with graphics (we use 99% B&W vector drawings):
>        1. JPG is probably the worst format you could choose for FM. TIF
>works much better for raster graphics because it scales better.
>        2. The JPGs should be adjusted to the final size before importing.
>        3. The graphics should not be pasted at all, they should be imported
>by reference as files, not objects. This will keep your FM file size down.
>        3. You can import a graphic file inside a table cell, then use the
>table properties to add a border. You can also use the drawing tools inside
>the anchored frame to draw on top of and around the graphic.
>
>Hope this helps.
>
>Clint Owen, ELDEC


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